Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site tove.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!wjh12!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!tove!liz From: liz@tove.UUCP (Liz Allen) Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.religion Subject: Re: Proposal for net.religion subgroups (Christian mailing list) Message-ID: <35@tove.UUCP> Date: Sat, 3-Nov-84 21:15:10 EST Article-I.D.: tove.35 Posted: Sat Nov 3 21:15:10 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 4-Nov-84 22:37:51 EST References: <1619@ucf-cs.UUCP> <967@houxm.UUCP> <1639@ucf-cs.UUCP> Reply-To: liz@tove.UUCP (Liz Allen) Organization: U of Maryland, Laboratory for Parallel Computation, C.P., MD Lines: 47 Summary: As the moderator of the Christian mailing list, I thought I should speak up and give you our statement of purpose: The purpose of the list is to provide a non-hostile environment for discussion among Christians; not to hide our discussion from non-Christians. Non-believers may "listen in" by being hand-forwarded discussion from a member of the list. Full blown debates between Christians and non-Christians are best carried out in the net.religion news group, and it is hoped that the availability of this list will not diminish the contribution Christians make there. Our motivation is really not that much different from the motivation behind the feminists' mailing list; we just want a forum in which we can discuss our beliefs and how they effect our lives without needing to defend our fundamental beliefs. Now I'm not saying that diversity on the net is bad; it isn't! I enjoy being able to participate on the net and am not (usually!) afraid to state what I believe. I'm just saying that there's a time and a place for everything. I think the reason this mailing list is being suggested as an alternative to a net.religion.christian is related to the reason that net.women.only is not being used any more (except for the "add me to the list" messages). The list is more like a family -- you can talk about things like your personal life without fearing someone will attack you for the place you're coming from. I'm not really opposed to a net.religion.christian; I just think it would be under-utilized. Let me say, too, for the record, that, as the moderator of the group, I am not going to allow messages to be posted that express hatred for any person or group of persons. (Not that I expect any. I think the people on the list know Jesus' love well enough that they'd not want to post such messages.) For any Christians out there who would like to join the list, send mail to seismo!umcp-cs!mailjc-request and I'll add you. -- -Liz Allen Univ of Maryland, College Park MD Usenet: ...!seismo!umcp-cs!liz Arpanet: liz@maryland "This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all" -- 1 John 1:5