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From: charli@cylixd.UUCP (Charli Phillips)
Newsgroups: net.religion.christian
Subject: Re: Ghostbusting Brevard Childs
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Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 11:09:53 EST
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>>I don't think Man is in need of any "supernatural" redemption.  I don't
>>think any supernatural redemption is either possible or necessary.  I
>>don't think the canon should be "valorized" in the way Childs sets out
>>to do.  I don't think the (Christian) tradition should be valorized.
>>I don't accept the statement of the problem and therefore "the truth of
>>the gospel of Jesus Christ" is no answer.

Does anyone else have the same problem with Gary's postings that I do?
I can't understand them.  I don't think he and I are writing in the
same language.  For instance, "valorization" is an organized action by
a government to increase the price or value of something.  Obviously, 
from the context, this isn't what Gary means.  So what does he mean?
Can anyone enlighten me?

I generally make wild guesses about what he says.  For example, I'd 
guess that the above quote means:

}Man is not sinful, and therefore doesn't need to be redeemed from sin.
}The canon and Christian tradition contradict this premise, and are
}therefore not true.

Is this what you mean, Gary?  If so, and if, as it appears, you
consider yourself a Christian, then I think you and I disagree on
the meaning of the term "Christian".  In your vocabulary (which seems
to be highly specialized and at odds with the one I use), what,
exactly, does the word "Christian" mean?  

	charli