Newsgroups: alt.pagan
Subject: Pagans and the US Christian Schism
Date: 11 Nov 92 10:26:00 EST

->From: pharvey@quack.sac.ca.us (Paul Harvey)
->tlvx!sinkhole.unf.edu!uflorida!gatech!darwin.sura.net!sgiblab!dave
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->Subject: Pagans and the US Christian Schism
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->Date: 3 Nov 92 23:55:38 GMT
->
->It should be painfully obvious to most by now that US Christendom
->is
->undergoing a major Schism, perhaps the largest in the history of
->Christianity. The schism is best illustrated by Oregon's
->citizen's
->initiative measure 9. This measure is strongly opposed by most of
->the
->major traditional US Christian sects. For example, Roman
->Catholicism
->which is anti-homosexual, is opposed to this measure which would
->deny
->"homosexuals", however that may be legally defined, of their
->constitutional
->rights. This measure is not being advanced by satanists, pagans,
->secular
->humanists or any of the other traditional allies of the Christian
->Devil.
->The group behind this measure calls themselves the OCA, Oregon
->Christian
->Alliance. They receive funding and support from another group
->called CC,
->Christian Coalition, run by Pat Robertson who also runs CBN,
->Christian
->Broadcasting Network, and pulls the strings of the Republican
->political
->party. Robertson unsuccessfully ran for the Republican
->Presidential
->ticket in 1988 but was defeated by George Bush so now he is
->working from
->within the party to advance his "traditional family values"
->agenda and
->will most likely rally around Pat Buchannan for the 1996
->election. Since
->this schism of Christianity has invaded the Republican party, it
->too is
->undergoing a political schism of the coalition put together by
->Ronald
->Reagan. These radical, fundamentalist, evangelical, TV Christians
->seek
->to convert the entire world to their concept of absolute truth,
->including the traditional Christian sects. For example, the
->Vatican is
->often refered to as the Great Whore of Babylon.
->
->My question is: What should non-Christians do about this major
->Christian
->Schism?
->
->1. Nothing, just watch the action from the sidelines for a
->change. Let
->the Christians feed themselves to the Christians, let the
->Christian Lord
->of Light go after the Christian Lord of Dark and enjoy the show.
->
->2. Oppose Christianity in any form as clearly anti-social and
->un-democratic, a major menace to civilized society.
->
->3. Support traditional Christian sects to the extent that they
->allow
->non-Christians their civil liberties and rights to existance.
->
->4. Other options?
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      In response to your question, #3 DEFINITELY.  To condemn all
 Cristians because a few (or even a lot) give us so much grief is
 tantamount to sinking to their level.  I know of several cases where
 Cristian ministers came to the aid of pagans suffering from religeous
 persecution and worse.  We need to focus on the ringleaders and
 trouble makers , as your message did.  We are not out to convert the
 world, only to live in it, so we need to appreciate and get along
 with those that are not against us.  ALL WE NEED FROM THEM IS
 
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