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From: rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: Christianity, sex
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Date: Wed, 19-Sep-84 00:21:44 EDT
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> I have no interest in sitting across an aisle from a fornicator
> and dreaming up all kinds of useless and hateful condemnation against him.
> The problem I am addressing is the same one Shaul (Paul to the greeks)
> addresses in Corinthians: that of a known fornicator being accepted as
> a brother by the church.
> 
> The judgement of Shaul: "you must not associate with anyone who calls
> himself a brother but is sexually immoral or covetous, an idolater or
> a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler".  Note that this is not talking
> about those who do not make a pretense of being believers.  And of
> course, the person so shamed is to be welcomed back with open arms
> when he demonstrates repentance.

It would seem that this Paul character is the antichrist that Christians
have been speculating about for thousands of years.  He takes all of
Jesus' teachings of love, tolerance, and justice, and subverts them
into "thou shalt not"s and intolerance and the same "letter of the law
vs. spirit of the law" that Jesus was supposedly trying to eradicate.

Hmmm...
-- 
"So, it was all a dream!" --Mr. Pither
"No, dear, this is the dream; you're still in the cell." --his mother
				Rich Rosen    pyuxn!rlr