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From: jho@ihuxn.UUCP (Yosi Hoshen)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Even If I Did Believe...
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Date: Sat, 10-Nov-84 01:16:19 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov 10 01:16:19 1984
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At one time, I thought that Tim Maroney's presentations are too 
harsh, and his views on religion are too extreme.  After rereading
Tim's articles and reading articles by our fundamentalist friends,
I am of the opinion that Tim's presentation and views are neither
harsh nor extreme.  The views expressed by Ken Nichols have
convinced me that Tim was precisely on the target.

I find the fundamentalists' cry: 'If you don't accept Jesus as
your savior you will burn in hell for eternity', very offensive
and possibly dangerous.  Compared to these religious views, the tone of 
Tim's article is very mild.  I have not seen any convincing arguments 
that we shall be burning in hell if we don't accept Jesus.  There has 
been a tremendous amount of rambling and quoting the NT, but no evidence.
The warning of punishment in hell reminds me of the story of a person
yelling "fire" in a packed theater, when the fire is only a figure of
that person's imagination.
-- 

Yosi Hoshen
Bell Laboratories
Naperville, Illinois
(312)-979-7321
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