re how to pray, etc.
David Morris
fqmorris at yahoo.com
Wed Apr 2 14:57:44 CST 2003
--- thomas kyhn rovsing hjoernet <tkrh at worldonline.dk> wrote:
> "David Morris" <fqmorris at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > --- thomas kyhn rovsing hjoernet <tkrh at worldonline.dk> wrote:
> >>
> >> With all respect, I think you are twisting the point here; that soldiers
practice their religion on the battlefield as they would have at home is not
problematic, but their being baptized on the battlefield points to the
situation they're in, fighting moslems, and so suggests a religious aspect of
this war.
> >
> > With all respect I think this statement is absurd.
>
> Could you clarify this?
It is absurd to state that there is a "religious aspect of this war" (whatever
THAT is supposed to mean) because a US soldier is practicing his own religion.
If he were trying to convert a muslin, that would be different.
> > You seem to me to be grasping for yet another reason to object to this war.
>
> I'm not grasping for anything.
>
> > I think this is dishonest.
>
> What is?
Grasping is dishonest. If you're not grasping, you're just being absurd. I
beg your pardon for the mistake.
David Morris
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