From: marshall1198@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: alt.satanism
Subject: Re: Ye Great Sinners
Date: 10 Oct 92 11:19:19 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

>>I see many people in the church (the body of Christ, that is) do great things
>>and help many people.  I see many come to know Christ personally, and there is
>>a verse that says something like "None to God except through the Holy Spirit".
> 
> Thats nice. I've seen some good things done by christians as well. The 
> negatives far outweigh the positives. I think much of the "good works" done in

Possibly you are talking about "Churchians" instead.

> third world countries is conditional on acceptance of christianity. Also, much

No, I doubt that.  Why would people by the thousands gather outside a church to
praise and worship God (the inside was already filled!) and hear the good news?
   
> of the problems in (christian) third-world countries are a direct result of
> christianity; overpopulation, exploitation of the lower classes (xtians make 
> ideal slaves), ecological disasters.

Ahhh...no.

> As for people who know JC personally, this is pretty spooky, almost as much as
> the previous post about necronomicon ghosties. These folks should see a 
> shrink. Worse, what licence does knowing Jesus personally give these people?

The ability to do many great things through the power of God.  (I'll leave it
real general, unless you WANT me to be specific.)

> WHat if Jesus tells 'em to kill people (or drink cyanide cool-aide)

BUT, He would not do so.

> 
> 
>>You have a good point.  I could be that in 1611 you said "should" and it meant
>>"shall".  I have found a lot of "old" to "new" english quirks like that.
> 
> Ah, openmindedness reason...

Don't mistake my words there.

>>
>>Tell me which versions you believe are inaccurate, specifically, and I'll look
>>into the question.
> 
> As I suspected, you missed the point; all of them are suspect, unless you have
> original manuscripts and can read Greek Aramaic and Hebrew. Even then, all of 
> the Gospels were written a minimum of 50-100 yrs after the time of Jesus,
> even by christian reconings, some (Luke for ex.) were not even present in
> Israel at the time. If we look at the actual manuscripts we have, none are 
> written within 300 years of the time of Jesus.
> Actually, the least suspect records we have of early christianity are the dead 
> sea scrolls, which paint a very different picture of early christians than
> the accepted gospels do...

Somewhat true...don't pass everything off as fiction though.

> 
>>You said in another post of Re: Ye great sinners that your story is kind of
>>like a reverse of Mike Warnke.  If you decide to tell, I'd like to hear it.
> 
> Don't bother, this is the latest alt.satanism xtain ploy; I suspect Colvyn
> & Mrshall are in this together as he used the same tactic on me. Waste of time.
> 
>>Take care.
> 
> Take a hike!

Naaa...

> 
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>                                *       Let Your Freedom Ring      *
> 
> reject foolish belief systems that trap humanity...
> and serve the great olde ones...
> -Scott
> 
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