> On Aug 12, 12:43 pm, "Katie" yahoo.com> wrote:
>

>>> By doing that, you spit on people's beliefs
>>> *in their own group*.

>>
>> This isn't *your* group. No one appointed you the arbiter of which
>> discussions about ACIM are appropriate and which are not.

>
> Exactly. It is not "our group," it is not even a "course group," and
> its even a stretch to call it a discussion group, as long as any wacko
> on the Internet can demand equal time and equal consideration, and
> equal access for blatant religious bigotry.
>
> Which is why any authentic spiritual or religious organization screens
> disruptive a**holes. And I imagine this is exactly why God in His
> wisdom inspired the creation of newsnet --so unbalanced and
> potentially dangerous wackos would have a place to vent, without
> actually burning down a church. ...

> "Carrie" kingcon.com> wrote in news:f9mu7f$b17$1@aioe.org:
>

>>> That's why it's under "religion" and not "rec.books", I suppose.
>>> Your excuse is clearly fraudulent

>>
>> Didn't Helen say at the start she didn't want it to be a "religion"?

>
> Helen was not nearly stupid enough to think that if ACIM wasn't a
> religion,
> that meant it wasn't religious.

> "Gene Ward Smith" chewbacca.org> wrote in messagenews:Xns998A7B4BBC661geniechewbaccaorg@207.115.33.102...
>

>> "Carrie" kingcon.com> wrote innews:f9mu7f$b17$1@aioe.org:

>

>>>> That's why it's under "religion" and not "rec.books", I suppose.
>>>> Your excuse is clearly fraudulent

>

>>> Didn't Helen say at the start she didn't want it to be a "religion"?

>

>> Helen was not nearly stupid enough to think that if ACIM wasn't a
>> religion,
>> that meant it wasn't religious.

>
> Whatever that means...

> On Aug 12, 12:39 pm, "Nancy" wrote:
>

>> My interpretation of the phrase
>> "authority problem" with regard to
>> the course is that it refers to the
>> unwillingness to accept that our
>> world was created by One (God)
>> who has authority over it.

>
> Sloppy.

> The issue is self-creation, not who created the world.
>
> The denial that one is created by God, and the denial that our creator
> establishes reality is the authority problem. Hence self-creation is...

> Why not rise to the occasion and attempt to understand what it means? Do
> you really think you're country hick arrogance impresses anyone but
> yourself?
> = = = = = = = =
> ~~I truly believe you know in your heart of
> hearts that you cannot stop a troll from
> trolling. And so the next best action is to
> IGNORE the bait. It's your choice, but
> I sincerely ask you to consider the 'resist
> not evil' approach. What we resist turly does
> persist and this ng is proof positive that the
> teaching is true.
>
> Just to get this clear, Kay, you are calling me a troll?

> I never saw Gene write that
>
> He seems to be willing to have conversations with just about anyone.