From: laura@nospam.me   
      
   "Janice"  wrote in message   
   news:MPG.1c39956d8fe1130998a244@news.individual.net...   
   > In article , laura@nospam.me says...   
      
      
   > [snip quoted screed]   
   >   
   > >That's   
   > >why we REAL Christians are so happy and grateful to God for   
   > >giving His first begotten of the fallen nature (of mortality   
   > >the wages of sin), so that we who believe in him are saved   
   > >from the perpetual fires of Death and Hell which awaits the   
   > >rebellious and unrepentant, e.g., the liberals!   
   >   
   > Liberals get such a bum rap these days ...   
      
   Democrats too. Odd, really, when America prides itself on being the best   
   democracy in the world. Citizens of a democracy are, by definition,   
   democrats (unless they are members of the opposition). Citizens of a   
   republic, on the other hand, are republicans :-)   
      
   >   
   > [more snippage]   
   >   
   > >IN CONCLUSION, remember that the *ONLY* real and true Christians   
   > >in the world are bible-thumping God-fearing law-abiding patriotic   
   > >hard-working people, PERIOD!   
   >   
   > This is the kind of thing I was talking about when I said that they call   
   > themselves Christians with the implication that they are the only true   
   > Christians.  If they've started using "Judeo-Christian" for themselves   
   > now too, perhaps they adopted it because it looked impressive, without   
   > understanding its history.   
   >   
      
   Exactly. It looks impressive and educated, and most people don't know   
   exactly what it means.   
      
   > >If you don't measure up as a REAL   
   > >Christian, then you have a choice to make. You can Repent, and   
   > >start reading the Bible and/or start attending a bible-reading   
   > >church and start ACTING like the Ten Commandments & Golden Rule   
   > >unambiguously admonish us to do. Or, if REAL Christianity isn't   
   > >for you, then you can at least have the common decency to STOP   
   > >claiming to be a REAL Christian when God knows that you're not!   
   >   
   > Irony is evidently lost on this guy.   
   >   
   > ...   
   >   
   > >How about that? :-)   
   >   
   > Ah, the joy of hate-mongering. :-)   
      
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