From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!philabs!sdcsvax!sdccsu3!iy47ab
Newsgroups: net.misc
Title: re: my recent letter on Religious Matters
Article-I.D.: sdccsu3.239
Posted: Fri Jan 21 09:24:13 1983
Received: Fri Jan 28 00:51:26 1983

Strange things happened to my last letter, and it got smushed. Sorry.

what I was saying was...

Christianity, with its focus on the first part(belief in an overbeing) is
based primarily on faith. I don't know exactly how this works, but although
you are encouraged to be a good person, you are forgiven even if you are
a 'sinner', as long as you have faith.  The idea here is that with *true*
faith, you would not sin as much.  I get a little confused here, because
the concept is so foreign to me.

Offhand...Robin Pugh said a few years ago that people that "just don't
care" if there is a god or not are "APATHEISTS".  I liked that one, just
thought I'd print it...I think personally I fall into the catagory someon
just brought up...I sort of believe in a god, but don't find it necessary
or desirable to pray to him/her/it/them.  I dunno, what SHOULD it be called?

Lady Arwen of U.C.San Diego