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- From: David.Rice@ofa123.fidonet.org
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
- Subject: Fundamentalist Nightmare
- X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
- Message-ID: <n0ef5t@ofa123.fidonet.org>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 16:22:04
- Lines: 65
-
- Who: leet@ims.com (Lee Thomas)
- ID: LEET.92Nov12172440@dove.ims.com
- And carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
-
- Carl> [minor cut] So John, please: GIVE US AN OPERATIONAL DEFINITION
- Carl> OF CHRISTIANITY OR TAKE THE THREAD TO A NEWSGROUP THAT DOESN'T
- Carl> CARE ABOUT WHETHER WHATEVER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HAS ANY
- Carl> CONCRETE REFERENTS.
-
- LT> "Although I'm reluctant to respond to someone apoplectic
- LT> enough to get their caps-lock stuck on, I'll give it a try
- LT> anyway (in an attempt to occupy until He comes again).
-
- You have a very long wait, so don't hold your breath. (P.S.,
- my God came four times last night!)
-
- LT> Operationally, a Christian is one who would not deny [sic]
- LT> Christ as Savior and Lord even under the threat of death (I
- LT> could tie in the 2nd Amendment discussion here, but won't)."
-
- "Deny?" What an utter innane, mellon-brained, baby-chimp-like
- assertion. Here's the deal, Lee--- I tell you here and now
- that -I- am the One, True Christ, and since you DENY IT, you
- will burn in ever-lasting torment.
-
- Now, do you "DENY" that I am Christ, or do you -ASSERT- that I
- am not? You're like every other Christofascist who use the
- word "Deny" as if their cult was somehow varified and their
- occult doctrin were obvious. Your occult nonsense does NOT
- lend itself to "Denial," -UNTILL- you prove your assertions.
-
- LT> Almost any one of the early creedal statements of the
- LT> Church ("I believe in one God, ...") should be adequate
- LT> as a litmus test for orthodoxy, when coupled with the
- LT> threat of capital punishment."
-
- And who the bloody hell are you to dictate who may call oneself
- a Christian? Your cult may speak only for itself, not for others.
-
- LT> As to officially separating the Christians from the non-
- LT> Christians, that won't happen during our lifetimes - so to
- LT> speak. Sorry, Carl."
-
- Many Christians are already hard at work segregating the cult
- members from the non-cult members. School Boards have been
- covertly infiltrated by Christian cults all across the nation.
- It's only a matter of time before The One True Christians
- once again come for those of use who have brains, those
- of us who choose to think for ourselves, those who refuse to
- conform to your cult's dicta.
-
- There are denominations of your cult that are hard at work
- making lists of "suspected homosexuals." This includes the
- Church of Jesus Christ Christian (Aryan Nations), A.R.M., and
- K.K.K. Jews and Blacks are targeted for "special consideration"
- (A.R.M.'s very words). These three have electronic bulletin
- boards set up, and A.R.M. has a voice-mail system one may
- call to "turn in" suspected Jews and homosexuals.
-
- So when you say it will not happen during our lifetime, I
- tell you it is happening NOW.
-
- LT> Lee Thomas, leet@ims.com
-
- --- Maximus 2.00
-