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Subject: Re: Re: Understanding the Bible - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 11-Aug-84 12:23:00 EDT
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convex!ahearn    Aug 11 11:23:00 1984

Oh great, the Spirit leads us to bigotry... what next? Ken, what
you say is so far out of line with the *spirit* of the New Testament
that I have to assume that *you've* fallen out of fellowship with
God.

It appears to to me that Jesus lived and died trying to blow people out
of their bigoted little universes. It also appears to me that you can make
an excellent case that Jesus came to "save" all mankind. Go back and read
the Gospel of John, for crying out loud. (And then read Tolstoy, John of
the Cross, Augustine, Anselm, Theresa of Avila, Thomas Merton).

Sometimes this notesfile brings startling clarity to Nietzsche's assertion
that Christianity is the religion of slaves and fools.

Please, don't try to use your horrific **concept** of God to try justify
your own closed mind. Or if you do, make sure to claim your proper lineage
with other great defenders of the faith--Torquemada, the Borgias, Cromwell,
Khoemeini.

Joe Ahearn
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