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- From: berryh@huey.udel.edu (John Berryhill, Ph.D.)
- Subject: Re: Will the -REAL- Christians please stand up? Was: What did Judas betray?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.050910.28064@udel.edu>
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- References: <1hnejhINNnna@gap.caltech.edu> <eharbin.725567520@convex.convex.com> <1992Dec29.042924.20035@eslvcr.wimsey.bc.ca>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 05:09:10 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.042924.20035@eslvcr.wimsey.bc.ca> ted@eslvcr.wimsey.bc.ca (Ted Powell) writes:
- >In article <eharbin.725567520@convex.convex.com> eharbin@convex.com (Edward Harbin) writes:
- >>
- >>>>This century has tried several experiments in explicitly anti-religious
- >>>>statecraft
-
- I took this line to be a reference to Marxist countries such as the
- former Soviet Union and China. These countries have been anti-religious.
-
- >>>Hmmm. Here once again we see the collossal ignorance and arrogance of a
- >>>typical Christian: I don't suppose it's ever occurred to you that
-
- And here you see the usual arrogance of a typical usenet flamer. I don;t
- suppose that it has ever occurred to you that those impulses within human
- beings that lead us to hate, enslave, and destroy are common to all humans
- and don't originate in any particular group thereof.
-
- People will always find a reason to do things like holler "BULLSHIT!!"
- at each other. Show me the group of humans that has never oppressed others
- or would not oppress others given the opportunity.
-
- Take the Caribs. The Caribs were the people of the West Indies that were
- killed off by the early European conquerors. That's pretty bad. Almost
- as bad as the fact that the islands were previously occupied by the
- Arawaks. The Caribs invaded from South America and killed off the Arawaks
- long before Columbus showed up to kill the Caribs. I'm supposed to be on
- somebody's side in all of this?
-
- Humans are disgusting murderous animals. There's not a pig's breath worth
- of difference between the disgusting murderous humans who call themselves
- Christians and the disgusting murderous humans who call themselves anything
- else.
-
- However, it is always comforting to blame the worst aspects of the human
- condition on the THEM of your choice. Better yet, let's say nasty things
- at THEM on the net! And let's do it in a newsgroup that has nothing
- whatsoever to do with the topic!
- --
- John Berryhill, Ph.D.
-