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- From: casspa@atlantis.CS.ORST.EDU (Paul Cass)
- Subject: Re: How the hell can religion and action not be related?
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 20:39:16 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov15.113750.14003@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
- >:
- >: Way to go Bill, why is that there are so many pagans that have a hate for
- >: christians just because they are christian?
- >
- >Beats me. I have asked that question here a number of times. Apparently,
- >Pagans are as uncapable of forgiving and of tolerance as many Christians.
- >It seems to be a part of human nature.
- >
- >Bill
-
- Bill; It is part of human nature to hate that which you fear. Twenty
- years ago I found the "silent majority" humourous. As they became less
- and less silent my amusement turned to concern. In the last few years
- that concern has been justified by the behavior of many fundamentalist
- christians. It is hard to be forgiving and tolerant of organized groups
- who develop think-tanks for the sole purpose of eliminating pagans, liberals,
- and homosexuals and other free people from society. They are validating
- any potential paranoia we have.
-
- Unless I am mistaken you attended a Samhain circle at Sweetbriar Farm two
- years ago. Do you remember the night. Fifty or so celebrants, a light
- drizzle and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. While the ritual
- was going on there was a shot far off in the hills. I watched several
- people duck or hit the ground. The shot was far away and could not have
- been aimed at anyone in the circle but there was enough worry about some
- of the attitudes of the neighboring farms that people were worried.
-
- That worry leads to hate and intolerance. Since that time the OCA has
- risen to be a force in Oregon politics if not in Corvallis. There is
- no organized general population body to oppose them, and their message
- of hate, biogotry and pursecution continues unabated. The OCA and others
- sympathetic to tunnel view of society will continue to preach hate and
- fear.
-
- Their is an agenda out there of attack on free thought, civil liberties
- and "non-mainstream" lifestyles. .....hmmmmm I digress from my point.
-
- In short...when you see social, verbal and physical attacks coming from
- a particular group you are justified in being unforgiving and intolerant
- of their behavior.
- BB
- casspa
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