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To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (26934)	12/12/1998 9:36:00 PM
From: Sam Ferguson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

"As a parent what would you choose for your child? Christianity or unrestrained sex (free condoms for all) and drugs? Or satanism?" Some more false facts from Bob eh? It's not an either - or situation. Children of christians do it also just have to live a lie hiding it from parents. However I would prefer handing my son a condom than take him to your sunday school for brainwashing in your cult. Thou shalt not doesn't teach responsibility but a damaging guilt trip for some who can't resist temptation. You were raised a Christian so are you man enough to admmit masturbation while lustful thinking? You know damn well you did so now tell a lie like Bill.

To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (26934)	12/12/1998 10:36:00 PM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

<<Part of free exercise is preaching to the unsaved, gathering together and freely talking about it. >> Bob, is it part of free exercise for me to gather together your children, whom you would call the "saved," and tell them the point of view of the great rationalist thinkers about religion? Or just my own view of what "saved" means, and doesn't mean? Or is it only free exercise when your side preaches to my side? Just wondering.

To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (26934)	12/12/1998 11:35:00 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

mmmmmmmmmmmm...Satanism....what's wrong with that? Surely that's just more free exercise of religion, Bobby boy. As for preaching at people being part of your first amendment rights, lol. Should I say "Do unto others...." I assume you don't want Satanists proselytizing to you or your children? Well imagine how those poor Satanists feel when attacked by Bible carrying preachers- ministering to the "unsaved" (actually try to imagine how just about anyone who doesn't "believe" would feel). Something very irritating about a religion that exhorts its followers to go out and bug people. Feel the same way about the Hari Krishnas. As for Christianity not converting people at the end of a sword- you must be insane, or just supremely ignorant of history. As soon as Christians had power they did indeed begin converting people by the sword (or burning, or torture)- let's see, we had the CRUSADES. Then we had the INQUISITION. Then we had the various persecutions of the Catholics by the Protestants and the Protestants by the Catholics- and everybody persecuted the Jews (I do not believe the Jews have ever burned or murdered people wholesale because they were not Jewish- putting aside the Palestinian conflict, which is not analogous, and is not, imo, primarily about religion no matter what the moronic, misled, maniac Emile has to say.) Satanists, poor dears, have killed pretty few people over the centuries in an effort to convert the Christian, or non-Christian world. In fact one would almost have to say that their contributions to religiocide are itty-bitty when compared with the "True Faith". But hey, when you follow a guy who asks you to drink his blood and eat his body (shiver, cannibalism...do Satanists do that?) I guess you know what's a coming next don't you?