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- From: scott@hpcvccl.cv.hp.com (Scott Linn)
- Newsgroups: or.politics
- Subject: Re: Religion is belief, not behavior (was Re: new initiative)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.190257.16839@hpcvca.cv.hp.com>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 19:02:57 GMT
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- stever@crosstalk.tv.tek.com (Steven E. Rice P.E.) writes:
- : The difference is in the actions which result from the respective
- : beliefs. In his letter to the Christians at Galatia(*), the Apostle
- : Paul reminded his readers that the Roman government had passed no
- : laws forbidding the behaviors that result from believing in Christ:
-
- Fine. The OCA and various factions don't even try to hide behind the
- behaviors; they attack the *beliefs*. Just look at their first proposal:
- declare homosexuality as abnormal, wrong and perverse. It doesn't matter
- if a homosexual has anal intercourse or whatever. If two members of the
- same sex were seen kissing, that's that. So, the OCA and its ilk aren't
- attacking behaviors, they are attacking either beliefs or nature, depending
- on how you interpret some recent medical investigations.
-
- : 2. In Medford, Oregon, a man whose name I don't remember is in
- : jail. At least at one time, he was a professing Christian
- : and a lay leader in his church. But he isn't in jail because
- : of his beliefs. He is in jail awaiting trial on charges that
- : he sexually abused a number of children with the intent of
- : infecting them with AIDS.
-
- That's Roseburg, Oregon.
-
- Scott Linn
- scott@hpcvccl.cv.hp.com
-