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From: Bonus, Iniquus, Celer - Delegitu...
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 22:30
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In article <1992Dec28.165941.28423@hfsi.uucp>, ata@hfsi.uucp (John Ata - FSO) writes:
> In article <1992Dec27.235003.4413@rosevax.rosemount.com> grante@aquarius.rosemount.com (Grant Edwards) writes:
>>tke@shep.att.com (Tom Epstein [415]) writes:
[...]
> This is of course faulty logic.  If I say that holy Christians
> always yield good fruit, I cannot make the statement that all
> people who yield good fruit are holy Christians.  What I can say
> quite logically, however, is that if I do not yield good fruit,
> than I am not a holy Christian.  And that is how people can
> disriminate between someone who falsely claims to be a holy
> Christian and one who truly is one. 

Now we simply have to define good fruit so  that all Christian's agree.
[...]
> I would advise you to start forming your opinion of Christianity
> from reading Jesus's teaching themselves just as I would advise
> someone to form their opinion of say the Moslem faith by reading
> the Koran, not the newspaper accounts of what some governments and
> people who are Moslems in the world are doing.

Which means, interpret the Bible in your own  way and interpretation, and that
opinion of Christianity is  as  valid as any other.

Sounds like,  to each his own.

George Kambic
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Date: 8 Jan 93 17:30:08 EST
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