My apologies if I was misconstrued. I was not attempting to attack rural Christians or making a universal statement of behavior about individuals. I was commenting on a _perception_ by non-Christians.
A hegemony IS a broad brush though. If you yourself are considered apostate, then there is presumably a larger body which is weilding enough sociopolitical power to say so. There are always dissenting individuals and there is still a generalized whole. -Kevin On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 09:45:29 -0600, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin, > > You are painting all with the same brush. Rural Christians are not > monolithic. > > There are quite a few of us rural Christians that our evangelical > brethren consider apostates because we believe tradition as well as the > Bible guide our faith. While we are Christian, we are marginalized in > the "Bible Belt" because of our faith. > > Please be careful where you sling your vindictaves. > > Russel Madere > Webmaster > 504.832.9835 > SunShine Pages by EATEL > www.sunshinepages.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect your mail server with built in anti-virus protection. It's not only good for you, it's good for everybody. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=39 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:142066 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
