Re: Chris, Chris and Chris

On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 bjm10@CORNELL.EDU wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Patrick Dunn wrote:
>
> > > Then why did His followers die for their beliefs? (Puzzled frown.) People
> > > don't die for what they know to be a lie. (It was documented by the
> > > Romans that eleven of the twelve apostles were brutally martyred.)
> >
> > Christians are always saying this.  I wonder if they believe it.
>
> Oddly enough, as a Christian, I don't recall having ever said that.
> Maybe you are just leaning on prejudice rather than reality.
"Always" in English can mean "quite frequently."

Contrary to what you've decided to believe, I have nothing against either
Christianity or Christians.  I do have something against feeble and
self-satisfied attempts to convert people to a religion on the basis of
logic.

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Prurio modo viri qui in arbore pilosa est.
                        ~~Elvis

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