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- From: tcarlin@athena.mit.edu (Thomas B Carlin)
- Subject: RE:All this stuff about God (Christopher K Merril)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan20.235430.21021@athena.mit.edu>
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- Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 23:54:30 GMT
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- >>I am not a Christian myself, but I have e-talked to one homosexual who is on
- this bulletin board. It seems that he has a far better understanding of why
- Christianity is such a powerful theological belief system than most
- fundamentalists. He sees that it is a religion of love, not hatred. When you
- talk to people on this net, treat them as such. I'm guilty of berating people
- privately via email replies, but some of you actually post the slurs. What I
- have done at times to try to convince people to see this whole issue in a
- different light is inexcusable in that I lectured at them as if I were some
- superior being. Its not true. No one here is better than anyone else. We all just
- have different opinions. You can't change someone through hatred, denegration,
- and logic. Its far better to be civil and discuss, instead of argue. Its almost
- painful to read at times. Well, hopefully, some of you will respond to this
- letter and tell me what you think should be done about the way people conduct
- themselves around here. I'm worried because being self-righteous and refusing
- to listen is a trap that's all to easy to fall into and will be counterproductive
- to achieving our goal of finding some mutual ground to discuss this issue like
- adults. Come on. I shouldn't have to tell you all this. I'm 18. some of you
- people are in your late 30's. This should be ingrained by now. Tell me what you
- all think, of course, given the way things go around here, I doubt that will be
- a problem.
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- BRAVO!
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- TOM HAS GROWN INTOLERANT OF RE: GOD IS INTOLERANT OF SIN! PRATTLE.
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- If you must argue, do it amongst yourselves!
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- Now, knock it off.
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- Tom Carlin
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