Can a Christian be a Beatle fan...? (reprise)

Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 12:26:36 +0200
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When you post a question you¹re always hoping for some reactions. Well, I
sure got them... And in case you though I chickened out: I didn't. I even
decided to react in a new topic, so my reaction wouldn't be buried safely in
the original one...
After reading the more than 200 posts I frequently found myself thinking:
ŒWhat a crazy guy this green as grass is! A terrific example of a really
fucked up christian, living with his eyes closed, just waiting for his death
to free him from this terrible, impossible life on earth, with all it¹s evil
seductions...!¹
It could hardly believe you were actually talking about me...! Well, you
weren¹t, because I¹m not such a christian.
I found out it¹s very hard to make something clear in a few words. Or better
said: I think I used too many words in my original post. Before you know it
people read things you didn¹t mean to say. (Or again better said: before you
know it you give them the opportunity to read what they want or expect and
what is of no importance to the original question...)
Another problem concerning this topic (and all reactions clearly show this)
is that over the years I found out there as as many version of christianity
as there are christians... And there are just as many non-christian views on
christianity as there are non-christians...
Jim got it right when he said (in another topic he started on this):
“Why did he go to a Beatle site? Because he wants to embrace the Beatles
again and feels conflict over it and was hoping to get some encouragement
from people who have a) walked his path and b) figured out a way to let the
Fabs back in.³
Yes, Dale Houstman, my dear shit eating homosexual friend (I REALLY think we
could get along fine if we would ever meet!), my question really was
sincere...
BTW I think your posts (amongst others) are an example to a lot of
christians: open, direct, honest, clear, and more of those words come to
mind: words that Œchristians¹ have adopted but hardly ever bring to
practice... The fact that the word Œhypocrisy¹ has been used more than once
in this thread is not something to be proud of as a christian...
(BTW once more: this last sentence reminds me to react to Dan McGuire who
said: ŒThe question I had while reading this was: Can a Christian construct
a grammatically correct sentence, or use a spell checker? There's no
evidence of it here...¹ Well, you know Dan, (and after reading the messages
I think this may be hard news and difficult to believe for a lot of you)
but not everybody is an American and not everyone uses American software
with American spell checkers. So THIS christian indeed cannot construct a
grammatically correct sentences. I¹m very sorry. Not.)
Anyway, to get back to Jim¹s way of putting it:
(Edit: I just wrote another long story about what happened when I became a
christian: stupid: this post is even longer than my original post, and I
just said I used to many words in that one, and I don¹t want to start
another discussion again! So I¹ve erased it and I¹ll end with this...)
My first post should have been only one sentence long:
“I discovered there are born-again christians who are Beatle fan and I
wonder how they combine the two.³
That should have been it. Sort of. I think. But I bet I¹ll get reactions to
THIS post which will urge me to put it in yet another way...
Thanks for all the conrtibutions in the original topic. I won¹t react into
detail to all the views on christianity or any other remarks and accusations
(sorry Dan, I¹m almost sure I typed this one wrong!): this is not really the
place for that. And I think we¹ve had enough of that too. But if you still
have any usefull reactions on my simplified question, I¹m still interested!
I¹ll stop typing now. It¹s high time to relax and listen to some music now.
I think a Beatle-song like ŒAll you need is love¹ will do just fine... ;)