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   From: toomuchspam@spammer.org   
      
   "darylgene@aol.com" wrote:   
      
   >>They would, or they might in some M.C. worlds. In others, they'd all   
   >>agree with each that it was wrong to wage wars, burn witches and   
   gays...   
   >>or the opposite.   
   >   
   > Aren't we being a bit guilty of judging the past from our current state   
   > of knowledge? If witches really were what they were concieved to be   
   > when they were burned, what was occuring was not persecution but   
   > protection of society and especially of innocents.   
      
   It wasn't just witches I was referring to. Christianity took some of its   
   older harshness from paganism, but it still obviously chose what it took.   
      
   >>Yes, but how can MC be silent on things that seem much more important   
   >>than things it has a lot to say about? I hope people here agree that   
   not   
   >>persecuting people who disagree with you is much more important than   
   >>believing in the Resurrection or that Christ literally walked on water.   
   >>MC seems to believe it's the other way around.   
   >   
   > I by no means agree, you cannot compare what would happen to a person   
   > in a lifespan with eternity. If scripture isn't true, and especially   
   > the Resurrection, then Christianity is a shallow, vain, almost silly   
   > philosophy.   
      
   Why? People have found Christianity profound and inspiring without   
   accepting that it is true. Of course, if it is true, and our eternal fate   
   depends on our actions in life, some of what was done in the past can be   
   justified.   
      
   > If there was a man Jesus, who now lays decayed in a tomb,   
   > why on earth should I give him any regard?   
      
   In that case, because he spoke the truth about certain things, even if he   
   was mistaken in other ways.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)