Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utastro.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!unc!mcnc!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!utastro!padraig From: padraig@utastro.UUCP (Padraig Houlahan) Newsgroups: net.religion.christian Subject: Re: Deprogramming Message-ID: <270@utastro.UUCP> Date: Sun, 23-Jun-85 10:49:32 EDT Article-I.D.: utastro.270 Posted: Sun Jun 23 10:49:32 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Jun-85 04:43:31 EDT References: <658@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> <242@utastro.UUCP> <1234@uwmacc.UUCP> Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX Lines: 35 > >> Having been a close friend of hers and having attended the church, > >> I am deeply troubled that her parents might have made a terrible > >> mistake and that, because she is making accusations against the church, > >> some people, who otherwise might have decided to study the Bible in > >> the church, may decide agianst the idea; she may be doing things aginst > >> God's will. > > > > It's funny that you say this, since I would claim that indoctrinating > > young children in one's religion before they are old enough to > > decide fairly for themselves is a serious violation of their rights. > > > > Padraig Houlahan. > > Perhaps we should hand them over to you to be indoctrinated with > your beliefs? > > Or do you have no beliefs? Go and read the articles that followed the above. I have outlined my perspective there. > Or (more likely), do you have beliefs which are so transparent to you > that it appears to you that you are neutral? > | > Paul DuBois {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois --+-- If you had read the follow-up articles you would know that I am not neutral, and never claimed to be. The whole point of my reply, that you quoted above, was to highlight the fact that on this issue there is a radically different way of looking at it, as is true with most other topics that concern the interaction between religious thought and society. Padraig Houlahan.