[Vision2020] 11-14-04 NY Times OP/ED: Slapping the Other Cheek

[Art Deco aka W. Fox]

Saundra, other pagans and pretenders:

I'm sorry, you poor, misguided wretches!

Know Ye:  A trip to the Latah County Courthouse Public Records unimpeachably 
reveals that Cult Master Douglas Wilson of the Christ Church Cult officially and 
without right of appeal holds the complete title and all rights to Jesus, God, 
and their output including the exclusive right to the correct interpretation of 
anything related thereto and the right of exclusive representation anywhere in 
the universe.

You Pseudo-Christians and other pagans are SOL.  Accept this eternal truth with 
tearful abasement.  Beseechingly repent and humbly bow to the Cult Master now or 
face eternal damnation and, far worse yet, Wilson's icy, soul-withering censure.


Splotch Blakey,  Gregor Dickistoosmall,
Personal Servants and Agents of and for Cult Master Douglas Wilson, God's Mentor

[This message approved by DJW.]

cc:    DJW
        God
        Jesus
        Paul Kimmell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Saundra Lund" <sslund at adelphia.net>
To: "'Art Deco aka W. Fox'" <deco at moscow.com>; "'Vision 2020'" 
<vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 3:09 PM
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] 11-14-04 NY Times OP/ED: Slapping the Other Cheek


| Hi Wayne,
|
| Thanks for sharing -- it was an interesting read.
|
| There is one specific part of the Op-Ed piece I want to comment on.  This 
quote
| below comes from a letter written by Bob Jones III & sent to Bush following 
the
| reelection:
| "In your re-election, God has graciously granted America - though she doesn't
| deserve it - a reprieve from the agenda of paganism," Mr. Jones wrote. "Put 
your
| agenda on the front burner and let it boil. You owe the liberals nothing. They
| despise you because they despise your Christ."
|
| This thinking, I think, is a HUGE part of the problem and one of the things I
| find so unbelievably offensive.
|
| To whom does Christ belong?  I was raised to believe that Christ belongs to 
all
| who embrace him & his teachings.
|
| In a nutshell, the recurring theme I see amongst conservatives and 
evangelicals
| is a tendency to want *ownership* of Christ & of the interpretation of his
| teachings, not to mention of the whole Bible!  Those who disagree with their
| particular interpretation are called "non-believers," "un-believers," and 
worse.
|
| Quite frankly, this is hurtful and offensive to the majority of Christians, 
who
| *don't* share those extremist and arrogant and offensive views.  You don't see
| us going around telling other Christians that they aren't really Christians, 
or
| that we "own" Jesus & his teachings.
|
| As I see it, the behavior of those conservatives and evangelicals is creating 
a
| bigger wedge in our society than the "hot" issues of freedom of choice or gay
| marriage could *ever* cause.
|
| In my world, there's plenty of room for all religious beliefs, and for those 
who
| haven't made any leap of faith as well.
|
| How terribly sad that some fringe so-called "Christians" have decided to claim
| ownership of Christ . . . and that so many folks are sitting by not 
questioning
| it.  Perhaps those less secure in their spirituality are just going along with
| it out of fear, which is sad, too.
|
|
| JMHO,
| Saundra Lund
| Moscow, ID
|
| The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
| nothing.
| -Edmund Burke
|
|
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