To the list members:
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I have been seeing the referenced subject "Religious Intolerance" and
have been bothered by it.
At the risk of starting a conflict on the subject, which I don't want
to do and I really do not want to see any argumentative follow-ups.
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I think that the word which should be used is Religious
Preference.� � � In other words� the religion a person wishes to
adhere to. Intolerance sounds more like� the Crusades, or, maybe
simply the fact that� One cannot tolerate the couple down the street
because of their different religion.
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You are probably� wondering what I am getting at.� It is simply
this:� If a particular church, be it Lutheran or Catholic, modifies
its standards to suite people of another religion, it is no longer the
same religion,� but a new denomination.�
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Yes, it happens and you have� new denominations.� � The reason the
churches, Catholic or Lutheran, had their wedding requirements, was to
maintain their religious� standards, not to be "MEAN SPIRITED" toward
each other.
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Please, no fights.
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Gale