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- From: ksand@apple.com (Kent Sandvik )
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
- Subject: Re: Will the -REAL- Christians please stand up? Was: What did Judas betray?
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- Date: 3 Jan 93 05:43:54 GMT
- References: <1992Dec24.172824.12799@cbfsb.cb.att.com> <1992Dec27.235003.4413@rosevax.rosemount.com> <1992Dec28.165941.28423@hfsi.uucp> <1992Dec28.215354.24896@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> <1992Dec29.183758.2411@hfsi.uucp>
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- In article <1992Dec29.183758.2411@hfsi.uucp>, ata@hfsi.uucp (John Ata -
- FSO) wrote:
- > In article <1992Dec28.215354.24896@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee) writes:
- > >
- > >But how do I tell if someone ignores the core beliefs of Jesus? Not only can't
- > >Christians agree on who is a Christian, they can't even agree on what the core
- > >beliefs of Jesus are. It's as if there were a few dozen mutually contradictive
- > >Republican party platforms.
-
- > I would suggest that people read the New Testament for a
- > definition of what Jesus stood for. It is the "party platform" of
- > Christianity. To those who say that it has ambiguities, I would
- > reply that there is plenty of unambigous and clear teachings of
- > Christ to go around.
-
- Should we also take into account all the other Gospels that the early
- Church
- rejected? No wonder the religion is streamlined, because the church made
- sure that the Gospels conformed to a standard :-).
-
- Kent
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