From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!orion!lime!houti!hogpc!houxz!ihnp4!ihuxt!iasia
Newsgroups: net.religion
Title: response
Article-I.D.: ihuxt.180
Posted: Wed Mar 23 20:29:29 1983
Received: Fri Mar 25 06:38:12 1983
Reply-To: iasia@ihuxt.UUCP (BRENT TAYLOR)

first the juvenile response to ms. klick.,

	*&*(*()_()(&^&^%^$%%$$


Now that I've got that out of my system. ( I hope you notice the

poor punctuation and spelling.) 


Standing up to the fundamentalist nonsense that pervades this group,
at times, does not make one anti-Christian. It does however make one
anti-stupid and often anti-repressionist.

They can flame all they want about me not understanding they bible and
about how I are going to suffer for my crimes against god, and
god fearing people, but they can't refute the fact that they are
trying to enforce absolutist repressionistic policies that will
not tolerate questioning, the existence of other beliefs or the lack
of beliefs.

Don't get me wrong, this has very little to do with most folks with
Christian views. On the whole I'd have to say that most Christians 
that I've met seem to be fairly decent people. I even have a few
friends who are Christians ( though I won't mention their names ).
I don't seem to have any friends who are fundamentalists though.

I have a few that claim to be, but when it comes down to brass tacks
they are paying lip service to the idea to keep their friends happy
and living the way that they want to.

It is possible that some of us ( myself included ) have stepped
on some toes while defending freedom of religion in this
media. I apologize to those who are willing to accept questioning
of beliefs.

I do especially apologize to those quiet few who have been attempting
to hold a reasonable polite discussion in this group. It could just
be that religious beliefs are too closely tied to emotions to
be calmly discussed in a semi-public forum.

I do not ( REPEAT NOT ) apologize to those who
respond to these questions like rabid dogs. These people are
properly known as FANATICS, they are dangerous and should be 
recognized as such. Nor do I apologize to those who will claim that
the Christian bible is absolute on one line and freely interpret
it on the next. This practice is known as weasel wording. Nor do
I apologize to those who claim that the bible is absolute, free
of any contradictions, but will only defend their favorite
version. If you're gone to defend a translation you'd best
defend the source of the translation and take on all questions,
not just the ones you feel like answering.

What I believe in or don't believe in is my own business. It remains
my business unless I try to force it down other peoples throats. Since
thats what this might appear to be, heres what I believe.
	I believe that I'll have another beer.
I am going to continue to defend my lack of tightly held beliefs hear.

				Rambling and disjointed as always,
				TAYLOR THEY RABBLE ROUSER.