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Re: [OT] Re: Changes in formal naming for NetBSD porting effort(s)



On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 17:02, Nunya <31210.nospam@comcast.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 04:42:23PM +1100, Russell Coker wrote:
> > On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 12:33, Adam McKenna <adam@flounder.net> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 12:37:26PM +1100, Russell Coker wrote:
> > > > Tom, your statements don't frighten me.  I am merely pointing out
> > > > that the vast majority of Christians will find them extremely
> > > > offensive.  If you did not hate Christians so much then you would not
> > > > be raising such issues on this list.
> > > >
> > > > PS  Why don't you sign your messages with your real name Tom Ballard?
> > >
> > > Speaking as a recovering Catholic, I don't think that Christians will
> > > find the names "offensive", however they may give some people the wrong
> > > idea about Debian (namely, that it is run by satanists or something).
> >
> > You appear to have confused the original discussion (using daemon names
> > for naming Debian/BSD projects) with the latest twist raised by Tom
> > Ballard (whether drinking Jesus' semen would be considered offensive to
> > Christians).
>
> That's a low blow and *not* what I said.  I said I saw a show on TLC
> that described the many Jesus-cults in the first few confusing days of
> Christianity that were abolished by the Council of Nicea.

Below is your text which I believe most Christians will find greatly 
offensive.  The movie "The Last Temptation of Christ" was (according to 
reviews) less offensive than what you write (I am not sure as I never 
bothered watching it), and it caused a huge controversy in Australia with 
significant outrage from all churches.

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 10:04, Nunya <31210.nospam@comcast.net> wrote:
> In fact,
> I saw on TLC one evening a program about some Gnostic gospels that
> weren't selected at the Council of Nicea which described using sperm as
> a sacred sacrement of communion, and that Jesus was gay, and that Paul,
> "the disciple whom Jesus loved...", well anyway.

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