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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Bob LeChevalier" <</FONT><A
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size=2>lojbab@lojban.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>> wrote in message
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> "John Knight" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:jwknight@polbox.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>jwknight@polbox.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>> wrote:<BR>>
>> Please, then, allow me: John falls into a noticibly distinct group
--<BR>> >> nominal Christians who are nowhere near ready to go in for
all<BR>> >> that Jesus stuff -- mercy and charity and self-sacrifice
and<BR>> >> loving those who hate you -- they're by temperament far
more<BR>> >> comfortable with the Old Testament ambiance, all that
smiting <BR>> >> and abominating and all-around tribalistic
xenophobia. Reflexively <BR>> >> exclusive, not inclusive, by
nature, they look about for something to <BR>> >> support their
us-vs-them tendencies, and it's obvious where that's<BR>> >> to be
found. Only problem: YWH clearly wasn't talking to us.<BR>> >> As
a matter of fact, YWH spends a great deal of time warning the<BR>> >>
Chosen against the likes of us. So what's a bigot to do when<BR>>
>> faced with such roaring cognitive dissonance? <BR>> >>
<BR>> >> You've seen the answer to that. Not pretty, is
it?<BR>> >> <BR>> >> -- cary<BR>> <BR>> >Sooo, you
want to stick to the "New Testament" and throw out the<BR>> > "Old",
cary? Why exactly would that be? Would you mind explaining<BR>>
> that? No?<BR>> <BR>> Can't understand English as usual,
nincompoop? Cary said quite<BR>> clearly that it was YOU who seemed to
be insisting on the Old<BR>> Testament rules that YOU (and almost all of the
2 billion Christians,<BR>> barring only those such as the Jews for Jesus) do
not keep.<BR>> </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So, here we are, back to you "feeling strongly both
ways" again, eh, lojbab?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Once again, your argument is with yourself, not
with White Christian Israelites. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cary says: "they're by temperament far more
comfortable with the Old Testament ambiance", and you, a "liberal", then
"interpret" this to mean exactly the opposite:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Cary said quite clearly that it was YOU who
seemed to be insisting on the Old<BR>Testament rules that YOU do not
keep"<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Do you ever get embarassed when you make
these 180 degree contradictory statements? Or do you just not know that
you do this? Are you this STUPID, or this much
pre-programmed?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cary is accusing White Christian Israelites
of sticking too close to the Old Testament, and you "interpret" this to mean
that he's accusing Israelites of NOT "insisting on the Old Testament
rules".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Do you ever even notice that your
"difference of opinion" is usually with yourself?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Knight</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>
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