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- From: mjmh@crsa.bu.edu (Michael J M Holmes)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: God and Science: The Ramblings of The Nightstalker
- Message-ID: <102149@bu.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 16:59:24 GMT
- References: <1992Nov13.004133.12779@ucc.su.OZ.AU> <1dvmuuINNrqt@phakt.usc.edu> <1992Nov13.093721.18637@muddcs.claremont.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov13.093721.18637@muddcs.claremont.edu> dgreen@jarthur.claremont.edu (David Green) writes:
-
- >*sigh* Anyone else want to take a bash at Christianity, while the topic's
- >out? Please, I've had a bad past couple of weeks, why not just go the whole
- >nine yards, and make me completely miserable? Haven't you people heard of
- >tact? Yes, I will admit that Nightstalker's statement about 'Eastern
- >religions' was a little narrow... but that's no reason to retaliate in what
- >you see as being similar suit.
-
- /* looks over at David, very sympathetically. He walks over,and puts
- his hand on David's shoulder.
-
- "Not all non-Christians want to bash Christianity. But, sometimes,
- this society is so *overwhelmingly* Christian that non-Christians
- feel automatically defensive whenever religion is mentioned. It is
- not a personal attack on you, or even on how *you* as an individual
- practice your Christianity. Unfortunately, some of us have had a lot
- of negative experiences, either within Christianity, or when dealing with
- Christians."
-
- "Yes, its a knee-jerk reaction. In some ways, it may even be
- justified on occasion, if we are talking in broad terms. Many
- individual Christians are wonderful people; others are prejudiced
- boors. Non-Christians are the same. I know it hurts when your
- religion or belief is attacked, but please, realize it is not
- anything against you as a person, and probably is not even against
- Christianity as you practice it."
-
- /* moves his hand away, hoping that David will be having a better
- couple of weeks soon. The purple handprint on David's shoulder
- begins to fade imperceptibly.
-
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