OFF: Re: Jesus Saves, but who collects the interest? (erm, maybe those that re-wrote the bible to suit their needs?)

[Le Monsieur Damon]

Note:  The author of the post to which I respond has exhibited the kind
of prejudice that have caused wars in the wrong hands.  He has lumped all
of a particular group of people - Christians, in this case - into a
category of murderous Cascaders and slave-driving, racist rapists.  I
sincerely hope he is in the minority here on BOC-L.  Of what I've seen
from the rest of you, that thankfully seems to be the case.

On Thu, 13 Jun 1996 gingoblin at EASYNET.CO.UK wrote:
>   Ha, Christians wanting respect! What, like the kinda "respect" that
> Christianity has shown to others throughout history (and right up to the
> present day)? The kinda "respect" that says "be a Christian or die".
>   Maybe if Christians thought for themselves I'd have some respect for them.
> As it is, they are a group of people that have caused so much suffering on
> this planet that it's difficult not to *hate* them.

1) I never said I agreed with the many historical "Christians" who caused
such suffering.

2) I do think for myself, thank you.

> And what a fine Christian you are if you don't care about those on the
> receiving end of racial hatred (that is what you said above isn't it?).
No, I did not say I don't care about those on the receiving end of
racial hatred; I said I find it difficult to empathize with them.  Have
you ever had a burning crucifix in your backyard?  I sure haven't.
Have you ever had a gun in your face because you are a "Jew-boy"?  I sure
haven't, though in the case of the latter example, I am a candidate.  In
other words, I do think racism is terrible; but, while for some it is the
#1 issue in their life, I'm neither a victim nor a part of the problem,
so it isn't as big an issue.  Understand?

> Do you only pay attention to the bits of the Bible that suit you?
Nope.  The whole thing, actually.  I'm not perfect, and therefore can't
succeed in following it the whole time (1 John 1:8), but I do try.

> Not that it matters what the Bible says...it's been re-written numerous
> times anyway.
I'm not a theologian, so I'm not quite equipped to respond to that; then
again, you're not a theologian either.  When I see evidence of this
rewriting (different translations don't count, BTW), we'll talk.
Otherwise, I'll respect your beliefs (those that don't include hatred)
and hope (and pray) that you'll respect mine.

>   Oh well, suppose I'll burn in hell now (and probably with Duran Duran
> playing endlessly in the background as I roast!).
1) That's up to God.
2) It'll probably be NIN, not Duran Duran. :)
2a) Actually, it'll probably be Led Zeppelin played backwards. :)

Damon Capehart          | "I think we should eliminate semicolons from the
aka Le Monsieur         |  English language; nobody uses them anymore
dcapehar at utdallas.edu   |  anyway." - one of Dilbert's anonymous coworkers

P.S.:  To the BOC-Lers not interested in this thread, I apologize for
continuing to contribute to this thread (and for starting it) after I
said I'd stop.  I will try to restrict myself to simply responding to
those posts with (sp?) misguided comments about / categorization of me.

Oh yeah, and stuff about Hawkwind too. (Remember them?) :)