Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site burl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxa!houxm!ihnp4!we13!otuxa!ll1!sb1!burl!rcj From: rcj@burl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Defaming the name of Jesus Christ Message-ID: <241@burl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 20-Jul-83 10:42:09 EDT Article-I.D.: burl.241 Posted: Wed Jul 20 10:42:09 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jul-83 05:44:05 EDT References: <1222@tektroni.UUCP> Organization: Western Electric, Burlington, NC Lines: 40 Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you religious types don't want to read the articles that have a subject line of: Subject: Re: Jesus H. Christ then USE YOUR 'n' KEY!! I happen to think that these "discussions" are amusing and enjoy reading them, their content is obvious by now, and you are not being forced to read them. I second Dave Ihnat's observation that religious fanatics in this country are getting out of hand. Banning/burning library books stinks of a censorship formerly reserved for the likes of Hitler and the Ayatollah (sp). If I can put up with people telling me to believe in a 2,000 year-old book which has been changed/chopped/retranslated/mangled by at least twelve different popes whose only interest was in protecting their church (and rightfully so, that was their job); a book whose New Testament was written (for the most part) several decades after Christ supposedly died; a book from which 12 "books" were chopped by one pope alone because he was losing people to the Eastern religions and wanted to bring them back; etc. etc. etc. -- then you guys can at least put up with a few harmless jokes from us sinners THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ ANYWAY!! I have an uncle who is an EXTREMELY devout Christian and a devoted Biblical historian of some twenty years. He admits all of the above but still believes the teachings of the Bible. I do not agree with him, but I have ENORMOUS respect for the man -- because he does not try to make me conform to his beliefs. .= (Flame off.) A note to those who have said (rightfully so) that I flame before thinking -- I sat on this one for some time before 'f'ing to it, -- The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3814 (Cornet 291) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ floyd sb1 mhuxv ]!burl!rcj