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RE: The Paganism Elevator Speech
sends me right to hell
hehehehe I know what you mean, I think we do need to speak about these things, and should tend towards universalists as much as possible.
I think this 'book bur ing' stems from a misinterpretation of Jesus' quote, 'No one comes to the father except through me. If Jesus Christ is both Jesus and Christ, I don't think he was talking about the Human Jesus part when he said that.
I'm glad you are doing that. And openly.
When I was a girl we had a woman minister who read Tarot cards and my mother and her mother were totally into the weird stuff so that all is normal to me. I was encouraged to visit different churches and learn about different beliefs. I ended up knowing more about the Bible than many folks who want to quote it to me!
As for the burning, I don't know his beliefs, never met him to speak to and never got an answer to why it offended him so. Could be as you say. My take was he was a controlling jerk. Someone who would burn a book, for any reason, isn't someone I think I could have a rational discussion with.