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From: lllenoir@uok.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Orphaned Response - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 2-Nov-83 23:34:33 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  2 23:34:33 1983
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uok!lllenoir    Oct 31 02:33:00 1983

First of all, I'm not sure what this arguement is doing
in 'net.politics' but since it is here...


While attending an Engineering Club party
I over heard the statement ".. the guy belives 
in creation. How can anybody with a rational mind
believe in creation?" or something to that
affect.. anyway this statement was made
by a man in reference to one of the profs
here at the university. This sort of attitude
seems to be prevalent throughout a rather
large portion of our society. It is a fact
that admitting to being a christian makes
one a natural target for statements like
that one and for more open harrasement as well.
One thing that seems to be forgotten when
a discussion of 'church vs state' is that
the founding fathers of this nation were
God fearing individuals. When they wrote in
the part about church and state remaining
seperate, they wanted to prevent the church
from getting to intwind in the running of
the country. They did not forsee that this
would bring about the end of prayer in
schools, arguments over wether or not Easter 
cermonies should be held in state parks,
and city councils being told that a Nativity
seen down town would be unconstitutional.
I think it is important to remember that
this nation has it's deepest roots buried
in the Bible. The book is the basis behind
some of our most fundimental beliefs.
If some people ever took the time to read
it the world would at least not be any
worse off and would proably be abetter place
to live in. One does not have to be a christian
to see this..
Well.. it appears that I have digressed from
the original and also have flamed enough
to burn down several forest full of Smokey 
the Bears anyway that was my opinion and
I promise from now on I will restrict my
remarks to net.religion.


                  Lionel 
          University of Oklahoma