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 David V. to James A. Temple 
 Re: Christian Film Rated "PG" 
 23 Jun 06 08:21:28 
 
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James A. Temple wrote:
> "trijcomm"  wrote in message
> news:1151020975.533736.6620@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>> Robert J. Kolker wrote:
>
>
>>> I find Christianity offensive. I appreciate a heads up on
>>> movies that promote Christian trash. I don't want my
>>> children and grandchildren exposed to it. A similar caveat
>>> applies to Muslim transh, Hindu trash and Budhist trash. I
>>> wan't movies that are secular down to the molecular level.
>>>
>
>> Troll, pure and simple.
>
> Could be.  Yet, I understand the sentiment.  As a secular
> humanist, I wouldn't go so far as to call the offerings of
> theists "trash" because many of their teachings have
> beneficial aims, if not results.

What beneficial aims or results? Not morals, they aren't very
good at teaching, or keeping, them. Not peace; look at all the
wars religions, especially the christian one, have caused. Not
human rights, not if they want you to kill homosexuals and unruly
children.

> I object to their insistence that folks are doomed to eternal
> torture who do not accept their premise that all good emanates
> from some supernatural source.  I don't want my grandchildren
> force-fed such trash.

That comes along with all the other trash.

--
Dave

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