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From: rob@ptsfb.UUCP (Rob Bernardo)
Newsgroups: net.motss
Subject: Re: Book recommendation
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Date: Sat, 28-Dec-85 13:06:55 EST
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In article <1259@hpda.UUCP> on@hpda.UUCP (Owen Rowley) writes:
>>>(Owen Rowley)  I will refer you to two 
>>>excelent books that you will find enlightening and empowering..
>>>
>>>	"Witchcraft and the Gay counterculture" by A Evans
>
>>(Rob Bernardo)
>>I recommend that you read this book with a GRAM of salt. Evans has an
>>ax to grind and he rewrites of lot of history to fit his thesis. Although
>>I read the book several years ago, one example still comes to mind: He
>>writes that Christianity was first taken up by the ruling class of Romans
>>and foisted upon the Roman peasantry. He uses a lot of footnotes, but hardly
>>ever to document his claims.
>
>(Owen Rowley)
>Rob I know from some of your previous postings that you are a practising
>christian, and most of you should know by now that I am a practising Pagan.
>Therefore we know that there is a fundamental difference in the way we 
>see the world life and everything. My recommendation of the previously 
>mentioned book was intended to present to motss an opinion (my opinion)
>about these books. I find your need to warn others of apparent flaws in 
>these books to be typical of the attitude that pervades most christian
>thinking... Self righteous and hypocritical. (Like the bible is really
>accurate history and doesn't have an Ax to grind... right)
>I think that you are showing that you have no respect for 
>the inteligence of net.motss readers , do you really think that if you dont
>warn them of Evans' "heresy that they will be drawn into a life threatening
>slide to intelectual perdition?

Me? A Christian? That's one hell of an accusation!
Where do you ever get such a cacamamy idea! You may have mis-remembered a
posting of mine that followed up some Bible quotes posted in this group.

In any case, don't you think you are having a knee-jerk reaction to the fact
that I "unrecommended" the book? I didn't say "Don't read the book. It is all
lies and dangerous to your well-being." If you can recommend a book that you
like, what's wrong with me criticizing it?

Question the Bible, and question Arthur Evans, too!