Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 15:32:57 -0500 (EST)
From: Rick Manoff <rmanoff-AT-dialin.ind.net>
Subject: Re: Timetable of death of God


My oldest friend is a Pentecostal minister.  He says people are people, 
they tend to materialize spiritual impulses, but that does not make 
Christianity an impotent factor--at least, not just because the ideals are 
so far above the ordinary parishioner

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On Wed, 8 Feb 1995 CND7750-AT-utarlg.uta.edu wrote:

> The recent rise of Christian holyer-than-thous can hardly be called a
> return to Jesus. Modern religiousity constitutes more of a reaction
> to demographic and economic transitions than anything else. I live
> amongst many of the so-called believers, and believe me, salvation
> is the last thing on their minds.They wish to hld somebody or
> some group responsible for what they think are rises in crime and
> the like. They want to see a little blood and call th red stuff
> *justice*. They don't give a shit about God!
> 
> chris
> 

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