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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic,alt.messianic
- Subject: Re: Will the -REAL- Christians please stand up? Was: What did Judas betray?
- Date: 28 Dec 1992 17:47:29 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- References: <1992Dec24.172824.12799@cbfsb.cb.att.com> <1992Dec27.235003.4413@rosevax.rosemount.com>,<eharbin.725547983@convex.convex.com>
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- In article <eharbin.725547983@convex.convex.com>, eharbin@convex.com (Edward Harbin) writes:
- >In <1992Dec27.235003.4413@rosevax.rosemount.com> grante@aquarius.rosemount.com (Grant Edwards) writes:
- >
- >>Thousands (if not millions) of people have been tortured and killed in
- >>the service of christianity. Even the thousand-year old conflict
- >>between the celts and the anglo-saxons is now reported as a conflict
- >>between protestants and catholics.
- >
- >On the other hand, in what non-Christian country would you choose to live?
-
- How about in one of the many cultures that used to exist but have been
- completly destroyed by Christian evangelism?
-
- You see, Christianity has wiped out not just individuals, but entire cultures.
-
- >This century has tried several experiments in explicitly anti-religious
- >statecraft
-
- Hmmm. Here once again we see the collossal ignorance and arrogance of a
- typical Christian: I don't suppose it's ever occurred to you that
- non-Christian does *NOT* mean anti-religious?
-
- Since the rest of your bullshit seems to be based on this one flawed
- assumption, I won't bother responding in detail.
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- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
-
- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-