Reading the excerpt that was attached to the email, the writer is talking about being silenced and berated for his faith. That's what I'm talking about as well. Neither that excerpt nor I ever said the first thing about forcing beliefs down anyone else's throat, nor anything about separation between church and state.
- Matt Small -----Original Message----- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 10:21 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Activist Judges (Was: Court allows Schiavo stay to expire) How because the laws prevent Christian beliefs being forced down people's throats? Lets look at persecution, whenever someone has brought up and tried to enforce the separation of church and state, so-called christians has harrassed them and in one case (the plaintiffs in the most recent Supreme Court case stopping enforced school prayer) were literally driven out of town. The place for religious instruction is not the public school but the home or church. Is the position of your brand of Christianity so fragile that you need to force it down the throats of all children in school? larry On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:45:33 -0500, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree with him... Christians are persecuted for their beliefs. I'm not > going to tell you what to believe, but people at every turn are telling > Christians that they are crazy, stupid and wrong for their beliefs and that > they should shut up. Kind of like you just did (by calling him a nut). > > - Matt Small > > -----Original Message----- > From: G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 9:37 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Activist Judges (Was: Court allows Schiavo stay to expire) > > Christians are being silenced and persecuted in this country? > > This guy is a nut. > > But hey, I just read the good news today: the Kansas Board of Uneducation is > > putting evolution on trial! For 10 days people from the science camp, and > people from the Independent Demagogues Ignoring Obvious Truth, or IDIOT, get > > to argue as to whether the basic fundamental principle of biological > science, evolution, should be taught in biology classes. > > In a related story, math classes will no longer include discussions of the > "theory" of arithmetic. > > > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A40623-2005Feb20?language=printer > > "CHARLES W. Carrico Sr., a Virginia lawmaker, has decided to rewrite > > the Founding Fathers. Mr. Carrico, a state > > trooper-turned-Republican-delegate from Grayson County in southwestern > > Virginia, says he believes Christians are being silenced and > > persecuted. "America was founded on Christian beliefs," he proclaims. > > "Christianity is the majority faith in this country, and yet because > > the minority has said, 'I'm offended,' we are being told to keep > > silent." > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148204 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
