From jsn@concentric.net Mon Apr 30 11:01:04 2001
Date: 3 Feb 2001 06:51:19 GMT
From: "John S. Novak, III" <jsn@concentric.net>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan
Subject: Re: TAN: Faith-based charity

On Sat, 03 Feb 2001 06:32:22 GMT, bevellemelisk@earthlink.net
<bevellemelisk@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Oh, I wouldn't say you are simple-minded.  I actually agree with you on
>this point. I happen to believe that I have more of my "house"
>in "order" than most religious people, but somewhere along the way I've
>been labelled as a sinner and that I am going to hell. I'm from a very
>religious area, I call it the Bible Belt of California.  I've seen some
>fucked up things done by "Good Christians," and by many of other
>denominations and faiths.  But when I comment on the things, people
>say, "where do you get your morals from?"  They are astounded that me,
>of no faith whatsoever, can possibly have morals if I don't believe in
>God or live by the scriptures.  They've gone so far as to call my
>morals, "baseless."  Its odd, their morality comes straight from God,
>whom they ignore, and mine comes from my parents and I, whom I listen
>to and adhere to. 

Tell them you're Buddhist, and that your morality binds God, not the
other way around.  That's usually good for a drugged-trout stare or
two.

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John S. Novak, III		jsn@concentric.net
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