Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: kilroy@gboro.glassboro.edu (Napkin Chicken's Secret Identity) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Who said anything about AntiChrists? Message-ID: Date: 6 Dec 90 09:19:26 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 49 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In a previous article, I became a little irritated with the tendency of people to say "Famous Person Foo said XXX, and thus the matter is settled". The example before me was David Wagner's statement that those opposed to infant baptism were in error, with no qualifications. He was right, those who disagree were wrong, end of discussion. Being unable to discern any difference between Mr Wagner's attitude toward Martin Luther and the RC doctrine on Papal Infallibility, I said: k> While I suppose I ought to be flattered that His Holiness Mr Luther k> felt I was worth a word or two [...] And in reply to that, I think Mr Wagner has tipped his hand: >Perhaps I should use the Word more, and Luther less? But I think it is >unfair of Mr. Provine to paint Luther as an antichrist. The previous comment was my only reference to Luther in my article; I said only that I disagreed with him, and implied that he seems to be considered infallible. I said nothing about either the Pope or Luther being anti- or even non- Christians, and I see only two ways that the equation of `Pope' with `antichrist' appeared in the reply: 1) Mr Wagner thinks I consider the Pope to be non-Christian; 2) Mr Wagner thinks the Pope is non-Christian. I have on numerous occassions disclaimed the first and defended the Roman Catholic Church against the attacks of self-appointed net.magisteriums (of which Mr Wagner reminds me); so it seems unlikely that Mr Wagner has picked up that impression from any of my articles. In any case, since I feel I have been misrepresented, I am going to say it again for the umpteenth time: I do not believe the Pope is the AntiChrist, I do not believe the RCC is evil, and I do not believe that there is some Huge Conspiracy among all Roman Catholics to hide the Truth from everybody else. If Mr Wagner believes such things, I would appreciate his refraining from assuming everyone else does. kilroy@gboro.glassboro.edu Darren F. Provine ...njin!gboro!kilroy "There is nothing like moving to give one a healthy respect for entropy." -- James W. Williams