At 12:53 AM -0700 8/9/97, David D.W. Downey wrote:
Paul H. Merrill wrote: judeo-christian isn't a religion. Christian is.
Judeo- Christian is a subsect of Christianity in it's generic form. (Both my parents are ministers, and this has been drilled into my head.)
Not a _sub_sect, or subset, but a _super_set. Unless JC had a time machine, Judaism predates Xtianity. In any case, the convention is that "Judeo-Christianity" is the general tradition connected with the Old Testament, the Ten Commandments, the pre-Xtian prophets, and so on. If your parents really drilled this "sub-sect" business into your head, maybe you ought to ask them to lighten up on the drill, or use a different bit, or something. --Tim May There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws. Only one response to the key grabbers is warranted: "Death to Tyrants!" ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1398269 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."