From:    Lord Aslan                             Area: MagickNet
To:      Josh                                    9 Jul 92 07:40:50
Subject: Fundies, fools??!!??                   UpdReq 

Your father sounds like one of the rare ones, who is willing to see the other 
point of view even if he doesn't agree with it. There are not too many like 
that, unfortunately. If there was more open-mindedness and less prejudice, 
there wouldn't of been things like the Spanish Inquisition or the great Witch 
Hunts of the 16th and 17th centuries. While the Salem Witch trials were very 
much overblown(only one person was executed), the trials in England and 
continental Europe were very much understated (thousands were killed). If I 
can get just ONE person to have an open mind, I feel that I have succeeded in 
spreading the Light of all wisdom. I enjoy talking and showing people that 
pagans are not rabid, mad satannist who are out to sacrifice their 
children(there are a few sickos, however). Take care and give your father our 
best wishes. Blessed Be.
     
                          Lord Aslan


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From:    Callistra Moonshadow                   Area: MagickNet
To:      Orrain the Wanderer                     9 Jul 92 09:59:20
Subject: Test                                   UpdReq 

This is a test to see if the echo run is working on this end.
Blessed Be.
Cally


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From:    Josh Norton                            Area: MagickNet
To:      Raven Dragonrune                        9 Jul 92 11:27:04
Subject: Re: XTIAN.                             UpdReq 

>The problem one encounters in reality is that many/most "fundagelicals" have
>been told on the authority of their pastor that all pagans
>are satanic or satanically influenced, and as a result
>they CANNOT let themselves consider the possibility that we
>might be anything else. In this area of the country, at
>least, they are rigidly closed-minded and not open to
>reason. You cannot "show them" we are nice people. You
>cannot "show them" ANYTHING that contradicts what their
>church has told them. Try to do so, and you and your
>rational approach will be dismissed as the clever facade of
>a satanic blah, blah, blah.......
Most of the current-day fundamentalist churches derive from a tradition
in which ignorance of everything was a deliberately and consciously
inculcated proof of personal salvation. Check out H.L. Mencken's
articles about the Scopes "Monkey" Trials for a view of fundamentalism
at its most basic level. Nothing's changed in 65 years.
 * SLMR 2.1a * Jesus saves...Passes to Moses...He shoots... He Scores!!


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