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- From: max@admin.mport.COM (Max)
- Newsgroups: sci.anthropology
- Subject: Re: Cultural Appropriation and the New Age
- Message-ID: <2158@admin.mport.COM>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 00:48:50 GMT
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- leet@ims.com (Lee Thomas) writes:
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- > > 1. The "challenge" is for your own growth and possible survival.
-
- >I was referring to the collective "you", and the "challenge" I meant
- >is purely an intellectual, emotional and, if you will, spiritual one.
- >The beatings and punishment I abhor.
-
- >I hereby concede to Mr. Hardwick his point that Christianity has been
- >nothing but a massive evil throughout the entire continent of
- >Australia for the last two hundred years, and continues to be so.
-
- >The latter. Any Christian's job is to instruct, not to punish.
-
- >I could make a go at it, but it appears (see below) that my opinion
- >doesn't count here.
-
- >Is that what "Stuff you, pal!" means?
-
- >The original point was to clearly distinguish the "New Age" from
- >Christianity. I gather that such analysis cannot be performed here.
- >I referred to flame wars in other newsgroups. I didn't want one here
- >too. And, in the eyes of humanity, I am no one at all.
-
- >I don't recall asking anyone to change the way they do things, to
- >suit my morality or anyone else's. If I have, I apologize - a
- >newsgroup is an inappropriate forum for proselytizing.
-
- >All of which, taken together, sounds to me like any question dealing
- >with Christianity, even as it pertains to anthropology, is not welcome
- >in this group unless it condemns Christianity as evil. I thought I
- >did my best to be inoffensive, respectful, and in pursuit of
- >substantive arguments and informational commentary. Since my best
- >efforts in that direction have provoked a negative response, further
- >interaction in this forum is pointless. Goodbye.
- >--
- >Lee Thomas, leet@ims.com |
-
- hi lee,
-
- your assistance in understanding the position of the your people is much
- appreciated. you were very helpful in presenting the views of your "One
- True Way" and explaing victorias post to me. it is a shame that you feel
- that your desire to discuss the anthopological effect of your religion has
- been rsponded to negatively. it is difficult for even the most detached
- people to accept the premise that we are the legion of satan because we
- dont believe in your variety of cristianity.
-
- you did present your side as respectfully and as evenly as any view here
- ever is, but the basic concept you present is divisive. i even
- had a hard time interacting with you reasonably _only because the ideas you
- presented were intolerant_.
-
- see you elseware.
-
- -max
-
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