Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!mit-eddi!rh From: rh@mit-eddi.UUCP (Randy Haskins) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: what do you think gang? Message-ID: <306@mit-eddi.UUCP> Date: Fri, 24-Jun-83 02:53:48 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.306 Posted: Fri Jun 24 02:53:48 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Jun-83 23:05:49 EDT References: utcsstat.668 Lines: 22 Bigots within the Catholic Church? Hah!!! I went to a Baptist school in Florida (read, Southern Baptist: hell-fire and brimstone). A few years after I left, I heard talk that the administration considered admitting some Black students, and that many of the teachers subsequently threatened to quit if this were done. I'm not sure, but I think it wasn't done. In fourth grade, I was paddled. My crime? I said the word 'dang' on the playground (tattling was the vogue there. Probably a better place in God's kingdom for those who bring heathens like me to the 'path of righteousness.' As I tried to explain to the teacher, although the kiddies thought I said the bad word, I had only said 'dang.' She said that I was probably lying, since so many of the (illiterate, brain-washed) kids said they heard me say 'damn.' Even if I was telling the truth, even though I said 'dang,' I must've meant 'damn.' How's that for reasoning? I am still a Christian, because I like the Unitarian religion, and I do believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ. I just wish those Bible-thumpers wouldn't call themselves Christians; it gives us real Christians a bad name. "Onward, Christian soldiers" Randy