Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!samsung!news.cs.indiana.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: kwilson@urbana.mcd.mot.com (Kent Wilson) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: 1st amendment (was: religious courses in a secular school) Message-ID: Date: 26 May 91 06:59:28 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Motorola MCG, Urbana Design Center Lines: 25 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , tblake@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Thomas Blake) writes: >I spoke out about the hypocrisy. I asked if anyone *wanted* the war, >and then I asked why we were going to fight it. ... No one .. disagreed. Of course they did not disagree. Who *wants* a war? The question is not do you want war, it is should we go to war. >At a joint Ash Wednesday service with a local Presbyterian congregation, >I sang a hymn from our new hymnal which calls upon the church to speak >out for peace, and to demonstrate. ... >A while after the air bombardment began, churches in the area began >ringing their bells at 5:00 pm (midnight in the gulf) ... >... the Church has been too passive, but I really don't think you've >fairly represented the view of Christians. Gee Tom, if I ever have the opurtunity to see you being attacked by a madman hell-bent on murdering you, I do not think that I will intervene or call the police. I am just going to stand around and sing some hymns and call on the church to oppose the intervention of anyone who might try and rescue you. Kent ===============================================================================