Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!vax135!ariel!hou5f!hou5a!hou5d!hogpc!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!duke!unc!tim From: tim@unc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Discussion of Religion Message-ID: <5414@unc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Jun-83 16:12:26 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.5414 Posted: Mon Jun 20 16:12:26 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Jun-83 12:38:59 EDT References: unc.5383 Lines: 27 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