ellen@ucla-cs.UUCP (11/21/84)
[crush, crumble, & chomp!] i'm champing at the keyboard! it should be obvious by now that there needs to be either or both a subgroup for christians &/or "newage" beliefs. I'M GOING CRAZY WADING THROUGH ALL THE SOLEY CHRISTIAN DISCUSSIONS IN HERE! I SPELL RELIEF "s-u-b-g-r-o-u-p" ! net.religion is a place to discuss religionS, not argue about one religion, and Christianity has taken over. i suspect that discussions might get going if posters and readers didn't find this net.group so ONE SIDED! so, when will something get going? i'd do it myself, but i am not in a position of such power. AND I'M IMPATIENT! in the name of the Maiden, the Mother, and the Crone
dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois) (12/03/84)
> I'M GOING CRAZY WADING THROUGH ALL THE SOLEY CHRISTIAN DISCUSSIONS > IN HERE! I SPELL RELIEF "s-u-b-g-r-o-u-p" ! > > net.religion is a place to discuss religionS, not argue about one > religion, and Christianity has taken over. i suspect that discussions > might get going if posters and readers didn't find this net.group > so ONE SIDED! Once again the Christian religion is told to pack up and get out. You can say anything you want in here, as long as it isn't about Christianity. Hm. -- Paul DuBois {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois
tim@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Tim Maroney) (12/05/84)
> > I'M GOING CRAZY WADING THROUGH ALL THE SOLEY CHRISTIAN DISCUSSIONS > > IN HERE! I SPELL RELIEF "s-u-b-g-r-o-u-p" ! > > > > net.religion is a place to discuss religionS, not argue about one > > religion, and Christianity has taken over. i suspect that discussions > > might get going if posters and readers didn't find this net.group > > so ONE SIDED! > > Once again the Christian religion is told to pack up and get out. > You can say anything you want in here, as long as it isn't about > Christianity. Hm. > -- > Paul DuBois {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois Don't be ridiculous. The complaints were clearly about the fact that the majority of articles are about subjects in which the complainer has no interest. That is usually the case on a religious bulletin board system which does not strongly partition (as with USENET's subgroups of the forming of a separate SIG in CompuServe), since the vast, overwhelming, and firmly dominant majority are Christians. There is now a subgroup for all this Christian discussion, so that net.religion need no longer be prejudicial against non-Christians (I know several who left because SO MANY articles were on Christian subjects in which they had no interest and there were SO FEW articles and NO running discussions from a non-Christian viewpoint). Use it for Christian harangues and elaborate discussions of the Christian scriptures and Christian doctrine. Net.religion should be for interfaith discussion and for those groups which are not numerous enough to warrant their own subgroup. This is consistent with usual USENET group usage. But many Christians seem to think the thrill of the game is that they can foist Christian doctrine on unbelievers. Therefore, net.religion.christian is not being used much. Hopefully, we will see improvement. (It might be of interest to some to know that when the proposal of using strong partitioning was broached on CompuServe's Religion SIG, the strongest foes were the most vocal of the fundamentalist Christians. Sound familiar?) -=- Tim Maroney, Carnegie-Mellon University Computation Center ARPA: Tim.Maroney@CMU-CS-K uucp: seismo!cmu-cs-k!tim CompuServe: 74176,1360 audio: shout "Hey, Tim!" "Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass & are done; but there is that which remains." Liber AL, II:9.
ag5@pucc-k (Henry C. Mensch) (12/06/84)
<<>> >Once again the Christian religion is told to pack up and get out. >You can say anything you want in here, as long as it isn't about >Christianity. Hm. >-- >Paul DuBois {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois Paul, will you please grow up? You seem to think that it's fair to inflict your Christianity and morality of the rest of the net.world. Christians often find several non-Christian behaviors and traits offensive. We non-Christians often find many Christian behaviors offen- sive. If you were to limit your trite discussion to net.religion.christian, you could discuss your Christianity among yourselves and avoid disgusting the rest of the net. Or is this sort of consideration for others strictly a non- Christian trait? ------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry C. Mensch | User Confuser | Purdue University User Services {ihnp4|decvax|ucbvax|seismo|allegra|cbosgd|harpo}!pur-ee!pucc-i!ag5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- "God Bless Us, Everyone!"
pso@utastro.UUCP (P Samuel Odoms) (12/07/84)
? Once again the Christian religion is told to pack up and get out.
? You can say anything you want in here, as long as it isn't about
? Christianity. Hm.
? --
? Paul DuBois {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois
Turn about is fair play. How often has Christianity told others to
pack up and get out. (Yes, I know, "but we shouldn't be held responsible
for the wrong doings of 'supposed' Christians". HUMPH, I say; haven't
all people been held responsible for the wrong doings of just two people?
(You know who I mean!))
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