Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxd!rlr From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Professor Wagstaff) Newsgroups: net.religion,net.politics Subject: Re: Religion and politics don't mix? Message-ID: <605@pyuxd.UUCP> Date: Sun, 3-Mar-85 13:21:45 EST Article-I.D.: pyuxd.605 Posted: Sun Mar 3 13:21:45 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 08:25:50 EST References: <821@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: Huxley College Lines: 31 Xref: watmath net.religion:5838 net.politics:7930 > "If you're one of the millions of Americans who fills > church collection plates, you might want to check if your > denomination and congregation contributes to the World > Council of Churches (WCC). According to the Catholic > Defense League of South Africa, the WCC through its > Program to Combat Racism gave nearly $200,000 to anti- > South-African terrorist groups, including over $75,000 > to the Southwest African Peoples' Organization (SWAPO)." > > ("Soldier of Fortune," April 1985, p. 102; Omega Group Ltd., > Boulder, CO) > > I don't understand why a supposedly Christian organization is > giving support to an Antichrist organization. There's an old axiom > that says anything that walks lie a duck, talks like a duck, lays > ducks' eggs, and hangs around with other ducks, must probably be > some kind of a duck. If this news item has any veracity, then it > would appear that the WCC is not in fact an ecclesiastic organization, > but rather a front for the collection of funds to support the > international Communist conspiracy. (Note to US readers: the US > affiliate of the WCC is the National Council of Churches.) > Don Black Could you please explain why 1) it is the work of an "Antichrist organization" when racism is combatted? 2) it is a symptom of a world communist conspiracy when racism is combatted? I half expect an answer along the Arndtian terms of "If you don't knwo, you're blind and stupid", but I'd like to see som substantiation for this. -- "It's a lot like life..." Rich Rosen ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr