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Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 10 Mar 2000 22:16:14 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Brown writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Karim Nassar writes:
> > My point is that perhaps one reason why Christianity is often the target of
> > debunkers is that Christians are always getting into other people's spiritual
> > business (I'm not just generalizing randomly here... every person I know who
> > is Christian has at some point made a point of trying to steer me towards
> > conversion... even when I tell them before hand that I am not interested).
> Hmm. When's the last time Sproat tried to convert you?
I haven't ever tried to convert Karim. I have, however, tried to meddle in his
spiritual business by expressing my beliefs. The distinction is small but
profound.
By trying to convert Karim, I would be attempting to force him to do something
he has feelings against. However, by trying to be an example, I am letting him
pick and choose items from my meme stream and apply those, if there are any, to
himself as he sees fit.
Now, if someone enters a argumentive discussion with me concerning my beliefs,
then all bets are off -- but their shields would be raised anyway.
I feel that Karim's caution is warranted; in fact, I would recommend anyone to
be so skeptical. He has no way of knowing whether what I say is applicable
towards him or not, without careful study.
Cheers,
- jsproat
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| (...) Wow, James... :) In my entire very carefully worded post, you've managed to pick out the one exageration... but an unintentional one. Perhaps what I should have said is: "every person I have known personally and interacted with regularly on a (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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