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To: DLL who wrote (17071)	6/5/1998 2:59:00 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 39621

DLL, I do not see Christianity is the worst possible light, at all. In fact, there is a Methodist church in San Francisco, Glide Memorial, that I sometimes attend. I have enormous respect for Jesus' teachings as I understand them. I think all organized religions can be extremely dangerous as political movements, although they offer comfort to individuals. At the same time, I notice frequently over here that there is an assumption that if it's Christian, it must be good, and that all other religious beliefs are incorrect, or even Satanic. That is very unfair. And it is impossible to study history and not come to the conclusion that in the Inquisition, the Crusades, and the Holocaust, millions of people were slaughtered in Christ's name. Who are you to decide who is Christian, and who is not? The fact is that some of the worst, and best, people in history have been Christian. I am arguing that ultimately religious belief systems are not as significant as other factors in determining how a person turns out, not that all Christians are evil. It seems very unfair that you would twist my words like that. It also seems unfair to blame all the evils of history on the pagans, and lump Hitler in with them, since he was Catholic, and believed God was guiding him. I am arguing for fairness, not demonizing Christianity, except where the truth of history makes that factually accurate. The world is not all black and white, DLL. It is all a very messed up, murky gray. But the Christians over here would make it seem like they are in light, and everyone else is in darkness. That is emphatically untrue. I am simply trying to provide a little balance, and reality.

To: DLL who wrote (17071)	6/5/1998 7:58:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Respond to of 39621

DLL: Tell me, DLL, do you believe the earth is the center of the universe? Do you believe dinosaur bones were "put there" to test christian's faith? Do you believe a whale swallowed Jonah? Do you believe that an all-knowing god would create reams of instructions on how to sanctify leprosy instead of just revealing the cure? Do you believe that god and Jesus were correct in advocating slavery? Do you believe Darwin was totally wrong when the evidence he was correct is within our own DNA structure and when humans are less than 1% removed from the genetic structure of the great apes? (BTW, sir, a "yes" to any of these questions proves you are a fool.) Father Terrence