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THE FINAL PAGE
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We won! Not too long ago there were three main
religions in America. Now there is only one. There used to
be Islam, Judaism and Christianity. Now only Christianity
is left. There is no more of the other two.
Incredulous? Does the writer not have both his oars
in the water? Why make such an obviously erroneous
statement?
The University of Virgina has some 118 student
organizations on campus which receive university subsidies
to assist them in producing newspapers and taking care
of other operating expenses. These funds come from a
$14.00 charge assessed to each student enrolled. The money
is then dispensed to all sorts of groups, including
homosexual and feminist student organizations as
well as Jewish and Muslim groups. But when a student
organization wanted to produce a newspaper espousing the
Christian point of view, they were denied use of these
same funds on the basis that they were "religious" in
nature. (see Christianity Today, 1-9-95, pp. 48,49).
Hey! But what about the Jewish and Muslim
organizations? Oh, well you see, those aren't "religious"
in nature. They are "cultural." So now we only have one
"religion" (Christianity) and two "cultures" (Judaism and
Islam). The "Christian" perspective is denied money
because it is religious, but the Jewish and Muslim
perspectives receive money because they are "cultural."
It may be later than we think.
See you in June, Lord willing.
Jon Quinn
JWQuinn@AOL.com