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From: strick@gatech.UUCP (henry strickland)
Newsgroups: net.religion.christian
Subject: I hear it every XMAS
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Date: Sat, 15-Dec-84 14:45:55 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 15 14:45:55 1984
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[ I tried to post to net.christian.xian, but it's not here yet ]

>                 I don't like 'xian'.  I'm just bothered by replacing
> 'christ' with 'x'.  I think that's reasonable for a Christian.

The Christian church is full of abbreviations.  Does the       P
chi rho symbol bother you?   Or does the early Christian       X
church symbol of the fish reduce Christ to being a fish?

[ Chi Rho are the first two letters of the Greek word for Christ.
The Greek word for fish contains 5 letters, an acronym for
Jesus Christ, God's Son, Savior  (at the risk of publishing without
researching, I think it's IXTHOS  (TH=theta)).         ]

It's been decided to use net.religion.xian, and it's not up for debate.
It's not a bad idea.  There are more important matters of faith
being discussed here...  I'm hoping to be able to understand the
fundamentalist view a little better.  Could someone kindly tell me
when a fundamentallist allows divorce?

    1)  If the husband gives the wife a writ of divorce  (Leviticus(?))
    2)  Only in the case of adultery   (Matthew)
    3)  Never never never              (Mark, Luke)
    4)  It's alright if you become a Christian and your non-Christian
           spouse wants it.            (I Corintheans)

                                Peace,
                                  strick!
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