jlp@ihlpm.att.com (Janet L Pflederer) (08/27/89)
[This is in response to the rather lurid pamphlet titled "WHERE IS ABBIE?" rhg2@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Rich Graham) commented: >I found this essay very upsetting. It promotes the idea that people >will be punished for their sins during their lifetime. > ...the fact remains that lots of people live long >healthy lives rejecting God all the way. --clh] I agree, and would also bring up a side-issue. Pamphlets (or people) that talk about druggie-commie-atheist-fornicating- -criminal-what-have-you-oh-so-terrible people worry me, for they reinforce the idea that such people are sinners while "respectable" people are not. I'd hope whoever was handing out the pamphlet was careful about chosing recipients. A pamphlet that shouts "Oh! Look! Sinner!" and points anywhere but at the reader is dangerous. -Janet L. Pflederer jlp@ihlpm.att.com