Re: evangelize

2005-02-27 Thread RJLipkin
I think Eugene is absolutely right, and so I ask his indulgence regarding this post. I simply want to point out that the nature of religious belief--its intelligibility or unintelligibility, circularity ornoncircularity, and whether it can explain the problem of evil and suffering--is

Re: evangelize

2005-02-27 Thread Paul Finkelman
Amen! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think Eugene is absolutely right, and so I ask his indulgence regarding this post. I simply want to point out that the nature of religious belief--its intelligibility or unintelligibility, circularity ornoncircularity, and whether it can

Re: evangelize

2005-02-27 Thread Francis Beckwith
Title: Re: evangelize Would it be appropriate of me to say that Bobbys comments about evangelism are good news? :-) Frank On 2/27/05 9:16 AM, Paul Finkelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amen! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think Eugene is absolutely right, and so I ask his indulgence regarding

Re: evangelize

2005-02-26 Thread Ed Brayton
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So be it, but it is important, I believe to be reminded of the ONLY reason we Christians ought to be followers of Jesus the Christ, and that reason is to evangelize the lost. I do not find that declaration offensive in this venue or any other. To everything there is

From the list custodian RE: evangelize

2005-02-26 Thread Volokh, Eugene
Title: Message I don't find it offensive because of its content -- but it's not allowed in this venue. Imagine that this were a mathematicians' convention, and people were talking about math, and someone got up and started to evangelize. That would be inappropriate, because off-topic. So

Re: evangelize

2005-02-26 Thread Paul Finkelman
I have received a couple of private e-mails on my post, suggesting that I over reacted to the first evangelical post. So let me explain my posting. I did not see the evangeglical posting as a mistake. The second posting of Mr. Ingle reaffirms my view of this. Anyone who is on this list

RE: evangelize

2005-02-26 Thread Volokh, Eugene
Title: Message Folks: Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I think this discussion is getting to be as off-topic as the post that prompted it. Eugene ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get