At 01:07 PM 10/11/2004 -0700 David Brin wrote: >> A low blow. The only word I quoted before was >> "officially." The point >> of the quote was to draw attention to the fact that >> the sort of >> millenialist movement you were describing is far too >> decentralized to be >> accurate described as having "official" positions. > >This is utter sophistry. You QUOTED ME! ANd the >quotations were false.
For the record, I reprint the relevant section of my post. You will note that the only quotation marks appear around the word "officially." >>As for lecturing me about schaedenfreude. again, it is >>your fearless leader who openly supports an idological >>movement that officially looks forward to 150,000 >>people getting a special pass to heaven, then millions >>suffering in a pre-ordained stage show battle, and the >>BILLIONS being cast down to roast in hell. > >The above is a gross caricature of Christianity, and instead reflects the >view of only a narrow sect. It is ludicrous to call it a, quote, >"official" viewpoint of Christianity This caricature reflects neither my >views, nor those of the President, nor those of the majority of Christians >in this country. And please don't try to tell me that everyone who has >ever bought a "Left Behind" book subscribes to the above viewpoint. As Nick Arnett has noted, your above quoted passage is demonstrably false. Bush has "openly support[ed]" Christianity, but has not openly supported any of the millennialist thinking you have described. As Dan Minette has noted, this error on your part left you open to many honest misinterpretations. Now that your intent has been explained by others, I have conceded that I was mistaken to conclude that you were talking about Christianity. It was, however, my honest reading of that passage at the time. As he said, "a bit more precision and a bit less steam would go a long way in helping us obtain your meaning." JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
