Re: Mutual Admiration Society
Matthew (burdette@netacc.net)
Wed, 4 Dec 1996 18:12:23 -0500 (EST)
At 10:32 AM 12/4/96 -0800, you wrote:
>
>
>On Wed, 4 Dec 1996, Matthew wrote:
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>> At , you wrote: >>
>> >>>TILL 12/2
>> >>>Ralph, Michael, Mike, Steve, Rhonda, and all other skeptics, would you
like
>> >>>to start a mutual admiration society too? If so, this is how it will
work:
>> >>>no matter what any of us say in our postings, the others will immediately
>> >>>fire off messages of congratulations that praise the effectiveness of the
>> >>>postings. Each message will also conclude with a potshot at the
Christians
>> >>>on the list, something like: "The presuppositions being made by Christians
>> >>>and others against atheism and skepticism is quite appalling. I think that
>> >>>they do it without thinking, perhaps even without realizing it."
>>
>> Matthew 12/4
>> Mr. Till, it may be that some atheist on this list do not understand the
>> need for Christians to support one another. As such, let me offer a couple
>> of verses:
>>
>> 1Thes 5:9-11
>> 9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation
>> through our Lord Jesus Christ.
>> 10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live
>> together with him.
>> 11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact
>> you are doing.
>> (NIV)
>
Mike S. 12/4
>Then do it in private or you should have no qualms in seeing it from
>skeptics on the list. Agreed?
Matthew 12/4
Mike, no, I do not have any qualms if skeptics wish to encourage; indeed, I
think that a lot of these notes on this list have been been of this nature
since I have been here. Haven't you seen them all ready? Have you seen me
complain about one of them? I just did not call attention to it until
responding to Mr. Till's note where he sited Christians doing it, reading
into a reason other than the one for which it is done...ignoring the love of
a Christian for another Christian.
In Christ,
Matthew