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To: Restorer
A far better approach would be to develop energy sources that would free us of dependence on Middle East oil. Then we could tell the Arabs to go p*ss up a rope. 82 posted on 11/6/01 12:54 AM Eastern by Restorer Tell me something, please: why did you choose to step off the trolly and insult Christianity in this thread? Is this a sign of the 'evenhandedness' the sycophantic socialist media wishes to prtray? I can agree 100% with the above comment regarding our need to become independent of these primitive oil sheiks. I'm even a cheerer for alternate energy sources and conservation (to doubt we Americans are extremely wasteful is absurd in light of the evidence) as ways to speed up our sekf-reliance. So why did you deign it necessary to pop out an oblique slur on Christianity when that particular religion wasn't the issue? We're not debating the crusades here; they happened long ago. I though the issue was the backwardness of Islamic culture/religion and the absurdities of said religion as created by Mohammed of the Hashim.
117 posted on 11/09/2001 8:05:47 PM PST by MHGinTN
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To: MHGinTN
How can I put this?

You posted that Islam was a ridiculous religion because it (according to you) had borrowed from earlier pagan religions.

If this is so, then Christianity (which has borrowed much more from similar sources) must be at least equally ridiculous.

I was making fun of your premise, not your religion.

I notice you have still not attempted to show that Christianity has not borrowed from pagan religions. I advise against it, since even the Catholic Encyclopedia freely admits such.

A parable about glass houses comes to mind. Jesus had something to say about the need to remove the beam from one's own eye before presuming to address the splinter in your brother's eye. Perhaps this should be taken to apply to religions as well as to individuals.

If you want to diss Islam, I think there are far more effective ways to go about it than dredging up ancient names of forgotten gods.

You're the one claiming the broadest knowledge, rattle loudly for your own entertainment.

I claim no special knowledge. Everything I have stated about the background of Christian religious practices is readily found in any standard encyclopedia.

BTW, I have been polite and respectful in addressing you. Why do you reply with insults rather than reasoned discourse?

118 posted on 11/09/2001 8:24:52 PM PST by Restorer
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