Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
Date:         Tue, 29 Dec 1992 13:28:19 MST
Reply-To:     Objective Discussion of Religion
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Comments:     Resent-From: Dan Lester <ALILESTE@idbsu.idbsu.edu>
Comments:     Originally-From: Bert Bruner <OSAKB%EMUVM1.BITNET@idbsu.idbsu.edu>
Comments:     Warning -- original Sender: tag was
              OBJ-REL%EMUVM1.BITNET@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU
From:         Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
Subject:      Welcome!
Comments: To: All fellow wordslers <words-l@uga.cc.uga.edu>

i mentioned recently a new list for Objective Discussion of Religion.
Here is the welcome.  Just in case it is anyone's cup of tea.
Not for proselytizing, but for talking about WHY in objective terms
you believe what you believe.   Could be interesting....or awful.  o-)
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Welcome  to  OBJ-REL.  Well,  I  must say,  I'm  impressed.  I  sent  the
announcement  for this  list one  week ago  and even  in the  midst of  a
holiday, we already have 87 signed up!

First off, let  me introduce myself. My  name is Bert Bruner  and I'm the
list  owner and  also  one  of the  LISTSERV  Postmasters  here at  Emory
University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. If  you have problems with the list,
feel    free    to   contact    me    directly    at   OSAKB@EMUVM1    or
OSAKB@emuvm1.cc.emory.edu.  Issues related  to  functioning  of the  list
itself should be directed to me rather than to the list as a whole.

My  background is  in computers,  NOT religion.  However, I  have a  deep
interest in the  latter as a LAYMAN  OBSERVER. Although, I am  not a very
religious  person,  I   believe  that  religious  beliefs   have  a  very
significant effect upon the behavior of a very large number of people ...
And I find this fascinating.

Since we're just getting started, I  would like to hear from some others.
Why did you join  this list? What caught your interest?  What do you want
to get out of this list? I certainly have some ideas of my own or I would
not have started the list, but before  I go into any detail, I would like
to hear what some of your expectations are.

Just  as a  reminder,  I've  included the  "teaser  list"  from the  list
announcement below:

              Existence of God or gods
              Creationism versus Evolution
              Reasons for the Existence of Religions
              Epistimology
              Religion and Government
              Religious Behavioral Norms
              Effects of Religion on Society
              Any Discussion related to Religion that offers to
                  to Broaden our Scope of Understanding

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      Welcome!                                                                .W
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