To: Grainne who wrote (19492 ) 3/30/1998 9:31:00 PM From: Dwight E. Karlsen Read Replies (1) | Respond to
Christine, I ask you: Was the post of alleged quotations from Martin Luther, was the post itself an act of love? I don't intend on getting into a comparison of who has thrown the most insults, and I acknowledge that calling Jim "swamp breath" was not an act of love, but an act of anger. I did feel insulted by Jim though, because my personal religious beliefs are based on the Bible, which Jim called a comic book. Jim called Jesus a cartoon character. That is essentially calling me an idiot for believing that Jesus actually did walk the earth in the form of a man. I do insist that mankind's nature does not tend towards corruption, if children are loved and nurtured and cared for in a tender way, and have good role models. In fact, my own belief is that children who are brought up being indoctrinated that they must be good because they will be harshly punished if they are "bad", or go to hell, or that God is watching them, are the children who do not develop good internal self controls, and instead behave well only if they think someone is watching them, or they receive some kind of a reward. "children who are brought up being indoctrinated that they must be good because they will be harshly punished if they are "bad", or go to hell." That's NOT something that Christian children are taught, I can tell you. But you don't need to take my word for it: Ask Christian parents what they tell their children in regards to good and bad, and how it relates to the Christian religion. I for one will tell you that Christian religion teaches both adults and children that God and Jesus loves them very much, in spite of whatever faults they may have. So you would need to include that question in your questionaire of prisoners: "Did your parents tell you that God and Jesus love you, in spite of whatever faults you may have had?"
