Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!apple!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: lionti@ecs.umass.edu Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Pagans and Christ (was Re: Christians abetting Satan?) Message-ID: Date: 17 Sep 90 07:54:33 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 33 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu wolves!wolfe@remus.rutgers.edu (G. Wolfe Woodbury) writes: > I will complain slightly by saying that while I know a large number of > "Christians" that will automatically condemn others for having the > "wrong" beliefs, rather fewer of my "Pagan" accquaintances do the same > simply on the basis of religious opinions. > > G. Wolfe Woodbury @ The Wolves Den UNIX, Durham NC Why do you complain? Of course there are more "Christians" that will condem others for having "wrong" beliefs as compared to "Pagans" that do the same simply on the basis of religious "opinions" because most Christians believe in Objective Truth and Morality as compared to the idea of Subjective Truth and Morality espoused by many Pagans. Pagans would be less likely to condem others because their world view gives relatively equal weight to everyone's religious "opinions" and so they wouldn't feel justified in attacking anyone else's opinions, except those who hold the "opinion" that there is Objective Truth and Morality. To some extent, Pagan's only Objective Truth is that there is no Objective Truth (at least not that man can know) and so we must operate under the idea of Subjective Truth and Morality if everyone is to get along (i.e. I'm OK, Your OK). Thus, your "statistics" don't surprise me. This is certainly NOT to condone people who "condem" other people!!! "...forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us..." are certainly words to live by, as far as I'm concerned. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric C. McClure |"96.37 percent of all statistics are made up" lionti@umaecs.bitnet | Standard Disclaimer | -another NETter who I don't remember --------------------------------------------------------------------