On 6 Nov 2007, at 01:51, Dave Land wrote: > I have called myself a Christian, but I despise the disease that > crawls > among us and advertises itself by that name. I do not believe that > Christianity is mainly about morality. I believe that plenty of people > over the centuries have tried to portray it as such, but the > "morality" > of Jesus was something that most self-proclaimed moralists would decry > as bleeding-heart liberalism today. > > Make no mistake about it: Jesus would be just as unpopular with most > people who call themselves Good Christians™ today as he was among > those > who called themselves Good Jews™ back then.
It's ironic that a hippy communist creed of the poor and oppressed should be the primary religion of a wealthy consumerist nation like the USA. It does require some remarkable acts of interpretation. Love thy neighbour or we'll burn your village and enslave you Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ "Two years from now, spam will be solved." - Bill Gates, 2004 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
