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From: Greg.Kohlbach@samba (Greg Kohlbach)
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Subject: Re: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous?
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Date: 20 Dec 90 16:27:23 GMT
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This is a response to Dan Mocsny's recent post in which he says:
>try to stop them. If a person wants to bash Fundamentalists, it's
>open season. Why?
>
The quick answer: self-defense ;-)

Seriously, I was brought up Christian, and for a time held Fundamentalist
beliefs.  But I came head to head with the great intolerance that 
Christian Fundamentalists practice.

To start with, to a Fundy, if you're not in their camp, you're going to
hell. Period.  Very rarely do I read a Fundy post where the author 
stresses thoses parts of the Bible that command Christians to refrain 
from judging others, to become like a Greek with the Greeks, to leave
vengeance and retribution to God.  Instead we are treated to flames 
for not accepting their beliefs.  This 'one way' nonsense has a
scriptural basis only in the  'no way to the father but by me'
line of Jesus'.  And maybe in the chosen people attitude Christians
seem to inherit from their Jewish forbears.

This holiday season a group of us volunteered to sing carols at the
dept party.  we were warned that singing only christian songs would be
taken badly; so we sang one channukah song, too.  Does that cover the map?
Where, I asked, were the pagan chants welcoming the return of the sun, the 
Islamic ramadan hymns, the native american rituals that accompany the
years' turning? 

previous paragraph a flame on ecumenism qua get the protestants, catholics
and jews together and we've represented all world religions.  what a
WHITE attitude!  And fundys have been represented as thinking ecumenism
is when the Baptists and the Pentacostals hold a jopint service.

When fundamentalists get off their self-appointed thrones and acknowledge
the possibility that other people have a right to believe what they want
without having to endure endless lectures about how they're going to
BURN IN HELL maybe some of us will take them more seriously.

Dan, nothing personal; I don't know what your faith is.  I personally 
believe that my relationship with God is strictly between me and the Deity(ies).
Getting in my face with your faith is WRONG in my belief.  I think a lot
of people agree with me and I think that's why fundamentalist attitudes
get trashed on the net.  When we see some humility, forgiveness,tolerance,
and forbearance among the Christians, maybe they'll stop receiving the
flames.

Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! Greg K.