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From: ddb@mrvax.DEC (DAVID DYER-BENNET MRO1-2/L14 DTN 231-4076)
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Subject: Coexistence
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Date: Wed, 17-Oct-84 20:45:45 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 17 20:45:45 1984
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For  the  last  several  weeks,  I  have  been reading David Brunson in this
newsgroup. Today I ran into Ken Nichols. These, and to a lesser extent other
people  over  the past year or so, are having a really dramatic effect on my
feelings about Christianity.

I  am  finally  seeing  Christianity  as I have always imagined, based on my
understanding  of  what it teaches, that it would be: completely intolerant.
Irrational.  Completely  uncaring  about people on earth (it's the "immortal
soul" that really matters). Highly political. Judgemental. Incompatible with
even  the faintest vestiges of a civilized existence. 

Historically  it's been that, of course (whenever it's had polotical power),
but it hadn't seemed so bad recently.

I  had  thought  that  my  analyses  must  be faulty, or my understanding of
Christian teachings incorrect. This newsgroup, which I have been involved in
for  something  less  (I  think)  than  a year, has been my first long-term,
intense,  exposure  to  the  modern  class  of  Christian.  It's been a real
eye-opener.  I  used to think some sort of "detente" or peaceful coexistence
was  possible  --  in  fact  I  didn't  realize  that we were irreconcilable
enemies. It's good to know who your enemies are.

			-- David Dyer-Bennet
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