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From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois)
Newsgroups: net.religion.christian
Subject: Re: Assumed evil in non-christians and assumed good in christians
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Date: Wed, 17-Jul-85 13:52:48 EDT
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> > 
> > > [K A Dahlke]
> > > 	Well this is truly disgusting and insulting.
> > > I usually refrain from posting to this news group,
> > > but I just cannot control myself.
> > > What possible objective evidence do you have for implying
> > > that Christians are statistically more moral than non-Christians;
> > > and please don't spread any more BS about forgiveness or
> > > the Holy spirit helping you along.
> > 
> > Hm!  Show that X occurs, but you're not allowed to use the cause of X
> > as a reason for the occurrence of X.
> 
> [Padraig Houlahan]
> This is garbage. Demonstrating that X occurs does not require
> explaining why it occurs.

Not quite.  Karl says, prove Christians are more moral, but don't talk
about the Holy Spirit.  The Holy Spirit *is* the reason.  If you are
disallowed from referring to Him, there's nothing to say.

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