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Re: OT More pens (was Re: Phoneme winnowing continues)

From:Joseph Fatula <fatula3@...>
Date:Tuesday, June 10, 2003, 10:54
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?

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Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
David Starner <dvdeug@...>
Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Joe <joe@...>