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<DIV>If what you say is at all truthful, can you show me one publication from a professor in this department that used the word "Xian"?</DIV>
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<DIV>I am sure "X' and I am sure "P" and I am sure "ian" and "ians" were all used. But I really doubt the muffed up offensive contraption of "Xians" is used by any legitimate group of historians or religious scholars in their professional works. </DIV>
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<DIV>Best Regards,</DIV>
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<DIV>Donovan<BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 4/6/09, Mo Hendrickson <I><hend5953@vandals.uidaho.edu></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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Funny, when I was working on my BA in Religion at a conservative Christian school, we were not only taught that 'X' is an acceptable way to refer to Christ, we also used it on a regular basis. I guess the entire department and all of the Biblical scholars I studied under were wrong. <BR> <BR>-Mo <BR> <BR>
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Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 11:30:32 -0700<BR>From: donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com<BR>To: nielsen@uidaho.edu<BR>CC: Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Six gay men shot to death in Iraq<BR><BR>
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<DIV>That is a urban myth. Christians have never called themselves Xians. And it is an offense to millions of people to use an "X" in place of the name of Christ. </DIV>
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<DIV>Do you spell African American with two Gs and give a false history as to why it is OK to call them that? </DIV>
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<DIV>No, you wouldn't. So don't do it to any others. </DIV>
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<DIV>I know you do it to disrespect. So knock off your bigotry off, please.</DIV>
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<DIV>Best Regards,</DIV>
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<DIV>Donovan<BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 4/6/09, Ralph Nielsen <I><nielsen@uidaho.edu></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Xian is a centuries-old abbreviation for Christian. And Xmas for Christmas is also centuries old. They are based on the even older use of X or <SPAN>XP</SPAN> for Christ. I thought you as a Catholic would be aware of this. </DIV>
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<DIV>On Apr 6, 2009, at 11:12 AM, Donovan Arnold wrote:</DIV><BR class=EC_Apple-interchange-newline>
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<DIV>Why do you use the term "Xians"? It is offensive.</DIV>
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<DIV>Best Regards.</DIV>
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<DIV>Donovan<BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 4/6/09, Ralph Nielsen <I><<A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nielsen@uidaho.edu" target=_blank rel=nofollow>nielsen@uidaho.edu</A>></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Ralph Nielsen <<A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nielsen@uidaho.edu" target=_blank rel=nofollow>nielsen@uidaho.edu</A>><BR>Subject: [Vision2020] Six gay men shot to death in Iraq<BR>To: "vision 2020" <<A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Vision2020@moscow.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Vision2020@moscow.com</A>><BR>Date: Monday, April 6, 2009, 11:04 AM<BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT class=EC_Apple-style-span face=Times size=4><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">To everybody,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=EC_Apple-style-span face=Times size=4><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=EC_Apple-style-span face=Times size=4><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">Don't forget that the Nazis hated gays just as much as Jews. They sent both groups to concentration and extermination camps.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=EC_Apple-style-span face=Times size=4><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=EC_Apple-style-span face=Times size=4><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">And both groups are condemned in the New Testament. Some Xians love that fact.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=EC_Apple-style-span face=Times size=4><SPAN class=EC_Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">Ralph</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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