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From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: thoughts on desperation (and religion)
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Date: Tue, 22-May-84 22:25:25 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 22 22:25:25 1984
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>Chuq, I think that the objection that some of us have to Jeff's article is
>that it seemed like a very thinly veiled attempt to bring religion into the
>discussions in net.singles.

Valid point, Dick. My tolerance to other people's religion is rather high
(tolerance is a big part of being a Zen Druid) so his religion comments
don't bother me significantly even though they do range a little wide of
the net.singles topic. Besides, I am very impressed with the progress I've
seen in Jeff since he first showed up on the topic and I want to encourage
him to continue where I can. What got to me was that RSK didn't nicely
suggest that the religious angle be toned down, but he attacked him
and his religion on a very personal level. That bothers me because it is a
destructive attitude for all involved. It can erode jeff's self confidence,
and it definitely makes RSK look small to enlightened people (and most
likely his God, whatever it is, has a LOT more tolerance than RSK itself).
Even if I don't agree with someone's beliefs, I don't like to seem them
attacked and abused.

chuq

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