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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
- Subject: Re: On topic? Right!
- Date: 22 Nov 1992 00:23:58 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- Message-ID: <1emjuuINNmd6@gap.caltech.edu>
- References: <n0df3t@ofa123.fidonet.org> <1992Nov11.030810.1913@hfsi.uucp> <MMEYER.92Nov12110935@m2.dseg.ti.com>,<roelle.721593063@uars_mag> <1dun6bINNkrp@gap.caltech.edu>,<roelle.721669238@uars_mag> <1e0q8iINNl8q@gap.caltech.edu>,<1453@tdat.teradata.COM>
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- In article <1453@tdat.teradata.COM>, swf@tools3teradata.com (Stan Friesen)
- writes:
- >In article <1e0q8iINNl8q@gap.caltech.edu>, carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick) writes:
- >|> Please note, I said "self-policing." Perhaps you don't know what that term
- >|> means. It means that an organization with whom a person is affiliated makes
- >|> that affiliation conditional upon behavior of the individual. E.g., if a
- >|> televangelist is affiliated with a particular church, and behaves in a way
- >|> inconsistent with the policies of that church, it's incumbent upon that church
- >|> (not the government, which is what the guarantee of religious freedom is all
- >|> about) to sever the association with the individual.
- >
- >O.K., so now the televangelist simply goes out and starts his own church, and
- >ordains himself.
- >
- >And do not think this is all that unusual - many of the televangelists, especially
- >the most obnoxious of them, *already* have thier own church (or just what do you
- >think PTL or the Crystal Cathedral is?).
-
- >Given the ease of doing this, there really is *no* *way* to do any
- 'self-policing'.
-
- Please note: I have NEVER advocated trying to stop the televangelists from
- preaching. I *HAVE* pointed out that it's the height of hypocrisy for churches
- to continue to allow the televangelists to claim to represent the churches in
- question, but then to disavow the televangelists. Self-policing would simply
- entail the churches severing their connections with televangelists who are
- misrepresenting the churches in question.
-
- Now, HAVE I FINALLY PUT THINGS CLEARLY ENOUGH THAT EVEN YOU CAN UNDERSTAND? I
- admit, I did use words of more than one syllable. Perhaps if they give you
- trouble, you can ask someone to translate.
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- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
-
- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-