WHILE AS A CHRISTIAN I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF WITCHCRAFT sorry, about the caps, i do not get on your case and say that god would punish your child for that or anything else you have done. this is not good christian theology. i am afraid that it is the theology of many christians who lets themselves be taught rather than study the bible for themself. > -----Original Message----- > From: Trisha Cummings [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, April 02, 1999 12:55 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Intro (and then some)zealots > > Hi Kyle, > > >I applaud your post-modernist diatribe, Trisha. Your position is well > >thought-out and expounded. My point is two-fold: This is not the forum > >for theological apologetics. It is of, by, and for folks with Cerebral > >Palsy. > > It was started over someone being I guess harassed for their CP by a > bible thumper. I had an incident happen when Amber was a baby and we where > just discovering she had CP. I was talking after the service about what > was > happening when this lovely woman - told me - GOD - did this to my child > becasue I am a bad person and none of the people standing around said a > thing. Now, I must admit the Christian version of God never had much > creditibily with me in the first place, but this offended beyond. If > people > feel this way and talk to people this way then obviously it would seem to > be > a CP topic. Amber has had run-ins - Who in their right mind picks on > small > child! Besides CP seems to be an equal oppurtunity condition. > > >Also, I can't fathom your thesis that antiquity has bearing on the > >validity of a faith system. > > Christianity is rather a late comer in the faith game. Yet, > your > believe your God is the the one and only and you must share this with us > non-beleivers - is arrogant, autocratic, judgemental and domineering. No > one denies you the right to your beliefs or even the right to talk about > them - it the manner in which you do this, that is being objected to. Man > has been around for a long time. Somewhere between 30,000 and 35,000 years > ago - beliefs came into being. The earliest ones were Goddess based. (In > fact Goddess lives on in Christianity in the form Mary). Why would any new > comer belief be more valid than older ones. Christianity worked well for > the > leaders of the empire builders of the day. Christianity is a blending of > the > Jews and the Pagans right along with Romans. > > Well got run - I'm off to Baltimore and Balticon 33!! > > Brightest Blessings