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- From: StarOwl@uiuc.edu (StarOwl)
- Subject: Re: Perhaps we have forgotten the teachings of Jesus
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- Organization: Actuarial Science Program at UIUC
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:58:22 GMT
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- cwf50862@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (The Last Bard) writes:
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- |I agree the Bible has been misinterpreted by many groups to oppress other
- |less popular groups. But my real question is why can't you accept the
- |ultra-literal translation that people of non-judeochristian backround are
- |are damned? (just intrested.)
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- I personally discount that philosophy on the following grounds:
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- That policy is exceedingly harsh for a Deity who loves the world so
- much that She would offer Her Son as a sin-offering on behalf of all
- the people in the world.
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- That little contradiction just doesn't make sense. There are/were
- Buddhists and Native Americans who have lived more "Christian-behaving"
- lives than most people who have held the aforementioned position.
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- Arrogance is not a Christian virtue.
- --
- Bigotry is not a family value. Boycott Colorado and Tampa.
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- Michael Adams (StarOwl@uiuc.edu, wi.4962@n7kbt.rain.com)
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