Re: You're not saying Kedrick is being shopped, are you?

[Ryan W <ubiquitous_am_i@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey, you guys should talk about Zoroastrianism next...

--- Snoopy the Celtics Beagle
<snoopy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Not weaseling.  Right now, it's taking all my
> concentration to write up the 
> CBW review of tonight's game.  Doing what would
> amount to a mini 
> dissertation on the Mormons would take time I simply
> do not have.  They're 
> a fascinating people with an extremely interesting
> history and an 
> interesting way of life.   All I was doing was
> differentiating what I 
> perceived as a generic description regarding Danny
> Ainge's behaving like a 
> "Good Christian", when to the best of my admittedly
> spotty memory, Mormons 
> prefer to be known specifically as Mormons, as
> opposed to what most people 
> perceive as Christian (which is not necessarily the
> same as "Catholic" be 
> it Roman, or otherwise).
> 
> It's also not fair to take up too much time and
> space to go into a VERY 
> wide ranging discussion that would go too far afield
> from Celtics-related 
> discussion to be remotely reasonable to those who
> aren't interested in a 
> theological discussion of any kind.
> 
> At 10:26 PM 10/24/03 -0400, Dan Forant wrote:
> 
> >Alright Snoop, don't weasel out, I'll call your
> bluff, what's the story??
> >
> >DanF
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Snoopy the Celtics Beagle"
> <snoopy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <Celtics@xxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 9:26 PM
> >Subject: Re: You're not saying Kedrick is being
> shopped, are you?
> >
> >
> > > I realize there are differences more significant
> than I rather vaguely
> > > described, I just didn't want to turn it into a
> theological debate--too,
> > > I'm not as up on all the details of the Mormon
> faith as I should be if I
> > > want to do a detailed comparison.  I felt better
> just acknowledging that
> > > the differences existed without getting into
> specifics that don't think
> >are
> > > really relevant to the board.
> > >
> > > At 08:50 PM 10/24/03 -0400, Sean Giovanello
> wrote:
> > >
> > > >I am not a religion expert, but its my
> understanding that its only by the
> > > >loosest of interpretations that Mormons can be
> considered
> > > >Christians.  Differences between Protestants
> and Catholics or Orthodox
> >are
> > > >not over basic church teaching - all use the
> same scriptures.
> > > >Mormons draw from the Bible, but have a whole
> realm of other literature
> > > >that is decidedly not Christian.  It involves
> Christ, but not in anyway
> > > >that any Christian denomination would accept. 
> Its more than slight imho,
> > > >as the Mormons believe Jesus was walking around
> North America thousands
> >of
> > > >years ago.
> > > >
> > > >Snoopy the Celtics Beagle wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>At 10:22 AM 10/24/03 -0400, Eggcentric@xxxxxxx
> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>>>>And nobody ... ya hear me - NOBODY gets the
> better of
> > > >>>>>our baby-faced assassin - the good
> Christian Ainge, right?
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>< Perhaps a small point amidst the word of a
> potential trade, but I
> > > >>>thought Ainge was Mormon... > - Snoop
> > > >>>
> > > >>>You mean Mormons are closet Muslims?  And
> here I thought that
> > > >>>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
> Saints was Christian and
> > > >>>that Mormons tried to live their lives
> according to the teachings
> > > >>>of Christ.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>Egg
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >>No, Good Egg, but there is--however slight--a
> difference in some of the
> > > >>teachings--and perceptions of--Mormons from
> the more "stereotypical"
> > > >>Christians as most people tend to think of the
> term.  Just being more
> > > >>specific, that's all.
> > > >>
> > > >>Snoopy the Celtics Beagle
> > > >>Please visit the
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