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I've been steadily wading through this thread for several days now (you have a lot of catching up to do when you go to the field for a week), and have promised myself to stay out of the debate, and I will continue to do so (although the temptation (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This moth story is the standard subject under evolution chapter of high school biology books here. I don't think too much people remembers it though..:-) Selçuk (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oh wow. I've never seen one. Sounds like fun. (...) Hmmm. The Catholic, Jewish, and non-denominational services where I grew up kept the kids at home. Maybe that was just a regional thing; it *was* a military base. (...) There are (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No, the leaders were ALL children, with only the one adult who was the organizer-person of the whole thing. They basically said that this was the day that the kids had been preparing for for a while. Maybe that's a little more common in the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yup. More specifically Lar, christian *theology* in general, doesn't. Some sects do, but the majority (insofar as I'm aware) do not. However, this may vary in actual practice from sect to sect, region to region, even from church to church and (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <38C5A25C.6BA832E3@v...er.net>... (...) One objection I'd like to raise is that not all Christians have an unjust and unfair god. Of course that depends on your definition of Christian, but I think the only useful (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Goodness, no. I meant nothing of the sort. Whether the LDS is Christian is as much for me to say as whether the Shi'ites are Moslem. Which is to say not at all. What I was referring to by the generic "Christians" was the sort of Protestant, (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That was probably a normal Sunday service. The entire family is invited to the Sacrament meeting; I've noticed that many other denominations invite only people from, say, young adult ages and up to their services. (...) LOL -- What can I say? (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Jeremy, (...) Well, I do not know a lot about Mormonism (I have never studied too much into different branches of Christianity, I think there is a book of Mormons, isn't there?), so I am not a judge of whether you are a Christian or not (God is), (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Is God gay? (was Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?)
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(...) I thought you asserted that you didn't believe in God, Ed. Therefore, how can He have a sense of humor. I have a sense of humor, but this really didn't "enlighten" me, nor did I think it was funny. Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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