From: sperry2699@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc,alt.atheism
Subject: Re: I feel threatened by Christianity...
Date: 11 Jan 93 22:14:19 -0600
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <1993Jan11.214149.22353@netcom.com>, bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig) writes:
> I just saw part of Pat Robertson's TV show "The 700 Club" for the
> first time today while I was home on my lunch break, and I'll admit,
> it frightened me.  I was never really aware of what large Christian
> organizations are doing these days.
> 
> Robertson kept talking about how society is moving farther and farther
> away from God, and how this nation is falling into such sinful
> activities as drug use, murder, abortion, homosexuality and sodomy,
> and materialism as a result.  

Society IS moving further away from God.  Don't you believe drug use or murder
(for example) are sin?

> He urged his audience to rally together
> and fight the anti-Christian oppression.  He spoke highly of the fight
> to put official prayer back into schools, 

There should be a time set aside for those who wish to pray.  Possibly a break
from the classroom.  Is it so bad to have 20 min set aside for people to pray?

> and he encouraged the
> pro-life crowd to keep striving for their goal, 

Why not.  The NOW people are always pushing the pro-abortion side.

> and he even did an
> interview with one of the lawyers from a Christian legal firm which is
> working to defend the ability of students to distribute pro-life
> pamphlets in schools.  

Isn't that a good thing?  Shouldn't people be defending the pro-lifer's rights? 
Others do a good job of defending the pro-abortion side.

> Throughout the whole time I watched him,
> Robertson kept talking about his desire to return America to
> traditional family values, despite his opposition (which, it could be
> inferred from his words, is quite morally depraved).

There is a lacking of traditional family values in this country.  If you don't
see that problem, then maybe you are part of it.

> I'm worried.  What am I to do if much of this comes to pass?  I don't
> want my children to be singled out by sitting quietly during a school
> prayer, 

What's the difference?  Your kids don't have to pray if they don't want to. 
Isn't that good enough?

> I don't want my tax money to be spent on a public nativity
> scene, 

Too late.  It already is.

> I don't want Jehovah's Witnesses to come by my door (as they
> did twice right after Christmas).  

They have the right to walk the streets and spread the twisted gospel that they
do (unfortunately).

> I just want to be left alone, and
> not have well-meaning people try to bring the word of Jesus to me, and

Then tell them to leave.  Is that too hard?

> not have a well-meaning government decide what's morally best for me.

Good!  Then oppose the liberal government that we have and push for the
conservative stand!

> I have my own moral values which I'm perfectly happy to keep to
> myself.  Heck, I won't even complain about the "In God We Trust" on
> all my money, if it would just convince the Christians to keep their
> religion out of my life.
> 
> I'm overreacting, I know, but just seeing Pat Robertson voicing a lot
> of arguments so one-sided 

I hate to break it to you, but your side is only one also.

> I'm surprised they don't fall over is bad
> enough -- seeing him on TV, with the phones around him ringing off the
> hook with people pledging money to support him, really got to me.  How
> _dare_ he try to pass _himself_ off as the oppressed one!

Christianity is opressed in the U.S.  However, I've always heard that the
opressed Church is the best!
 

ECM

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