Re: [asa] Wilson's "The Creation"

Thanks. I'm sorry if I gave the wrong impression -- I didn't mean to
bash
conservative politics or any of the other things I listed as potentially
divisive. I just meant to say that all of those things are questions
about
which Christians often have strong opinions, and that in all such
cases we
need IMHO to be careful about how we express our own views within the
body
of Christ.

On 9/8/06, Janice Matchett <janmatch@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> At 09:47 AM 9/8/2006, David Opderbeck wrote:
>
> BTW, was the "political term" something you edited out of my post
> that you
> quoted? ...
>
>
>
> *@ *No, it was this one:
>
> "(We could say the same about lots of other divisive questions -- say,
> the nature of the "end times," the continuance of so-called "sign"
> gifts,
> infant baptism,* [fill in the "C"-word] *politics, etc.)" ~ David
> Opderbeck Wed, 6 Sep 2006 Re: [asa] dialog with YEC brethern
>
> I always save these sorts of quotes in my archives, as proof that
> there
> are no "behind-the-scenes" objections to certain words and phrases
> that are
> used to bash viewpoints with which most on this list agree.
>
> You will NEVER see me complaining about the people who use these
> words and
> phrases.
>
> I believe in free speech.
>
> Only thin-skinned, emotional basket-cases (who have rejected the
> law of
> non-contradiction and couldn't logically / legitimately defend their
> "beliefs" if they had to), will attempt to silence those with whom
> they
> disagree.
>
> *Quote:* "Political tags - such as royalist, communist, [fill in the
> "D"word], populist, fascist, [fill in the "L"-word], [fill in the
> "C"-word],
> and so forth - are never basic criteria. *The human race divides
> politically into those who want people to be controlled and those
> who have
> no such desire*." *-- *Robert A. Heinlein
>
> Everyone on this list knows exactly into which to the two
> catagories he
> fits.
>
> And so do I. :)
>
> ~ Janice
>
>
>
>

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Received on Sat Sep 9 15:53:00 2006