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Re: Apps Roundup #2: Focus on Bibletime 1.0
by Shrek on Tuesday 17/Jul/2001, @08:22

Yeah, I did exaggerate a bit to make my point. What I'm trying to say is Christianity is nowhere near as cohesive as other large religions like, say, Hinduism (which would have about a billion followers). But enough of that (it's way off topic).
 
My main thrust is that there is absolutely no need to include this app in the KDE distribution. Its inclusion would mean that anybody who wants KDE would be forced to install this app (unless they compile tarballs - yuck). Remember, over two thirds (and growing) of the world's population is not Christian, and many Christians are non-practising (especially in more developed nations). Some people may see the forced installation (in that it isn't easy to install KDE without it) as an insult. To get KDE accepted worldwide, we need to make sure that we offend other cultures as little as possible.

Please don't misunderstand me. I am not anti-Christian, nor am I against this app existing. It should be freely available, just like any other app. However, I don't believe it is important enough to be included in the KDE distribution. If a distro provider like Mandrake wanted to include it, then fine. Including it in KDE, however, could do more harm than good.

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Re: Apps Roundup #2: Focus on Bibletime 1.0
by Craig on Tuesday 17/Jul/2001, @13:08

I think that everyone agreed that it would be cool to have it in a seperate package labeled religion.

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Re: Apps Roundup #2: Focus on Bibletime 1.0
by Shrek on Tuesday 17/Jul/2001, @13:53

I have no qualms with that.

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Re: Apps Roundup #2: Focus on Bibletime 1.0
by Chris Bordeman on Tuesday 17/Jul/2001, @16:47

I agree it shouldn't be in the distro, since it is clearly not an app most people would use. I think the guy who's motivation is simply to censor anything religious, a prime example of liberal intolerance of any thinking not in line with their own narrow views.

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Re: Apps Roundup #2: Focus on Bibletime 1.0
by Shrek on Wednesday 18/Jul/2001, @04:19

By reading the guy's other posts, I don't believe that he wants to censor anything. He was just saying that it shouldn't be in the main distro (maybe in a separate religion package). The concern is that we should not promote one religion over another, lest we offend other faiths. The best way for KDE to not offend anybody is to do nothing and stay secular (as KDE has always done). There is nothing wrong with this app, but people just shouldn't be forced to install it as part of KDE (they should have the choice). That's what I think he was trying to say, so in other words he is in agreement with us.

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Re: Apps Roundup #2: Focus on Bibletime 1.0
by Per Wigren on Wednesday 18/Jul/2001, @19:40

Thank you! My intention was never to start a religious war... :)

I should have been clearer in my first post so I wouldn't get so many flaimbait-answers that I just *HAD* to bite back on.... :-)

May whatever-you-put-your-faith-in be with you!

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