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From: biep@klipper.UUCP (J. A. "Biep" Durieux)
Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.religion
Subject: Re: Proposal for net.religion subgroups
Message-ID: <342@klipper.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 30-Oct-84 04:49:45 EST
Article-I.D.: klipper.342
Posted: Tue Oct 30 04:49:45 1984
Date-Received: Wed, 31-Oct-84 01:19:20 EST
References: <187@hocsj.UUCP> <428@uwmacc.UUCP>
Reply-To: biep@klipper.UUCP (J. A. "Biep" Durieux)
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Summary: 

In article <428@uwmacc.UUCP> rick@maccunix.UUCP (Rick Keir) writes:
>In article <187@hocsj.UUCP> ecl@hocsj.UUCP writes:
>>Reference: <>, <331@klipper.UUCP>
>>> 	P.S.: Let's build net.religion.christian[.only],
>>Needless to say, net etiquette would dictate *not* attempting to proselytize
>>in other religions' subgroups.
>>					Evelyn C. Leeper
>	Religion ... is by its very nature a group where most
>of the discussion will range around who's right and who's not, because 
>that is what people generally talk about when they "talk religion" in 
>face-to-face communications.
>Rick Keir -- MicroComputer Information Center, MACC

I do not agree. There is a lot to be said about how to read certain versets(?),
how to act in certain circonstances, about someone's experiences, about litte-
rature, etc.
Of course, communication means hearing things you didn't know yet, including
hearing evidence you didn't know yet supporting things you didn't (yet) believe.
But that's quite another thing than arguing "who's right and who's wrong".
The main difference between this and e.g. net.politics is that in the latter
people try to find evidence that agrees with their beliefs (yes, this is a
broad generalization, I know that!), and in (good) religious discussions one
is trying to find a belief that agrees with the evidence.

But the real reason for subgrouping net.religion is, that it is fatuiging(sp?)
to have to defend the basics of your creed which you just want to assume to
be able to talk about the `details'.(net.micro.hp-users don't have to defend
their choice of an hp either, every time.)

Anyway, I still strongly advocate the keyword based net system I proposed
in net.news.group (last week reposted).
-- 

							  Biep.
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