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From: tim@unc.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Discussion of Religion
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Date: Mon, 20-Jun-83 16:12:26 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 20 16:12:26 1983
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    Is that the best you can do, Bob?  I ask you to submit something
in your own words, representing your own thoughts, instead of just
quoting the Bible at me.  You respond by writing, in your own words, a
plea for less original thought and discussion on the group.  Sigh.

    More seriously, you do bring up a good point.  I would like to see
more book reviews, quotes from various holy books (provided that the
quote is not used just as a justification for unfounded insults, like
your Bible quotes, Bob), and so on.  Soon, I hope to get back to C. S.
Lewis' book "Mere Christianity" and post a review of it.  In addition,
I may at some future date begin posting excerpts from the writings of
my own favorite religious thinker, the much-maligned Aleister Crowley.
Such things broaden all our bases.  Anyone having something
interesting to contribute along these lines is hereby exhorted to
share it with all of us.

    However, we shouldn't mistake the role of authority.  An argument
must stand or fall wholly on its own merits.  The fact that it comes
from a respected person does not in itself increase its intrinsic
worth.  This, since you asked, is why I objected to the Bible quotes
you threw.  In themselves, they said nothing except that you were too
much a coward to insult me in your own words.  There are many
interesting things in the Bible you could quote if you really want to
enrich the group; that is what I am interested in.

    Tim Maroney