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From: cc100jr@gitpyr.gatech.EDU (Joel Rives)
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Subject: Re: The Most Memorable Character I Never Met
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Date: Wed, 8-Oct-86 11:35:31 EDT
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In article <1604@cbdkc1.UUCP> pmd@dkc1.UUCP (Paul M. Dubuc) writes:
>
>time.  God is accused of having a double standard by a double standard.
>Where theism is concerned, God IS the standard and I think he does act

If so, which god?

The point of introducing actual figures into the discussion [See the article
to which Paul is replying for further information] is to dispell any illusion
that Christianity represents anything more than a small minority of people
in the world. I would like to add to this that, considering our technical
level of mass communication and transportation, undoubtably a large portion
of those who do not profess Christianity have come in contact with it and
have chosen - for various reasons I am sure - to maintain their faith that
the god they worship is of greater value to them than the Christian god.
What we seem to have here is an even smaller percentage of the Christian
community (a sect, if you will) which insists on standing up and proclaiming
that their way is "THE ONLY WAY" and that all others should accept this
without question. At the same time, we have the vast majority of people in the
world either ignoring these few statistical anomalies or, in some cases, when
the shouts of these few are directed towards them, we see an occasional
appeal to "sit down, shut up and stop making such a damnable fool of yourself"

>consistently within that, as it has been revealed.  It is certianly no
>suprise that he often does not follow our temporal standards.  Anyway,
>Christianity does make provision for everyone to take the issue up with
>God personally at some point.
>-- 

Nothing can be much of a suprise where faith is concerned.
I am interested in knowing more of your thoughts upon this "provision"
that Christiantity makes with regards to everyone.

Thanks.

-- 
Joel Rives     gatech!gitpyr!cc100jr

              There is no place to seek the mind; 
                          It is like the footprints of the birds in the sky.