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From: cjh@petsd.UUCP (Chris Henrich)
Newsgroups: net.religion.christian
Subject: Re: Casting pearls before swine
Message-ID: <606@petsd.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 1-Aug-85 19:36:33 EDT
Article-I.D.: petsd.606
Posted: Thu Aug  1 19:36:33 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 4-Aug-85 00:29:59 EDT
References: <190@gymble.UUCP> <283@aero.ARPA> <637@cybvax0.UUCP>
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In article <637@cybvax0.UUCP> mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz) writes:
>In article <283@aero.ARPA> homeier@aero.UUCP (Peter Homeier (MISD)) writes:
>> (In the discussion of the "pearls before swine" image)
>> [When our worse qualities are challenged, we sometimes
>> react violently. {summary by cjh... }]
>> 
>> Oddly, the
>> very vehemence with which these persons react bears witness to the 
>> truth of what was said.  Nothing touches a nerve like the truth.
>
>This is one of the most pompous and laughable fallacies of religions.

In my own experience (as the swine, not as the caster of
pearls) the confrontation with an unpleasant truth about
myself is very painful and provoking.  I think there is a
special quality to the way I feel at such times, but I don't
quite know how to describe it.  "Touching a nerve" is not bad.

This is not a fallacy; it is an uncomfortable truth.
Regards,
Chris

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