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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (44663)	2/25/2002 11:33:13 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 82486

Well, speaking of turnip trucks. At any hint of a religious war, we can always count on $Mars to post something to remind us all of alternative religious beliefs. It's a given--like humid Washington summers. And Laz was just being Laz with his itchy trigger finger. If he doesn't mention nukes, I don't consider that an attack. In either case, they weren't attacks against you but more against that same old Christian-nation blah, blah. The ensuing discussion about killing Christians was tongue-in-cheek banter. I included the requisite "g" as did E. Just a little bonding among us pagans, IMO. As for what you did "wrong," well, nothing, except lose sight of the turnips. As for what provoked my rebuttals, JC said the US was like Saudi Arabia, I pointed out the difference, JC deflected my concerns without accepting my distinction. You then restated the "Christian nation" terminology, thus taking reinforcing JC exception to my distinction, so I pressed on. I didn't want to let that stand, that's all. Peace. Karen

To: Neocon who wrote (44663)	2/25/2002 12:24:09 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Many professing Christians could not meet the test of unqualified subscription to the Apostle's Creed....... So? What makes the Apostles' Creed definitive? It was written primarily to try to make one interpretation of Christianity dominant over others. But since for non-Catholics there is no central determining authority as to what Christianity entails and requires, the Apostles' Creed is just the position of certain, not all, Christians. It is perfectly possible to be a Christian without adopting the Creed, or indeed any Creed, as dispositive. BTW, there is a difference of whether it's the Apostle's Creed, meaning of only one apostle, or the Apostles' Creed, meaning of more than one apostle.