Michael, we are aware that not all christians approve of prayer in schools, but it is CHRISTIANS (notice not "all christians) that are pushing the agenda in the us. No? Its not muslims or jews or hindus or atheists, its christians.
We are aware that its not every christian. --Beth, Pseudo usenet cop Merlin MTB, BikeE AT, RANS gliss, Trek R200, Kickbike Owned by Kavik (Samoyed Boy) and Toklat (Keeshond Boy) Anchorage, Alaska ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 12:11 PM Subject: Re: Church and State > 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
