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   Message 258 of 1,925   
   Siwel Naph to Huan the hound   
   Re: The Lion, the Which and the Wardrobe   
   05 Oct 05 07:20:16   
   
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   Huan the hound wrote:   
      
   >> Well, they judge everything they do by M.C./Mere X-ism. If it fits --   
   >> in their sincere-but-not-infallible opinion -- they allow it; if not,   
   >> they don't.   
   >>   
   > Ok, now I understand what you mean.  *I* thought you meant   
   > everyone was a mere Christian there; you seem to mean that   
   > the place's laws are based on mere Christianity.  If we   
   > can't assume that the inhabitants and interpreters of law   
   > are themselves mere Christians, then it could be   
   > intimidating to go there as a Jew, Muslim, homosexual...   
   > whatever else was in your list.  However if all the   
   > inhabitants were mere Christians, I stand by my original post.   
      
   So mere Christians disappeared between Constantine and the Quakers? And   
   St Paul (who had rather stern things to say about certaing groups and   
   didn't oppose slavery AFAIK) wasn't a mere Christian?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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