Re: Conciliatory moves over Easter

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>I've found it's good advice until one gets the feel of the company one's
>in.  On this list we've managed, on the whole, not to exclude religion;
>Dirk has told us he is a Mormon on several occasions, Philips's Buddhism
>is
>well-known, Aidan Grey has told us of his paganism, Irina has told us she
>is Orthodox, we know that Steg (inter alios) is a Jew, Jeffrey Henning has
>told us he a Congregationalist, I've not hidden my Catholicism etc
>(I know I've not included everyone or every religion a list member has
>said
>s/he hold - please forgive omissions).
In any message board or mailing list i've been on, it's hard to keep most
of yourself secret from people, unless you intend to not get personal with
them.  In a chatroom i frequent for instance, it got to the point where I
had to tell them about my sexuality, because I had become friends with
them (I have met many of them face to face, and I consider them friends).

My personal beliefs really are kind of ideas from different religions (not
exactly, but the philosophies behind them). I still go to church
(Catholic) with my family from time to time, but I consider my own beliefs
to be personal and not really of any one religion (I do believe in a God,
instead of multiple gods.goddesses). I'm not very into talking about
religion with people unless they ask.  But, this list has not had any
arguments about whose religion is correct, or not. We seem to recognize
that everyone has different beliefs and leave it at that.
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>Ah, politics - not mentioned much and I have sneaking suspicion that it
>might prove more divisive than religion.
I agree. Political arguments are often more heated than religious
arguments.

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