Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ssc-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!david From: david@ssc-vax.UUCP (David Norris) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: The Ad Hominem Fellows Message-ID: <868@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 29-Feb-84 13:13:50 EST Article-I.D.: ssc-vax.868 Posted: Wed Feb 29 13:13:50 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Mar-84 07:34:29 EST Organization: Boeing Aerospace, Seattle Lines: 36 > It's a shame that Norris has lowered himself even further to defend someone > like Collins. ENOUGH OF THIS! I've had this on my mind for a long time, and it's about time I said it. There seem to be a number of types on this newsgroup. In the one, I put people like Laura Creighton, Byron Howes, Jon White, Paul Dubuc, Larry Bickford, and others I can't think of offhand. Although I may violently disagree with some of them sometimes, they are intelligent folks who can put up SOME defense for their beliefs, no matter what I may think of them. Note that none of these people (that I am aware of) criticized Collins for his bad spelling. I truly believe that members of this group feel sorry for Collins; not because he is a bad speller, or because of his religious persuasion, but because he has been attacked so viciously by other "contributors". Now there is another group, the Ad Hominem Fellows. This fraternity spends it time explaining how stupid you have to be because you follow an evangelist, and how important it is to have an open wallet. This, they explain, is obvious because one man used an "i" instead of an "a" in misspelling a word. The Ad Hominem Fellows generally stick up for each other by verbally abusing anyone who threatens a member of the Order. So I put forth this challenge to the Ad Hominem Fellows. Let's see some good solid evidence that the education of the average evangelistic Christian is lower than the national average. An unbiased survey, for example. Let's see some evidence which proves that evangelists do not care about you if you don't have any money. Be sure that this evidence is statistically valid, and be sure you *carefully* define the term "evangelist" (i.e., "evangelist" is the type you see on "Oh God" - won't cut it). Any comments? Does anybody else feel this way, or am I way off base? -- David Norris :-) -- uw-beaver!ssc-vax!david