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   Message 70,564 of 71,631   
   Joel to Brother Nate   
   Re: Is God a Christian?   
   26 Sep 10 02:21:57   
   
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   XPost: alt.activism.drug-war, alt.drugs.psychedelics   
   From: joelcrump@gmail.com   
      
   Brother Nate  wrote:   
      
   >> God could give a rat's ass about religion - in general, and in total.   
   >   
   >I wouldn't say that God is indifferent to it,   
      
      
   Not at all - I just ain't religious.  That was the OP's intended   
   question, as I read it.   
      
      
   > but in the specific   
   >case of a nice Jewish boy like Jesus and all the ruckus that   
   >followed from people trying to make sense of what He said,   
   >I'd imagine that God understands that there have been a   
   >lot of attempts to explain Him, all of them imperfect but   
   >most in good faith.   
      
      
   In terms of mainstream spirituality, he's definitely cool with all of   
   it (as long as he doesn't have to participate directly).   
   Chrismahanukwanzakah is his favorite holiday.   
      
      
   >I'd like to think that we're getting clearer as time goes on,   
   >but it worries me when I see people trying to turn back the   
   >clock and return to interpretations that were just as confusing   
   >hundreds of years ago as they are today.   
      
      
   I'd be interested in knowing more specifically what you mean by that.   
      
   --   
   Joel Crump   
      
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