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<DIV>I didn't think it would be any trouble if it was so extensively used. I am offended by this. That is why it matters. I don't care for your class notes. I simply asked for a publication from a professor that uses the term, "Xian" or "Xians". If all your professors used it, it should be somewhere in their publications, their syllabus, somewhere. </DIV>
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<DIV>The reason it should matter, is because it is deeply offensive to many Christians because it is used by Atheists to be offensive. The term "Xians" is new and not a historic term. It is a twisted term taken from XP. </DIV>
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<DIV>I would tend to think you would be sensitive to what it is like to be offended by certain terms used to describe certain people. </DIV>
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<DIV>But yes, I do dislike the way Ralph is always dumping on Christians. </DIV>
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<DIV>And no, I am always wrong, not right. Just ask anyone on the V. </DIV>
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<DIV>Best Regards,</DIV>
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<DIV>Donovan</DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 4/7/09, Mo <SPAN>Hendrickson</SPAN> <I><hend5953@vandals.uidaho.edu></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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If you would like I can find my notes from my undergrad and scan them, but why would I waste my time like that. I am sure that I could probably even find copies of class notes from my professors with the shorthand. You sit through a theology class and Whitworth and not have a shorthand for Christ and God.<BR> <BR>I think your issue is not the use of Xian it is your dislike of Ralph. But ultimatly, in your mind, you are always right and anyone who disagrees is not being truthful.<BR> <BR>-Mo<BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR>
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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 10:23:29 -0700<BR>From: donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com<BR>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Six gay men shot to death in Iraq<BR>To: hend5953@vandals.uidaho.edu<BR>CC: vision2020@moscow.com<BR><BR>
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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>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_EC_Apple-style-span face=Times size=4><SPAN class=EC_EC_Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">To everybody,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=EC_EC_Apple-style-span face=Times size=4><SPAN class=EC_EC_Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=EC_EC_Apple-style-span face=Times size=4><SPAN class=EC_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_EC_Apple-style-span face=Times size=4><SPAN class=EC_EC_Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=EC_EC_Apple-style-span face=Times size=4><SPAN class=EC_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_EC_Apple-style-span face=Times size=4><SPAN class=EC_EC_Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px">Ralph</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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