Non-Fundamentalist Christians
Doug J Constant
If I am following all these qualifications of what it means to be
a non-fundamentalist Christian, insofar as the term is used here, you
must have these characteristics:
- you believe vile acts of crime are ok and we should feel criminal's
pain
- you believe that the wife should not submit to the husband whatsoever
- you believe that right and wrong are grey areas and there is no Hell
- you believe that your church pastor is never right
- you believe you have a duty enforce "if it feels good do it" philosophy
- you believe that there is no accurate translation of the Bible and it
what it says anyway is just a myth...but its a pretty good book like
Grapes of Wrath or the Koran
Have I missed anything? Must all or some number be present?
Have I misstated any?
There is no doubt that this is EXACTLY what you believe so don't try to
change anything because I am right and know all of your beliefs.
(This message is absurdity used to illustrate absurdity written by Nora
or Devereaux Cannon).
Now here is an earlier message which is real absurdity written with
stupidity...thanks for sharing your wonderful thoughts:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unschooling-dotcom/message/49431
Hey Nora or Dev...get a life and learn not to stereotype and
discriminate.
Doug Constant
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a non-fundamentalist Christian, insofar as the term is used here, you
must have these characteristics:
- you believe vile acts of crime are ok and we should feel criminal's
pain
- you believe that the wife should not submit to the husband whatsoever
- you believe that right and wrong are grey areas and there is no Hell
- you believe that your church pastor is never right
- you believe you have a duty enforce "if it feels good do it" philosophy
- you believe that there is no accurate translation of the Bible and it
what it says anyway is just a myth...but its a pretty good book like
Grapes of Wrath or the Koran
Have I missed anything? Must all or some number be present?
Have I misstated any?
There is no doubt that this is EXACTLY what you believe so don't try to
change anything because I am right and know all of your beliefs.
(This message is absurdity used to illustrate absurdity written by Nora
or Devereaux Cannon).
Now here is an earlier message which is real absurdity written with
stupidity...thanks for sharing your wonderful thoughts:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unschooling-dotcom/message/49431
Hey Nora or Dev...get a life and learn not to stereotype and
discriminate.
Doug Constant
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Gerard Westenberg
<Hey Nora or Dev...get a life and learn not to stereotype anddiscriminate.>
Hey, Doug, I don't think the poster WAS stereotyping - I think she was trying to get a handle on what people here may mean when they might talk disparagingly of Christians/ fundamentalists. And pointing out the stereotyping herself...Leoni W.
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Hey, Doug, I don't think the poster WAS stereotyping - I think she was trying to get a handle on what people here may mean when they might talk disparagingly of Christians/ fundamentalists. And pointing out the stereotyping herself...Leoni W.
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Mike Ebbers
--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., Doug J Constant <coaching@j...> wrote:
number of weeks now and they seem to me to be filled with dry wit and
a willingness to get to the heart of a situation. I have to admit
that one of her posts was so subtle in its humor that even she didn't
think it was funny (but I did).
I read the entire day's worth of posts tonight and it looks to me
like Nora was wanting to capture in one place all the characteristics
that others were listing about fundamentalist Christians. And by the
way, "fundamentalist" is not being used in the classical dictionary
sense, but is...well, I think Nora's list summed up the sense of
today's posts quite succinctly.
If you didn't read the whole thread today, then let me add that many
of these posters grew up as, or knew, people like this, and continue
to meet people who match this description. It was a shock to me to
read, because the Christians I've known (even fundamentalists) do not
match most of those characteristics (well, some have a couple of
them). But this is their experience, summed up in Nora's post.
May I ask why you suggested that she get a life? I think this post
proves she knows about stereotyping and discrimination and is subtly
recommending against it.
By the way, a couple of posters from this group are accepting your e-
mailed invitation to join the Pentacostal homeschoolers listgroup. I
did so myself. I wonder if we'll see many of the characteristics
that Nora listed?
Mike Ebbers
Who had planned to curtail computer activities but my wife went to a
meeting so I let the kids carouse while I browsed
> (This message is absurdity used to illustrate absurdity written byWowee, Doug! I have to stick up for Nora. I've seen her posts for a
>Nora or Devereaux Cannon).
>
> Now here is an earlier message which is real absurdity written with
> stupidity...thanks for sharing your wonderful thoughts:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unschooling-dotcom/message/49431
>
> Hey Nora or Dev...get a life and learn not to stereotype and
> discriminate.
>
> Doug Constant
number of weeks now and they seem to me to be filled with dry wit and
a willingness to get to the heart of a situation. I have to admit
that one of her posts was so subtle in its humor that even she didn't
think it was funny (but I did).
I read the entire day's worth of posts tonight and it looks to me
like Nora was wanting to capture in one place all the characteristics
that others were listing about fundamentalist Christians. And by the
way, "fundamentalist" is not being used in the classical dictionary
sense, but is...well, I think Nora's list summed up the sense of
today's posts quite succinctly.
If you didn't read the whole thread today, then let me add that many
of these posters grew up as, or knew, people like this, and continue
to meet people who match this description. It was a shock to me to
read, because the Christians I've known (even fundamentalists) do not
match most of those characteristics (well, some have a couple of
them). But this is their experience, summed up in Nora's post.
May I ask why you suggested that she get a life? I think this post
proves she knows about stereotyping and discrimination and is subtly
recommending against it.
By the way, a couple of posters from this group are accepting your e-
mailed invitation to join the Pentacostal homeschoolers listgroup. I
did so myself. I wonder if we'll see many of the characteristics
that Nora listed?
Mike Ebbers
Who had planned to curtail computer activities but my wife went to a
meeting so I let the kids carouse while I browsed
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In a message dated 11/7/02 7:22:52 PM, coaching@... writes:
-=-Now here is an earlier message which is real absurdity written with
stupidity...thanks for sharing your wonderful thoughts:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unschooling-dotcom/message/49431-=-
Use quotes, don't give us message numbers.
Hey Nora or Dev...get a life and learn not to stereotype and
discriminate. >>
NO. At least that list DID list beliefs of fundamentalist Christians.
Your list was provocative bullshit.
Reminds me of the LAME argument that EITHER the earth was created in six
days, or evolution is true. Oh no, that's not how the argument goes. It's
IF evolution isn't exactly true, THEN that proves the earth was created in
six days.
( If I am following all these qualifications of what it means to be
a non-fundamentalist Christian, insofar as the term is used here, you
must have these characteristics:
- you believe vile acts of crime are ok and we should feel criminal's
pain
- you believe that the wife should not submit to the husband whatsoever
- you believe that right and wrong are grey areas and there is no Hell
- you believe that your church pastor is never right
- you believe you have a duty enforce "if it feels good do it" philosophy
- you believe that there is no accurate translation of the Bible and it
what it says anyway is just a myth...but its a pretty good book like
Grapes of Wrath or the Koran)
-=-Now here is an earlier message which is real absurdity written with
stupidity...thanks for sharing your wonderful thoughts:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Unschooling-dotcom/message/49431-=-
Use quotes, don't give us message numbers.
Hey Nora or Dev...get a life and learn not to stereotype and
discriminate. >>
NO. At least that list DID list beliefs of fundamentalist Christians.
Your list was provocative bullshit.
Reminds me of the LAME argument that EITHER the earth was created in six
days, or evolution is true. Oh no, that's not how the argument goes. It's
IF evolution isn't exactly true, THEN that proves the earth was created in
six days.
( If I am following all these qualifications of what it means to be
a non-fundamentalist Christian, insofar as the term is used here, you
must have these characteristics:
- you believe vile acts of crime are ok and we should feel criminal's
pain
- you believe that the wife should not submit to the husband whatsoever
- you believe that right and wrong are grey areas and there is no Hell
- you believe that your church pastor is never right
- you believe you have a duty enforce "if it feels good do it" philosophy
- you believe that there is no accurate translation of the Bible and it
what it says anyway is just a myth...but its a pretty good book like
Grapes of Wrath or the Koran)
[email protected]
In a message dated 11/7/02 8:31:40 PM, mikeebb@... writes:
<< By the way, a couple of posters from this group are accepting your e-
mailed invitation to join the Pentacostal homeschoolers listgroup. I
did so myself. I wonder if we'll see many of the characteristics
that Nora listed? >>
THAT is who has used the addresses from this list to invite people onto a
Pentecostal Homeschooling group?
If YOU want to know about unschooling, this is a good list to be on.
If I want to know about Pentecostalism (more than I already know from having
attended with relatives in Texas), I will go online and get that information.
Sandra
<< By the way, a couple of posters from this group are accepting your e-
mailed invitation to join the Pentacostal homeschoolers listgroup. I
did so myself. I wonder if we'll see many of the characteristics
that Nora listed? >>
THAT is who has used the addresses from this list to invite people onto a
Pentecostal Homeschooling group?
If YOU want to know about unschooling, this is a good list to be on.
If I want to know about Pentecostalism (more than I already know from having
attended with relatives in Texas), I will go online and get that information.
Sandra
[email protected]
In a message dated 11/7/02 10:15:07 PM Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
<<
By the way, a couple of posters from this group are accepting your e-
mailed invitation to join the Pentacostal homeschoolers listgroup. I
did so myself. I wonder if we'll see many of the characteristics
that Nora listed? >>
Wow, good catch Mike!! I didn't even notice it was the same person.
Is that how we all got an invite from the pentacostal list, really? They must
be trying to save us all!!
Ren
[email protected] writes:
<<
By the way, a couple of posters from this group are accepting your e-
mailed invitation to join the Pentacostal homeschoolers listgroup. I
did so myself. I wonder if we'll see many of the characteristics
that Nora listed? >>
Wow, good catch Mike!! I didn't even notice it was the same person.
Is that how we all got an invite from the pentacostal list, really? They must
be trying to save us all!!
Ren
[email protected]
In a message dated 11/7/2002 9:31:36 PM Central Standard Time,
mikeebb@... writes:
I think it's a more descriptive term.
Tuck
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mikeebb@... writes:
> I read the entire day's worth of posts tonight and it looks to meIn my circles, we refer to those particular types of Christians as "toxic".
> like Nora was wanting to capture in one place all the characteristics
> that others were listing about fundamentalist Christians. And by the
> way, "fundamentalist" is not being used in the classical dictionary
> sense, but is...well, I think Nora's list summed up the sense of
> today's posts quite succinctly.
>
I think it's a more descriptive term.
Tuck
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