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

Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
Sun Nov 14 19:19:21 PST 2004


Wayne –

 

I seem to have lost my gratuitous copy of the Kirker Hymnal (the one that
they provide commuters as they enter Moscow).

 

Please refresh my memory as to the words to the Oath of Kirker Lifelong
Allegiance.  Please forgive me for I am a lost liberal soul seeking
post-election guidance.

 

Tom “49er” Hansen 

 

We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are
dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all
exist very nicely in the same box. 

  _____  

From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Art Deco aka W. Fox
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 6:28 PM
To: Vision 2020
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] 11-14-04 NY Times OP/ED: Slapping the Other Cheek

 

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" < <mailto:sslund at adelphia.net> sslund at adelphia.net>

To: "'Art Deco aka W. Fox'" < <mailto:deco at moscow.com> deco at moscow.com>;
"'Vision 2020'" < <mailto:vision2020 at moscow.com> 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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