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From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois)
Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.religion
Subject: Re: Proposal for net.religion subgroups
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Date: Fri, 2-Nov-84 16:47:07 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  2 16:47:07 1984
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> 
> Needless to say, net etiquette would dictate *not* attempting to proselytize
> in other religions' subgroups.  (And needless to say, people would do it
> anyway.)

It would probably be difficult to refrain from this, because
inevitably in the discussion of one religion, one will compare
it with one's own, possibly different, religion.  And the definition
of "proselytize" is sufficiently broad for some people that any
mention of, say, Christianity, constitutes proselytization.  A similar
phenomenon may be seen on this net in connection with the word "flame".
This term is often applied indiscriminately to any response not
agreeing with one's own viewpoint.  And surely, simple disagreement
need not constitute "flaming"?
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Paul DuBois		{allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois