Peter:

I will keep praying for you.
Love in Lord.
Ren


On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Peter Seymour wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, wang.. wrote:
>
> > I originally came from China and had lived there for 21 years.  Because of
> > Chinese language, which is fully character based or graphical, typing was
> > even  imposible for the blind.  You have to remember at least 5,000
> > characters in order to read and write.  Therefore, unless a blind person
> > knows English or any language based on spelling, it is very difficult for
> > him/her to use computer though I have heard some speech softwares support
> > Chinese.  We should realize how lucky we are since our mother tone is
> > English.  Tom is right.  I think we should pay more attention to those who
> > have not yet been trained with new technoledge since God has already given
> > us a great blessing in this way.
> > Ren
>
> I don't think that the promotion of religious views is appropriate for
> this list. Further, I can't imagine how God is responsible for technology,
> nor the phonetic Western alphabet. These are obviously products of
> evolution, or the survival of the fittest. Consciously or unconsciously,
> possibilities are proposed, the less useful are desposed of by the
> selective forces, and the better solutions prosper. Experimentation,
> selection and cross-over. That accounts for everything from language, to
> technology, to the market, to genetics.
>
> God is a useless hypothesis, and has no place in discussions here.
>
> Thank you for keeping your irrational notions to yourself.
>
> Peter Seymour
>
>  > > > On Tue, 26 Jan
> 1999, Tom Fowle
> wrote: >
> > > I believe lots of blind and otherwise disabled folks in this country
> > > are in the same boat, but we just don't hear about em cause they'r ehidden
> > > away on reduced welfare in back rooms.
> > > Tom
> > >
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