Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxq.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!ihuxq!ken From: ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Religious Bigot Message-ID: <1077@ihuxq.UUCP> Date: Thu, 26-Jul-84 13:51:47 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxq.1077 Posted: Thu Jul 26 13:51:47 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Jul-84 20:47:57 EDT References: <901@houxz.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 39 -- >> Rsk: Why don't you want to believe this? 100,000 respondents makes >> for a reasonably trustworthy survey, I should think; and in this >> country, the majority of the religious people are Christians, and >> probably the majority of the rest are Jews. >> -- >> -- Jeff Sargent > You were so quick to jump on Jeff's statement, one wonders whether you > bothered to consider other interpretations of what Jeff said. It seems > obvious to me that what Jeff meant (and I ask him to verify this) was > "...The majority of the rest [of the religious people] are Jews". > Let's not call the kettle black, hm? > Scott Berry Yes, I called Jeff a religious bigot for the above remark. I was *NOT* quick to do it, though. I carefully considered his words and their logic--the majority of X are Y; the majority of the rest, logically all not X, are Z. It was a precise parallel construction. If Jeff means what several folks have been quick to tell me, he meant to say "the majority of the religious people are Christians and Jews, mostly Christians." Or "the majority of r. p. are..., the largest minority are..." Something unambiguous like that. If he really does mean this then I do apologize. As for calling cooking implements various colors, I have never referred to my religious belief as the one and only truth. When someone does, my taking umbrage is not a lack of respect for the belief, just the holder thereof--you know--hate the sinner but love the sin. -- *** *** JE MAINTIENDRAI ***** ***** ****** ****** 26 Jul 84 [8 Thermidor An CXCII] ken perlow ***** ***** (312)979-7261 ** ** ** ** ..ihnp4!ihuxq!ken *** ***