Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: mmh@cs.qmw.ac.uk (Matthew Huntbach) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: The Bible and Us: a book review; comments on Mary and Protestantism Message-ID: Date: 26 Sep 90 08:12:59 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Computer Science Dept, QMW, University of London, UK. Lines: 13 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article garyh@crash.cts.com (Gary Hipp) writes: >I hope this explanation gives you a better understanding and shows you >that it is much more that a marketing tactic of the 20th C. > I am not convinced. I think the acknowedgement of Jesus as Lord is far more in line with Christianity than Jesus as "friend". I think it is important that we fear God as well as love Him. Treating Jesus as a sort of cuddly comforter, like a Teddy bear, makes Christianity appear a very childish religion. I think there has been too much juvenilation in Christianity (Catholic as well as Protestant) in recent years. Matthew Huntbach