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From: mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz)
Newsgroups: net.religion,net.religion.christian,net.flame
Subject: Re: Posting of 22 March (A Fairy Tale)
Message-ID: <432@cybvax0.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 28-Mar-85 12:04:44 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 28 12:04:44 1985
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Summary: 

In article <8357@watarts.UUCP> dbrown@watarts.UUCP (Dave Brown) writes:
> In fact, Black is a wolf who attepts to warp people through nothing but
> simple questioning of history. If you listen to him for long enough,
> you too can become like that child. If a man has no anchor to rely upon,
> he will be bent into the shape that others would have him become.
> 
> Some people make an anchor of reasoning. Some make an anchor of money.
> 
> My anchor, my rock, and in the end, my salvation is Christ.

I like this point about having an anchor.  It's a nice analogy.  I think
reason makes the better anchorage.  People whose beliefs are anchored to
gods frequently drift into heavy seas like Black's.  I'm not sure that the
choice of reason is better, but I'm giving it a try.
-- 

Mike Huybensz		...decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!mrh