From:    Heq
To:      Hugh Read                                Msg #186, 22-Nov-90  11:21am
Subject: Re: Talking To Fundamentalists

You don't understand.  They MUST be attacked by anyone and
everyone at all times. Otherwise they insidiously recover
lost ground very quickly. Are you aware of the tremendous power
they exert over our society? Do you have any idea of the extent
to which Xtianity has polluted every philosophy and every moral
value?  You "leave them alone" to your peril -- and mine!
While I am engaging them I am wasting
THEIR time so that they aren't doing something repressive or
damaging to some innocent person.

My question to you is why aren't you as worried about them
as I am? Do you think that Xtianity is NOT a danger to the world?


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From:    Charles Nemo
To:      Heq                                      Msg #187, 23-Nov-90  06:39pm
Subject: Re: Talking To Fundamentalists


Heq, I couldn't agree with you more!  The only reason we as a society have
some degree of peace and quiet is because the public disgrace of Swaggart, the
Bakkers, etc. put the spotlight of notoriety on them and shut them up for
awhile--but certainly not forever.  ANYONE or ANYTHING out of sync with their
narrow view of how things must be is targetted for extermination--at least
reputationally and if they had their way literally as well!  Turning the other
cheek is DANGEROUS where fundies are concerned.  I've been personally
subjected to their sick mind games in a work situation.  If there's one thing
I've learned when someone comes on as "holier than thou", it's to put a cork
in, watch my wallet and run like Hell!  A good friend of mine
(you can guess whom I'm referring to) lived among them for awhile
and got a firsthand look at their war games in Arkansas.  Really, really scary
stuff....

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From:    Thomas Frost
To:      Charles Nemo                             Msg #194, 25-Nov-90  11:30am
Subject: Re: Talking To Fundamentalists


		  what you fail to realize is that

					 a) Swaggart, Bakker, etc. are a small but (in this country)
						 vocal minority in Christianity.  Christians in Latin
						 America, Europe, and so on have never heard of them.
						 numbers-wise, if you want to know the direction of
						 future Christianity, i suggest you look at Latino
						 house-church rather than televangelism.  these guys
						 don't represent the major opinions in Christianity
						 any more than Christ represented Judaistic thought in
						 the 1st century.

					 b) more often than not, the televangelists disagree with
						 each other.  this is because they are businessmen first
						 and religious figures second, and they are in competition.
						 there is no monolithic evangelical view.

					 c) the televangelists are a transitory phenomenon brought on
						 by television deregulation, economic conditions, and
						 a host of other factors.  they weren't so prominent ten
						 years ago and will not be so ten years from now.

		  chill out and wait.

													 t.f.


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