Re: OT More pens (was Re: Phoneme winnowing continues)
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
|---|
| Date: | Tuesday, June 10, 2003, 16:20 |
|---|
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Fatula" <fatula3@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: OT More pens (was Re: Phoneme winnowing continues)
> From: "David Starner" <dvdeug@...>
> Subject: Re: OT More pens (was Re: Phoneme winnowing continues)
>
>
> > On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 02:57:57AM -0700, Joseph Fatula wrote:
> > > Let's say that I think that it is necessary to teach people about
Christ
> > > (which I do). Is there a reason why it should not be taught?
> >
> > Because it's religion, and because there's a long list of wars and
> > massacres because one group wanted to push its religion on another group
> > (like in schools), and the other group disagreed.
>
> How is it "religion"? Or, why is teaching about Christ "religion", yet
> teaching that the earth is round, or that Octavian became the first
emperor
> of Rome is not?
>
If you mean that he existed, preached, claimed to be the son of God, got
executed for it, and some people claim he rose again, sure, can't dispute
that.
Reply