[CS-FSLUG] OT: Potter, Halloween and Philipians 4:8

[Timothy Butler]

>
> I find the "Gee, some old dead white guys in the very
> worldly Renaissance said it was a good idea ..."
> argument unpersuasive.

	I'm not saying you should believe it because they believed it, but I  
am saying I think they were right. (And some of their arguments are  
rather convincing to that effect, too, if you read them -- it is  
terribly dense, but Pico's Oration on the Dignity of Man is a rather  
interesting and good read on the subject.)

> Islam acknowledges Christ and shares a lot of text
> with the Bible.  Should we propose that Islam is
> equally true alongside Christianity?

	I don't follow where your coming from on this -- it doesn't seem to  
be relevant to the discussion, but just to avoid any doubts on my  
position: "no, of course not."

	-Tim

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