Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: daveh@tekcrl.labs.tek.com (David Hatcher) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Who's a Christian and who isn't, anyway? Message-ID: Date: 23 Sep 90 07:29:39 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 30 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article atterlep@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Alan T. Terlep) writes: >In article kilroy@mimsy.umd.edu (An Appalachian Hillybilly) writes: >>"Christianity isn't about `us' and `them' -- that's the whole point." >> -- Larry Dungan > > That's right. And since Christianity isn't about "us" and "them", and is, >in fact, based on treating us and them the same, why are we trying to figure >out which is which? I'm in total agreement here. Which is why I'm having such a hard time in understanding the reasoning and justification for why a "us" and "them" attitude is so prevalent among so much of Christianity? The roots of such an attitude seems to run counter to everything that brings people together through a heart that is open to love and understanding. David Hatcher Submission to the Spirit is an art which is only learned through years of trial and error, success and failure. Only gradually does one come to possess a delicate sensitivity to the inner motions of grace so as to be moved by the Spirit in one's life. And the art or gift by which we come to recognize the inner voice of the Spirit is called discernment. William Johnston _The Inner Eye of Love_