I support the separation too Mo. I don't debate that. But in the process of defending positions in support of separation, Christianity and Christians have been demonized and stereotyped into being intolerant bigots who want to shove their religion down other peoples throats. Admittedly, those elements exist in the various denominations of Christianity but is NOT indicative of Christians as a whole. People were using one or two personal experiences to sum up Christianity and I was challenging people to remove themselves from common stereotypes and to draw solely on their own experiences and evaluate their experiences with Christians as a whole. I believe that if people stop for a second and do that, that they realize that their own experiences are far more positive than they are negative.
Maybe this is not appropriate for this thread, but it's hard for me to sit back and "take it" especially if I feel people aren't being fair about it. It's not a hostility filter but a self-defense mechanism. Michael Corrigan Programmer Endora Digital Solutions 1900 S. Highland Avenue, Suite 200 Lombard, IL 60148 630/627-5200 x-136 630/627-5255 Fax ----- Original Message ----- From: Maureen To: CF-Community Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 2:50 PM Subject: Re: Church and State At 03:24 PM 1/28/02, you wrote: >But then again, I'm not a minority so I don't get it right Beth? No, you don't "get it" because you filter everything anyone says through your hostility filter instead of reading the actual words. This debate isn't about Christianity being evil, it's about separation of church and state under law, something that a lot of Christian organizations actually support, but which a small minority of very vocal so-called leaders who have been allowed by the silence of the majority to muddy the waters on this issue to the point where few, if any, of the followers understand the real issues. We can tear down the walls between church and state all at once, or we can allow them to be eroded with hundreds of small compromises, but once they are gone, they are gone in both directions, and you'll have the IRS, ATF, FBI and any other government agency that chooses with their noses firmly up your collection box. ______________________________________________________________________ Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Training from the Source Step by Step ColdFusion http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201758474/houseoffusion Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
