Re: [Nolug] E-T and evangelism

At 05:42 PM 12/19/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>I think that this thread should halt right now.
>
>Making fun of someone else's religion is Not Nice To Do On The List...

A. Chill out, nobody was being made fun of.
B. I'm Christian and am the first to realize that most religions,
Christianity included, are all over the map.
C. I've spoken with Dan off-list before and I know that as an adult he
won't get upset because people have viewpoints different than his (in this
case, quite a lot).
4. The joke was about operating systems and not gods/religions. It simply
used gods/religions as the foundation for the joke.
5. If the joke had been religions, so what? Religion has been the butt of
jokes for a very, very long time, and often for good reason.
6. The final answer is VMS.
G. I brought the thread back on-topic.

>Ron
>
>On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 15:13, Dustin Puryear wrote:
> > All praise be to Allah? Seriously though, I've heard Allah uses the three
> > free BSDs, Jehova uses Linux, Buddha uses Plan 9, and Zeus uses an OS
> based
> > on compiled Perl, or at least that's the word on the street. I've read
> that
> > Jehova uses Linux because, like Jehova, Linux has a lot of different
> > versions and flavors. You can pick which one you like best and roll with
> > it. Heck, that makes me wonder about the Hindu gods? Now that must be a
> > mess. Perhaps they are all based on some kind of agent-based operating
> > system that can be combined in any number of forms?
> >
> > This is a good question. If you were a god (or God for the monotheists)
> > which OS would you use to run the Universe(s)?
> >
> > At 01:23 PM 12/19/2002 -0600, you wrote:
> > >Not to get religious on everyone but there are questions I have
> answers for.
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Ron Johnson" <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
> > >To: "NOLUG ML" <nolug@joeykelly.net>
> > >Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 12:10 PM
> > >Subject: [Nolug] E-T and evangelism
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 10:28, Joey Kelly wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 10:22, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Well, The White Man goes to remote, underdeveloped to spread the
> > >Gospel
> > > > > > of Christ. Maybe ET evangelists would come here to spread *their*
> > > > > > religion to "the savages on Sol 3".
> > > > >
> > > > > This is my main argument against ETs. If the bible is true, then
> God's
> > > > > attention is focused here, not Out There Somewhere. Plus there's
> the sin
> > > > > question: Christ died once, as a human. He didn't die for the little
> > > > > green men. Conjecturing that the little green men didn't have a
> fall on
> > > > > their planet stretches things a litle thin, in my opinion.
> > > >
> > > > As I said, it would be *their* religion they would be spreading, not
> > > > ours.
> > > >
> > > > You made the crucial qualifier: "If the bible is true". What if it
> > > > isn't? (Note that as an atheist, this is just an intellectual
> excersise
> > > > for me...)
> > >
> > >It is, and has been proven mostly by those trying to disprove it. Look up
> > >the research on radio-halo's around the early 1970's.
> > >
> > > > Also, "If the bible is true, then God's attention is focused here".
> > > > Why is that so? If He is omniscient, omnipresent & omnipotent, why
> > > > couldn't He be handling multiple worlds at the same time?
> > >
> > >We are the only planet that fell into sin. SETI will fail because
> there are
> > >no radio dishes out there to respond to us. The other planets are still
> > >following God's plan that He had for us in the garden. They obeyed
> where we
> > >failed. Lucifer fell once and came here. While we were not the first
> > >planet he stopped at (after all there are so many), we were the only one
> > >that failed the trial of temptation. Jesus died to correct what he
> > >(Lucifer) started.
> > >
> > > > Furthermore, "Christ died once, as a human". Following the Bible,
> > > > true, and far as it goes. Other species may not have fallen from
> > > > grace in *their* versions of the Garden of Eden, and for other species
> > > > that also Fell, Christ would have sacrificed Himself for them, in what
> > > > ever way that each of those sets of civilisations evolved...
> > > > Since Christ is part of the Triune God, and is also thus omniscient,
> > > > omnipresent & omnipotent, He could be handling multiple worlds at the
> > > > same time just like His Father.
> > >
> > >But he has no need. Christ died once and only once. We are
> quarantined due
> > >to sin. We are the only solar system in the universe that has fallen.
> > >There will be no contact with aliens and there are no little green
> men. The
> > >world is less than 7000 years old (again, go look up the research on radio
> > >halo's, and helium crystals - I can provide research dates for those
> > >insterested) and probation ends soon. God spoke everything into existence
> > >except one thing. Us. We are the only thing valuable enough to have been
> > >created with His own hands.
> > >
> > >Write me off list if you want more information.
> > >
> > >~!
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