SC - [fwd] OT - Introducing a new list -Period Religion-

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/15/99 6:29:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,
alasdair.maciain at snet.net writes:

<< This seems to be about the only list Lady Muriel missed, so most of you may
 have already read this.  But.... >>

You might want to pass along the suggestion that she change the name from
Perisod Religion to Period Christianity since the content is extremely
specific to the practice of Christianity. Period Religion would include many
religions which were not Christian in nature and which were widely practiced
by those not in the noble class. 

To call it Period Religion and then limit discussion to Christianity is, IMO,
highly presumptuous and not a little misleasding especially with regard to
middle eastern, Andelusian, Celtic, Monghul, far eastern, New World, early
Nowegian, Swedish, Viking. Welsh, British, Roman, Isle of Man, Breton, German,
etc. personas. 

While Christianity certainly became a major religion through legislation and
regional murder, it most certainly could not have been said to represent the
majority of people outside the noble classes until the final slaughter of
10,000,000 practitioners of European Paganreligions, Jews  and countless
millions of non-European people were accomplished in the name of the Christian
God. A slaughter, I might add, that makes Hitler look like a school boy in
comparison.

Yours in Service to the Dream,

al-Sayyid A'aql ibn Ras al-Zib
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