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Charlie Bell wrote:
On 23/09/2009, at 8:26 AM, Pat Mathews wrote:
If I was uncivil, I apologize. I said what it appeared to me to be,
but I may be wrong. At any rate, this was addressed, not to those who
considered the plea ineffective, but those who began religious arguments.
Well, this is
On 23/09/2009, at 8:26 AM, Pat Mathews wrote:
If I was uncivil, I apologize. I said what it appeared to me to be,
but I may be wrong. At any rate, this was addressed, not to those
who considered the plea ineffective, but those who began religious
arguments.
Well, this is a list where we
If I was uncivil, I apologize. I said what it appeared to me to be, but I may
be wrong. At any rate, this was addressed, not to those who considered the plea
ineffective, but those who began religious arguments.
Pat
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> Subject: Re: Wife's suggestion!
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On 23/09/2009, at 2:37 AM, Pat Mathews wrote:
We started with a plea for civility and niceness. Because it invoked
religion and the name of Jesus, the thread was promptly taken over
by those who felt it their bounden duty to object to the Christian
content - not on the grunds that they wer
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Michael Harney
wrote:
> Oh, as for an example of Jesus not "respectfully disagreeing", call to
your recollection what
> Jesus did to the vendors in the temple. I believe it had something to do
with shouting,
> throwing over tables, smashing merchandise and even wi
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote:
> I think the reason you're still waiting for Brin's books is also the
> answer to you're question about the number of titles available.
> They're probably negotiating with a lot of authors for the rights or
> dealing with copyright issues.
On Sep 22, 2009, at 10:46 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 1:20 AM, Charlie Bell
wrote:
That's the widely perceived view of them, yes. Doesn't totally hold
water if you actually read the New Testament, but yes - if people
tried to act a bit nicer to each other we'd be bet
On Sep 22, 2009, at 3:20 AM, Charlie Bell wrote:
I agree with Bruce that in general lessons ascribed to Jesus are
about love and acceptance of the other.
That's the widely perceived view of them, yes. Doesn't totally hold
water if you actually read the New Testament, but yes - if people
t
Folks,
I admire the work done by the Public Conversations Project:
http://publicconversations.org/
Their purpose is to facilitate conversations about hotly contested
issues, training leaders and participants to avoid position-taking
and recitation of talking-points and focus instead on buil
We started with a plea for civility and niceness. Because it invoked religion
and the name of Jesus, the thread was promptly taken over by those who felt it
their bounden duty to object to the Christian content - not on the grunds that
they were not Christian, but because they consider it their
On 23/09/2009, at 1:46 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
I know what you mean, I think, but I've stopped using the word
"nice" to describe it. I know churches that are perfectly "nice" to
gays, for example, but in doing so pretty much fail to accept them.
Sort of a "welcome to our church, we're gl
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 1:20 AM, Charlie Bell wrote:
>
>
> That's the widely perceived view of them, yes. Doesn't totally hold water
> if you actually read the New Testament, but yes - if people tried to act a
> bit nicer to each other we'd be better off.
I know what you mean, I think, but I've
On 22/09/2009, at 11:24 PM, Chris Frandsen wrote:
Being civil has nothing to do with respecting beliefs. Being civil
means not being unnecessarily offensive while pointing out where
beliefs are damaging our societies. Some beliefs deserve ZERO
respect (creationism, anti-vaccinationism etc
On Sep 22, 2009, at 3:20 AM, Charlie Bell wrote:
On 22/09/2009, at 7:57 AM, Chris Frandsen wrote:
A referral to "Religion" without being specific often sparks a
response on this list.
Sure, but this isn't one of those times. Asking non-Christians and
Christians alike to be more civil i
On Sep 22, 2009, at 1:36 AM, Doug Pensinger wrote:
Yes but, calling the U.S. a Christian nation is a little beyond "the
merest mention."
More than a little, although in this case, the usage didn't seem to be
malicious.
The origin of that phrase is a multilayered equivocation on the part
On 22/09/2009, at 7:57 AM, Chris Frandsen wrote:
A referral to "Religion" without being specific often sparks a
response on this list.
Sure, but this isn't one of those times. Asking non-Christians and
Christians alike to be more civil is one thing - civility in discourse
is one thing.
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