home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Xref: sparky sci.skeptic:21760 alt.messianic:3735
- Path: sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!hri.com!spool.mu.edu!darwin.sura.net!udel!rochester!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!netnews.srv.cs.cmu.edu!gerry
- From: gerry@cmu.edu (Gerry Roston)
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic,alt.messianic
- Subject: Re: Will the -REAL- Christians please stand up? Was: What did Judas betray?
- Message-ID: <GERRY.92Dec28140440@onion.cmu.edu>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 19:04:40 GMT
- References: <1992Dec24.172824.12799@cbfsb.cb.att.com> <1992Dec27.235003.4413@rosevax.rosemount.com> <eharbin.725547983@convex.convex.com>
- Sender: news@cs.cmu.edu (Usenet News System)
- Reply-To: gerry@cmu.edu (Gerry Roston)
- Organization: Field Robotics Center, CMU
- Lines: 26
- In-Reply-To: eharbin@convex.com's message of 28 Dec 92 13:06:23 GMT
- Nntp-Posting-Host: onion.frc.ri.cmu.edu
-
- In article <eharbin.725547983@convex.convex.com> eharbin@convex.com (Edward Harbin) writes:
-
- >Thousands (if not millions) of people have been tortured and killed in
- >the service of christianity. Even the thousand-year old conflict
- >between the celts and the anglo-saxons is now reported as a conflict
- >between protestants and catholics.
-
- On the other hand, in what non-Christian country would you choose to live?
-
- In the US of A, you moron! The USA is NOT a christian nation,
- regardless of what scum like Pat Robertson, Ronald Reagan, etc., like
- to claim.
-
- --
- Gerry Roston (gerry@cmu.edu) | We hold these truths to be self-evident, that
- Field Robotics Center, | all men are created equal, that they are
- Carnegie Mellon University | endowed by their Creator with certain
- Pittsburgh, PA, 15213 | unalienable Rights, that among these are
- (412) 268-3856 | Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
- | That to secure these rights, Governments are
- The opinions expressed are mine | instituted among Men, deriving their just
- and do not reflect the official | powers from the consent of the governed.
- position of CMU, FRC, RedZone, | That whenever any Form of Government becomes
- or any other organization. | destructive of these ends, it is the Right of
- | the People to alter or to abolish it...
- | Thomas Jefferson
-