From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Oct 20 17:47:16 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from freebsd.moondog.org (freebsd.moondog.org [208.186.117.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C9D037B401 for ; Sat, 20 Oct 2001 17:47:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from elden@localhost) by freebsd.moondog.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id f9L0l7o00988; Sat, 20 Oct 2001 17:47:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from moon_dog@spamcop.net) X-Authentication-Warning: freebsd.moondog.org: elden set sender to moon_dog@spamcop.net using -f Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 17:47:07 -0700 From: Elden Fenison To: "Gary W. Swearingen" Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Religions (was Re: helping victims of terror) Message-ID: <20011020174707.E732@moondog.org> Mail-Followup-To: "Gary W. Swearingen" , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20011004132949.D16297@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010924170815.0180aee8@threespace.com> <20010925001027.A750@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20011003210717.0442cb20@localhost> <20011004132949.D16297@lpt.ens.fr> <20011019154414.A43110@moondog.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20011019203955.0464d920@localhost> <20011020004426.A45044@moondog.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from swear@blarg.net on Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 11:43:45AM -0700 X-Mailer: Mutt 1.2.5i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * On Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 11:43:45AM -0700, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > Each of these things has a counter-argument, of course, but surely > Christianity has many definitions, and people shouldn't casually speak > as if it has only one. Same for "free software" - that other > religion. Point taken. I guess I could be labeled a "fundementalist". (which I have no problem with) I've always believed that the Bible is the foundation and authoritative definition of the Christian faith and any thinking or teaching "called" Christian should be measured against it. -- -=Elden=- http://www.moondog.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message