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To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (256)	8/25/1998 9:25:00 PM
From: Phil(bullrider)	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1542

Emile, I have a simple question. Why would you pay money and spend time to post messages about religion on a web site that is dedicated to stocks and investing? More questions may come later, depending on your answer. Phil

To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (256)	8/25/1998 10:49:00 PM
From: Jamey	Respond to of 1542

After many months of watching your intolerance to any that have differing viewpoints all I can say is that I'm sure that your family would not dare to disagree with your rigidity and fanatical reasoning. Woe betide those that disagree with the great OZ. You can attempt to make me look unfavorable and call me a weak Christian if you want.(As you have already done in the past.) I still believe that God is not pleased with such lack of compassion for your fellow man that believes differently than you. Does not God change the human heart? Santiago

To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (256)	8/25/1998 11:50:00 PM
From: Len	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1542

Our commitments to Christ and life in Christ and his Word has and continues to shape our thougts, emotions and beliefs. While I appreciate your honesty , I think it disingenuous at best to continue to claim that your wife is Jewish, and your children are half Jewish. If the above is truly how she believes, and your children share those beliefs, you are all Christians, whether a formal conversion has taken place or not. While that may or may not be true according to some ancient belief as to who and who are not Jews, we both know that she and the children are not Jewish. Accordingly, your instances of mentioning that your wife is Jewish so as to partially abate the criticisms of others with respect to your apparent hatred of Jews is similarly flawed. When I read your statements to that affect, what I gleaned from them was an implied statement that, contrary to what everyone is saying about you, you had love enough in your heart to EVEN marry a Jew. But, since you acknowledge that you both began from an atheist/agnostic point of view, it further translates that she wasn't a Jew at all when you began your journeys together. If you make the blood line argument, then you return to the original question of 'since we all come from Adam and Eve (if that's your belief) then we are all the same religion anyway.' I point this out to you not to tear you down. I also don't wish to get into a pissing match with you about all the things I disagree with you on. My only point in this post is to say that in exploiting her previous(?) Jewishness by calling HER a Jew, in an attempt to defend attacks against your apparent hatred of Jews and Judaism wasn't intellectually honest. Surely you will respond with what I expect will be well articulated arguments and rationalizations in favor of your position, but I think the point I make is unassailable. Len