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From: raphael@fx.com (Glen Raphael)
Subject: Re: Some views on Scientology
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Date: Wed, 7 Aug 91 20:46:08 GMT
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glenn@curie.ces.cwru.edu (Glenn Crocker) writes:

>v026ltr5@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Matthew P Mason) writes:

>   In article <1991Aug5.165829.32541@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>,
>   mauler@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes...

>   Just a little observation - Christianity does not claim
>   to be the only way to any 'ultimate truth'. Its the twits
>   who have sold the word of God who have made it look
>   like that. 

>Well, we've gotten completely off of Scientology now, but doesn't one
>of them thar commandments say something like, "Thou shalt not worship
>false gods before me"?  This would imply that only Judaism and
>Christianity are "truth", or am I reading you wrong? 

The quote is: "I am the Lord your God. You shall have no other gods
beside Me."

The interesting thing is that the Bible doesn't actually say there
*aren't* other gods; it just forbids the Jews to worship or acknowledge
them. So it's not really a claim about Truth.

Glen Raphael
raphael@fx.com

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