Re: virus: Enlightenment and Christianity

Eric Boyd (6ceb3@qlink.queensu.ca)
Thu, 06 Jun 1996 00:16:24 -0500


John ''!Boolean'' Williams wrote:
> Paragraph 65, section G: Human Sexuality.
> "We recognize that sexuality is God's good gift to all persons. We
> believe persons may only be fully human only when that gift is
> acknowledged and affirmed by themselves, the church, and society.
> We call all persons to the disciplined, responsible fulfillment of
> themselves, others, and society in stewardship of this gift..."

Is there anyway I could get my hands on this document you quote?

> And again, Eric:
>
> ERIC: Why don't you go become a Christain, then? They promise immorality of
> ERIC: the soul. All you have to do is sacrifice you life here on Earth in
> ERIC: worship of their God! What a great deal!
>
> Question: which is more life affirming in this instance?
>
> Eric's? Or the UM? ;-)

Ummm... I've said this before, but I'll say it again since you seem
really hurt. The above was a peice of sarcasm which I thought was
funny. I deliberatly misrepresented the Christian position in an
(obviously misguided) attempt to poke humour at it. See, I've been
reading the Bible and all these Christian meme's are running around in
my head. In an attempt to make sure they don't totally take over, I'm
exagerating and distorting the memes. I don't think it's working
anyway. Too much exposure!

ERiC