Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site stolaf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!stolaf!gulley From: gulley@stolaf.UUCP (William Gulley) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Understanding the Bible Message-ID: <1848@stolaf.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Aug-84 19:48:32 EDT Article-I.D.: stolaf.1848 Posted: Wed Aug 15 19:48:32 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Aug-84 03:52:51 EDT Organization: St. Olaf College, Northfield MN Lines: 30OHHHH crud, not the old refrain of "Oh, why are Christians so HOLIER- THAN-THOU" again. . "Holier-than-thou" is a term that can be applied to any person that has the conviction to speak like they actually know what they're saying, *and* actually have a positive connotation, but unforunately the mere fact of where those convictions are placed turns this normally very respectable person into the dreaded "HOLIER-THAN-THOU CHRISTIAN!!" (To be said in your best Karloff) I realize that it is natural for people with conviction to have detractors. (Especially among those with a lack of it) I also realize that a subjective term like "holier-than-thou" can be qualified in many ways; for example, ". .by "holier-than-thou Christians", I just meant those Christians who try to shove their beliefs down my throat. ." But since these people would most likely be just as "holier-than-thou" in any other belief system, and since there are many Christians who don't subscribe to this qualification, would it be to much to ask that "holier-than-thou" and "Christian" be separated? "Holier-than-thou" is the only part that speaks about the person itself, a sideshot against a belief system that they may or may not conform to is superfluous. ____ The Essential William Gulley {!inhp4 || !decvax} !stolaf!gulley