Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site opus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!cires!nbires!opus!rcd From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Shoving one's beliefs down others' throats Message-ID: <556@opus.UUCP> Date: Tue, 19-Jun-84 04:31:20 EDT Article-I.D.: opus.556 Posted: Tue Jun 19 04:31:20 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 21-Jun-84 06:24:35 EDT References: <615@osu-dbs.UUCP> Organization: NBI, Boulder Lines: 25 >>[commenting on Larry Bickford] >>... >>holy mission to ram his beliefs down your (our) throats. >---------- >I have heard this complaint many, many, many times. "All Christians (at >least all those who evangelize a lot, particularly in a public place) >are doing nothing more than expressing their desire to cram their own >private, personal belief system down others' throats."... From here, Kleinpastes article goes on at considerable length to count articles, total lines, etc. and divide them between Christian and non-Christian. Then he concludes, on the basis of his counting ONLY that either side seems to be forcing beliefs as much as the other. Gee, I can see how to spend a lot less time going through net.religion. I don't have to read the articles any more; I'll just count them! What sort of foolishness is this? I was talking (>> above) about ONE PARTICULAR PERSON and his habit of frequently posting moderately abusive items. I cited a specific case to illustrate my point. Length of postings or number of postings has no necessary effect on the type of views expressed in them. Isn't that obvious? I guess not. -- Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303)444-5710 x3086 ...Cerebus for dictator!