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   From: toomuchspam@spammer.org   
      
   Huan wrote:   
      
   >>> Yes, I'd be apprehensive.  I would be more apprehensive than I was   
   >>> before visiting a Buddhist monastery three years ago.   
   >>   
   >> Could you say more? What did you dislike there?   
   >   
   > Oh, where to begin... the idols, people worshipping idols, idols,   
   > idols... The monks made me very uncomfortable.   
      
   You felt threatened by them?   
      
   >>> If everyone past wardrobe one practised "Mere Christianity" I would   
   >>> not be apprehensive.   
   >>   
   >> You appear wearing strange clothes, speaking a strange language, with   
   >> a strange "living" device on your wrist... and you'd expect a warm   
   >> welcome in ANY land practising Mere Christianity?   
   >   
   > What exactly do you think mere Christianity is?  Your portrayal   
   > doesn't match my idea.   
      
   M.C. is the core of Christianity: the beliefs common to (almost) all   
   Christians at all times. But that core has been surrounded by RADICALLY   
   different secondary beliefs... which is why I ask:   
      
   What if a war is under way between two or more COMPETING versions of   
   M.C.?   
      
   What if you're a minority denomination, a homosexual, a Jew, a black, a   
   Muslim, a woman, etc?   
      
   > Mere Christians won't care about who I used to be.   
      
   You mean you could STOP being black, Jewish, homosexual, female, etc if   
   necessary?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)