Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!sun-barr!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: DOUG@ysub.ysu.edu (Doug Sewell) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Imposing Christian morality on nonbelievers Message-ID: Date: 19 Feb 91 05:52:01 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Youngstown State University VM system (YSUB) Lines: 31 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu I see my original posting has degenerated into an argument about homo- sexuality... we just had that debate a few months ago, to no conclusion. Here's another example: Christians urge boycott of a convenience store chain that carries Pent- house (In Ohio, one convenience store chain took a vote from its cust- omers about these magazines. The ballots were overwhelmingly in favor of keeping the magazines). One of the problems I see with legislating morality (besides the questions I posed originally), was that it looks to me like we're trying to make ourselves comfortable in this world, rather than preparing for the next. Are we laying up the wrong treasures ? Also, many of the christians attacking these "ungodly practices" seem to offer nothing positive about their faith, except to say that "I'm a christian, so I don't approve of ...., and I'm going to try to stamp it out". Jesus had compassion for sinners, and offered them a life in exchange. His harshest condemnation was for pharisees that imposed rules on others, when they weren't sinless. Some of the christians I have watched in action would be reaching for rocks when Jesus said "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone." Doug -- Doug Sewell, Tech Support, Computer Center, doug@ysub.bitnet Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH 44555 doug@ysub.ysu.edu Life is difficult for the organizationally-impaired.