Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site stolaf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!stolaf!gulley From: gulley@stolaf.UUCP (William T. Gulley) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Proselytizing on the net Message-ID: <1524@stolaf.UUCP> Date: Tue, 28-Feb-84 12:48:17 EST Article-I.D.: stolaf.1524 Posted: Tue Feb 28 12:48:17 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 4-Mar-84 02:59:21 EST Organization: St. Olaf College, Northfield MN Lines: 37 Sorry, T.C., but it looks like you're doing much the same to tdavis as you feel he's doing to you. . only on the opposite end of the fence. Like it or not, proselytizing is, and always has been a part of not only religion, but Americanism, Communism, and anything else that evokes a sense of belief in a person. If you don't believe something's good for someone else, how can you believe that it's good for you? (Unless, of course, you feel some- how we're not all intrinsically the same, and "truth" exists in tailor-made personal versions- a belief system I am well acquainted with) A lot of the talk here about religion is stimulating and rel- evant, with the vast majority approaching it from a largely intel- lectual standpoint. (Which is great- St. Augustine would love it) However, I for at least one, feel that Tom Davis's speaking from a highly subjective, highly UN-deteched viewpoint not only some- what refreshing from the intellectualism, ("You open your mind too much, and your brains will fall out") but serves to round out the content of this newsgroup by presenting the views of one who speaks totally from "inside" a belief. If his expressed views seem too simple and trusting to you, maybe it's only because he confidently attempts to give answers, not just constantly more questions. Take them or leave them. Any committed Islamics or Zen Buddhists out there? ____ Man, that felt great. . William Gulley - St. Olaf College - Northfield, MN 55057 . .!inhp4!stolaf!gulley