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From: tim@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Tim Maroney)
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Subject: Re: Law and Christianity (sort of)
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Date: Sat, 9-Mar-85 06:18:51 EST
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Charley responded to Ellen's few quotes about witch-burning.  His response
to a much stronger argument (that the historical period described in the Old
Testament has historically been and still is idolized and made a mainstay of
Christian education) was activating an automatic censorship program to
silence any more messages from the person who made the argument.

In case any of you were out with flu, the point may be summarized as
follows.  The OT prophets who ordered atrocities as a commonplace are always
portrayed as the best and wisest of men in Christian religious education.
It is far from unthinkable that Christians could ever support a repeat of
the prophets' behavior.  In fact, the majority of the history of
Christianity has been one in which that line was crossed over for the worse,
and such atrocities are even now continuing.  The abortion-clinic bombing
evidence included references to the bombing under a code-word referring to
an Old Testament military operation.  The Phalangists in Lebanon are
devoutly Christian and devoutly intent on killing all the Moslems they can
get their hands on.  The major Christian religious shows such as the 700
Club (which have millions of viewers) support the Phalangists.  If Robertson
ever interviews the Phalangist leader again, be sure to watch, it'll be
fun.  The name "Ireland" says it all, don't you think?

Oh well, perhaps someone else would like to try to refute this.
-=-
Tim Maroney, Carnegie-Mellon University, Networking
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