Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!wjh12!genrad!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-mrvax!ddb From: ddb@mrvax.DEC (DAVID DYER-BENNET MRO1-2/L14 DTN 231-4076) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Coexistence Message-ID: <3947@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 17-Oct-84 20:45:45 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3947 Posted: Wed Oct 17 20:45:45 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Oct-84 06:46:37 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 24 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 -- ...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-mrvax!ddb