I see that now.  I guess I let my own bias get the best of me.  As you 
said before, the media highlights those people so much that I get so 
frustrated because most of us aren't like that but end up getting lumped 
into the same category.  I guess it's actually funny because we were 
essentially arguing the same point against one another.  Thanks for the 
response and for squaring things away.

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: Braver, Ben 
  To: CF-Community 
  Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 3:35 PM
  Subject: RE: Church and State


  Michael,

  sorry you feel "defeated" - it wasn't meant to be a competititon.

  and you were *not* misunderstood - I tried to make very clear that 
Sandy's
  brother, my neighbor, etc. are not indicative of ALL Christianity. I
  emphasized that they are an extreme "sect" of Christianity but do not 
ACT
  like Christians.

  You didn't hurt or offend me. I just got frustrated trying to get a 
point
  across to you.

  I hope you see from this reply that I *do* understand your point.

  When you say you are a Catholic, I automatically *exclude* you from 
the
  Falwell et al group in my mind, since I have never known a Catholic to 
do
  the things these extreme groups do.

  I think I and several others were expressing our concern that the 
extremists
  were getting too much attention and political power, and endangering 
us all
  with their attitudes towards "freedom".

  Hope this helps.

  -Ben

  -----Original Message-----
  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
  Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 1:23 PM
  To: CF-Community
  Subject: Re: Church and State


  <cf_defeated>
  Alright, this is the last thing I'll say on this.  I have only been 
  trying to make one point and have seemed to fail horribly at it.  As 
the 
  Taliban are not indicative of Islam, the Christian fundamentalists 
like 
  Robertson, Falwell, Ben's neighbor or Sandy's brother are not 
indicative 
  of Christianity.  That's all I've been trying to say.  Sorry for 
hurting 
  or offending anyone.

  Michael Corrigan
  Programmer
  Endora Digital Solutions
  1900 S. Highland Avenue, Suite 200
  Lombard, IL 60148
  630/627-5200 x-136
  630/627-5255 Fax


  
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