Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: credmond@watmath.waterloo.edu (Chris Redmond) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Piercing the Darkness Message-ID: Date: 11 May 91 03:12:57 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 27 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu It was good of you to take the time to write. Perhaps the most useful thing I can say in response is that we clearly disagree on many issues, possibly including the extent of what "being Christian" means. You say that you attended a Methodist church for a long time before you became a Christian -- the only way I can interpret that sentence is that by "Christian" you mean something much narrower than what I mean by it. I don't know about the ACLU/police-brutality case you mention; if it's true, I'm sorry to hear it. I expect the ACLU people are as human (therefore fallible) as anybody else, and don't always live up to their principles. Still I am glad they're there, preventing (for example) the Southern Baptists from imposing their religion on me (if I lived where there are Southern Baptists -- you know what I mean, I hope). Your characterization of me as some sort of engineer is interesting but not terribly accurate, as my undergraduate and graduate degrees are in English literature and my published books are in literature and history. It's a wonderful, diverse world, isn't it? Regards Chris