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On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 14:14:26 GMT, "Delicious Wolves"
<relics@n(o)s(pam).sympatico.ca> wrote:

>Yikes!  So many death threats.  Maybe the religious right would be more
>tolerant if there were something in the Bible about turning the other cheek
>or forgiving others their trespasses.  Oh, wait a second - do you suppose
>they forgot to read the thing?

I suspect they prefer to be spoon-fed by their pastors.

I grew up in Lr. Sackville around a number of people who were into the
born-again variety of Christianity.  "Tolerant" and "loving" aren't
words I'd use to describe the way they behaved toward those who
weren't interested in it.  "You have the right to be wrong" is about
as close as they'd get.  Some seemed smug -- almost gleeful -- about
the fact that you'd be going to Hell while their transformation bought
them a ticket to Heaven... but not all were like this.

Anyway, after years of on-and-off preaching to me and others, one of
them -- a friend of mine -- finally admitted that he'd Never read
anything aside from the four gospels.  From what I've seen, they don't
encourage any kind of thinking, reasoned debate, historical
research...  Along the way they'll be "deceived by Satan" if they do
this.  It's better that they Just Believe and leave it at that.

In contrast, those who regularly attended Catholic, Baptist, United,
Anglican, etc. churches never brought up their convictions with others
(unless asked to).  And some of them actually Knew what was in their
Bibles!  Their behaviour was certainly more in line with what
Christianity is Supposed to be about.


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