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Re: I appreciate...

Submitted by Lynn on Mon, 07/10/2006 - 7:03pm.

Jilsyt wrote:
I appreciate the comments made today--I think I completely misunderstood the point to your posting of the story, as I thought you were trying to say it was Christianity's fault that this happened.

Only insofar as it was Christians who were trying to use official government channels to oppress/expel a family that didn't share their beliefs. I don't think it's an inherently Christian thing. Sometimes I use the term "Christianist" to describe the kind of alleged Christian that has more in common with the Taliban than the teachings of Jesus.

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When my husband read the previous posts, he also took the same understanding as I, and pointed out that "groupthink" of atheists was what allowed WWII to continue and the many slaughters of the Jews.

You lost me. How were atheists responsible for the Holocaust? Many people, religious and non-religious, turned their backs on the Jews of Europe, and while there were priests who sheltered Jews there were also those who turned them in.

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I realize that this is a job for families, one that parents should take on, but sadly the acceptance of what is crude and rude seems to be on the rise, and it's almost as if parents don't know it's their job to raise decent kids.

Exactly, but it's not the state's job to be in loco parentis. We can only fight it by raising our own children to do the right thing and be decent (and hopefully raise their kids that way), and by rejecting the culture of the rude and crude. IE: If you don't like it, don't participate in it.

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Thanks for the good wishes on the move, we'll be loading our truck in the morning, and then won't see our stuff again til the 21st, and that's if they are on time.

Good luck with your move, we'll be thinking of you!

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