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To: Kid Rock who wrote (14639)	4/27/1998 4:32:00 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39621

Thomas, I definitely did not say anything resembling what you just said I did. I was responding to James' post, where he is saying essentially that a liberal social policy and fairness to all the people in a society necessarily lead to a downfall. Certainly it is fact that Christian belief systems have led to millions of deaths over the last two thousand years. One could say this is a downfall for all of mankind, and the deaths are based on a need to convert people to Christianity, violently if necessary, and in the case of the Holocaust, hatred of Jews based on the New Testament. I definitely did not say that Christianity is the worst thing that ever happened to humanity. I simply said that it makes no sense to me to argue that it is generally preferable to live in a harshly judgmental Christian world rather than any other kind, and cited history, including the positive histories and accomplishments of non-Christian societies, to prove my point. Can you show me where I said Christianity is the worst thing to ever happen to humanity?

To: Kid Rock who wrote (14639)	4/27/1998 4:36:00 PM
From: mark silvers	Respond to of 39621

Tom I dont think Christine is saying anything close to "christianity is the worst thing that ever happened to humanity. what I understood her to mean is that people, under christian totalitarian (conservative) goverments have done some horrible things. that doesnt mean that the christian religion is good, bad, or indiffent. It means that people, in this case Christian people, have done some horrible things. You have to seperate the people from the goverment from the religion. Mark OOps, christine got there before I did, sorry