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Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 31 Jan 2000 17:46:26 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes:
> James Brown wrote:
> >
> > Now, I personally disagree that (extrapolating from what you and Frank said,
> > and have said other places) christian belief necessitates "man is innately
> > evil" - but that is a very different can of worms, and I'm not going there
> > today.
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> I also happen to disagree that Christian belief necessitates "man is
> innately evil." That's because my religion descends from a Christian
> belief that believes that man is innately good (though most people in my
> religion do not consider themselves Christian any more, but many do, and
> it was not until the 1950s or so that the beliefs changed). My point is
> that _mainstream_ Christianity is based on the belief in the innate evil
> of man.
Well, I'd disagree there, as well. Well, ok, sort of. I would suggest that
many mainstream Christians have this belief, but that it is a
misinterpretation of what mainstream Christian churches(1) are teaching -
namely that man is inherently flawed - which is not the same thing at all.
However, it's a very difficult concept to communicate in a half-hour sermon
once a week, which is the exposure that most Christians have.
(If this starts to turn into a real debate, and not just banter, let's move it
to a new thread, please.)
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
1: My experiences here are limited to about three churches that I'm very
familiar with, but I do have a basic familiarity with several different
branches of Christianity.
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