Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!nosun!qiclab!m2xenix!puddle!f93.n161.z1.fidonet.org!Eric.Marsh From: Eric.Marsh@f93.n161.z1.fidonet.org (Eric Marsh) Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2 Subject: Re: Just a query Message-ID: <136.272A2056@puddle.fidonet.org> Date: 20 Oct 90 02:40:38 GMT Sender: ufgate@puddle.fidonet.org (newsout1.26) Organization: FidoNet node 1:161/93 - ThelemaNet, San Francisco CA Lines: 34 In response to your message which made some suggestions to Louis, Tim and myself, I think that is all basically good advice. However, in terms of myself, I am actually reasonably well educated on Satanism, though there is always benifit in gaining more information. I read Satanism in America when it first came out some time back and have had other sources. This is not to say that I am fully knowledgable, but I am not completly ignorant either. The arguments I had put forth in the past were based on the information I had at that time, and I still believe that some of the basic points I have put forth in the past are valid, given the facts. However there has never been a dialog on these things, just distracting flame wars. As for my childhood, I was raised an athiest. I still tend to lean strongly in that direction. Finally, Janet, myself and Alexandria were recently interviewed by the Merky news. When the subject of Satanism came up I stated that while I may have some philosophical differences with Satanists, I stated that I wanted to draw a careful line so that I am not in any way endorsing any of the lies often told about Satanists. I even went so far as to attempt (actually volunteer) to attempt to put the reporter in touch with some Satanists, if she wanted the story from their side. (BTW, Tim, even though I have a strong dislike for you, I would have given you that oppertunity if you were interested.) I did state that we were not involved in Satanism in any way. I will be interested in seeing how this all comes out in print. See the Mercury News, Saturday the 20th in the religion section. Anyhow, I hope this clears up some misunderstandings. B*B Eric -- uucp: uunet!m2xenix!puddle!161!93!Eric.Marsh Internet: Eric.Marsh@f93.n161.z1.fidonet.org