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 From: nickSPAMMENOT@snurcker.com 
  
 Stephen Wilson wrote: 
  
 > 
 > "Ryan P."  wrote in message 
 > news:cp%te.2275$hV5.1301@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com... 
 >> Stephen Wilson wrote: 
 >> 
 >>> "Murphoid"  wrote in message 
 >>> news:1119377463.985074.169610@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... 
 >>> 
 >>>> 
 >>>> The Doctor wrote: 
 >>>> 
 >>>>> No deal!!  The Oxford has been around LONGER! 
 >>>> 
 >>>> Older isn't better.  Paganism has been around longer that 
 >>>> Christianity, Should we  all go start up with the human 
 >>>> sacrifice again? 
 >>> 
 >>> 
 >>> I think sacrificing humans is actually more likely to be done by 
 >>> Christians than by Pagans. The more primitive people of vey 
 >>> ancient times used animal or human sacrifices in their rituals, 
 >>> but later pagans recognised that life is too delicate to 
 >>> sacrifice. 
 >> 
 >> I think you'd be hard pressesd to find examples of institutional 
 >> human sacrifice by Christians over the past 2000 years.  I'm not 
 >> an expert or anything, or even particularly religious, but I 
 >> don't recall God ever demanding a human sacrifice... in fact, I 
 >> seem to remember God sending an angel coming down to STOP 
 >> somebody from sacrificing their son to pass a test God had 
 >> initiated. 
 > 
 > Wanna bet? 16 June 2005 and 
 > http://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/19328071 reports "Boys 
 > from Africa are being murdered as human sacrifices in London 
 > churches. They are brought into the capital to be offered up in 
 > rituals by fundamentalist Christian sects, according to a shocking 
 > report by Scotland Yard." 
  
 I believe that falls under the part you snipped where he said: 
 "Insane groups like the freaks in Waco, TX or "Heaven's Gate" and the 
 like don't count.  EVERY theology has its share of crazy people." 
  
 Funny how you just happened to snip that part... 
  
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