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From: mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz)
Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc
Subject: Re: Re: one more time...
Message-ID: <1146@cybvax0.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 12-Sep-86 14:07:39 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 12 14:07:39 1986
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Reply-To: mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz)
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In article <222@octopus.UUCP> pete@octopus.UUCP (Pete Holzmann) writes:
> Sure, 'morality' is *a* point of Christianity. However, *your* opinion of
> what is important about Christianity is far less important than *Christ's*
> opinion! Take a look at what Christ (Jesus) had to say, and you'll find that
> he was much more preoccupied with his death/resurrection/you-can-only-meet-
> God-thru-Me/your-relationship-with-God-is-what-counts message than with
> anything having to do with what we call 'morality'.

We don't know Christ's opinion.  Because he's dead, and all we have are
self-serving, revisionist reports written long after his death by lunatics
like Paul.  As Tim Maroney pointed out, much more is written about JC's
moral teachings than about theological BS like godhood and resurrection.

> If you choose to reject Christ, or reject his message, that's your decision
> to make. But to try to water down the bible until it looks like every other
> religion out there is to do a grave injustice.

It does look like every other religion out there.

> There is only one unique
> thing about the Bible/Christianity that makes it any different than other
> religions: Jesus.

See?  You admit it yourself.

> If he wasn't [god], then the Bible is just a pile of mostly-correct teachings
> (wrong at least in the case of who Jesus was), and we can all follow any
> 'moral'/religious code we feel like without looking back.

Exactly my point.  I happen to like a bunch of Christian moral teachings
(and dislike some others.)
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Writing with conviction is no substitute for writing with a rational argument.
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Mike Huybensz		...decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!mrh