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- From: chuck@cygnus.eid.anl.gov (Charles Cilek)
- Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian
- Subject: Re: I feel threatened by Christianity...
- Message-ID: <Jan.25.01.48.58.1993.11404@athos.rutgers.edu>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 06:48:59 GMT
- Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu
- Lines: 45
- Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu
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- Dear Mr. Emory,
- It may come as a shock to you that 1) I do not necessarily disagree
- with everything that Pat Robertson does, nor 2) do I necessarily agree
- with everything the initial poster stated. Someone had asked for a translation
- of the .sig, and since I had recently re-read The Handmaid's Tale, I felt
- that the context of the .sig shed some important light on the mindset
- of the person who felt threatened by Christianity. However, since
- your reply was addressed to me, I feel it necessary that I respond by email
- since this sub-discussion is not germane to the list.
-
- Since you have totally mis-read my background, let me say a little about
- myself before I start. I went to a Catholic grade school and high school
- and have recently returned to the Church after a lapse of a few years. I
- consider myself to be a Christian just as much as you do. However, I do
- not feel that this gives me any authority to write all of my moral beliefs
- into law.
-
- Right-wing fundamentalism scares me because I do not beleve that
- religion and politics should mix to that extent. Mr. Robertson and
- his followers seem (to me at least) to be attempting an establishment
- of a Christian religion for this government, and I believe that
- that is a bad idea. Aside from the fact that there is a sizable
- non-Christian population, what type of Chriastianity would be
- established? Catholic, Protestant, Morman, JW ? We have gone over
- 200 years without the sectarian violence which has plagued Ireland and
- I would like to keep it that way.
-
- If parents want to raise their children in a religious manner, that is
- what bible-study and C.C.D are for, not the public schools.
-
- Personally, I believe that the social revolution of the sixties has
- gone too far in some areas, but the right-wing response would swing
- the pendulum too far in the other direction.
-
- With regards to religious rights being threatened, perhaps you could
- send some examples, as I haven't seen any. If you are referring to
- the original poster's implicit desire to keep the Jehova Witnesses
- from "harassing" him, I believe that the poster was over-reacting and
- just politely decline and close the door on them, as this has always
- worked for me.
-
- I would like to hear your response (by e-mail, please)
-
- Sincerely,
- Charles M. Cilek
-