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From: cc100jr@gitpyr.UUCP (Joel Rives)
Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc
Subject: Re: Re: one more time... (not again!)
Message-ID: <2237@gitpyr.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 9-Sep-86 19:30:33 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep  9 19:30:33 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 13-Sep-86 06:53:44 EDT
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Reply-To: cc100jr@gitpyr.UUCP (Joel Rives)
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia
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In article <3342@umcp-cs.UUCP> mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate) writes:
>And Mike Huybensz replies:
>
		  [Earlier text deleted]
>
>>Ideas like turning the other cheek, etc. may not be original to Christianity,
>>and are far too often overshadowed by obnoxious teachings.  But I consider
>>the moral teaching to be the point of Christianity, and preoccupation with
>>belief in Jesus and "the life to come" to be dross.  (That's because of my
>>scientific materialist viewpoint, which doesn't believe in the latter two.)
>
>That kind of reasoning is a crock.  What your saying is that from your
>perspective, you want to throw out of Christianity the part which is
>inconvenient to your way of thinking.  Two and a half millenia of Christians
>beg to differe with you on that point.
>
The form of reasoning that Mike exhibits in his paragraph is far more        
substantial than the reasoning that you have presented in your rebuttal.
As I read his statements, Mike has said nothing about throwing anything out
of Christianity. He does suggest that, perhaps, some of the moral concepts
of Christianity are borrowed from other cultures. That is another matter.
Mike goes on to present his "personal" opinion about some of the teachings
of Christianity. He prefaced the entire article with a statement that clearly
denotes him as not being a Christian. However, as he goes on to mention, Mike
is openminded enough to be receptive to ideas that may develop out of 
Christianity that have merit in his life.

Now, I must ask you. Exactly what "point" are "two and a half millenia of
Christians" eager to differ with Mike on? Furthermore, who appointed you
as spokesperson for those "two and a half millenia of Christians"?
-- 
Joel Rives

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