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From: rh@mit-eddi.UUCP (Randy Haskins)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: what do you think gang?
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Date: Fri, 24-Jun-83 02:53:48 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 24 02:53:48 1983
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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