From: utzoo!watmath!watarts!geo
Newsgroups: net.religion
Title: re: What use is tolerance if you KNOW the truth
Article-I.D.: watarts.1730
Posted: Fri Mar 11 03:28:47 1983
Received: Fri Mar 11 06:40:43 1983
Reply-To: geo@watarts (Geo Swan)


You guys really scare me!

I have been reading this group since its inception,
and my overwhelming impression of the CHRISTIAN 
contributors has been of their strident ignorance,
and ethnocentric intolerance.

I would really find it reassuring to hear from christians
who don't believe every word of the Bible is literally true;
who don't find it incomprehensible that someone could have
different religious beliefs than themselves; who are not
interested in forcing me to live according to their beliefs.

C'mon folks, you have to be prepared to be judged by the 
company you keep.  You can't tell the players without a
programme.  How are us non-christians going to tell the
difference between polite, neighbourly christians and
the Christians would agree with the statement "What use
is tolerance is you \know/ the TRUTH", if you don't explain 
where \you/ stand.

Please.

	Candidly, Geo Swan, Integrated Studies, University of Waterloo
P.S.
"Strident ignorance", and "ethnocentric intolerance" are
harsh words.  I didn't chose them lightly.    If you don't 
like those phrases, please respond to me, not the net.