[aclug-L] Re: Linux and Creationism...

[Anne McCadden <amccadden@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree with you Nate.  Sounds like he doesn't get out much in the
UNIX/Linux computer community or is a devoted M$ fan.  His opinion
doesn't mean much to me and he sounds like he gets offended easily. 
Freedom of speech....such a wonderful freedom and so easily abused by
others flapping their jaws... or do they just like the sound of their
voice?

I am a Christian also, but this guy sounds like he gives Christians a
bad name.  ~Ironrose

Nate Bargmann wrote:
> 
> * Burt Humburg <bhumburg@xxxxxxxxxxx> [2002 Apr 24 21:03 -0500]:
> >
> > I'm kinda involved in the creationism battles in Kansas and in our whole
> > country. This was posted to one of the many listservs of which I am a
> > member. I hope it doesn't offend anyone's sensibilities.
> 
> Yeah, it did offend my sensibilities, but probably not in the way most
> would expect.  If people would ask, yes, I consider myself a Christian
> and attend my church regularly and am becoming more active in it.
> 
> How this offends my sensibilities is its total cluelessness and kneejerk
> reaction to all the terms in common usage plus the incredible leaps of
> logic required to reach the conclusions.  All I can say is that anyone
> who would believe this tripe is so insecure in their faith that they do
> not realize they are being led astray.  However, many who read it will
> likely come to believe that anything by Microsoft, which curiously isn't
> mentioned, is blessed and all else was designed by some unholy alliance
> in Hell.
> 
> > I think my favorite quote here would have to be the fact that anyone using a
> > "daemon" is:
> > 1) Acting unchristian
> > 2) Is a notoriously poor speller
> 
> I really wish they had managed to disparage Linux by its Tux mascot.  Of
> course Open Source is equated with communism and thus "unchristian."
> Funny thing, though, anyone doing objective reading of the Book of Acts
> will quickly learn that the early Christians led a very communal lifestyle
> very much like the utopian communism (not the Marxist variety).
> 
> I guess the freedom of speech includes the freedom to be a fool.
> 
> Sigh...
> 
> - Nate >>
> 
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