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Thanks for your reply. Fair enough, but we could also divide Christians into forceful and non-forceful. And governments..... I can't stress enough that I am not pro religion but take as an example the Jewish Christian Romanian Pastor Richard Wurmbrand. He is still one of the most popular and respected historical figureheads in Romania and other countries - for Christians and non-Christians. He was incarcerated in two sets of camps, imprisoned 30ft underground in a black cell for 3 years and tortured repeatedly. He ran the underground Church. But not once was he verbally or physically violent towards anybody, even his torturers.He was a source of support to his fellow inmates, Christian or not. It was the atheist GOVERNMENTS who were initiating force then - and not the Christians! Maybe we should stop having a go at the Christians and look a little more closely at (shadow) government? Or ourselves, even! But sorry - I 'm a conspiracy theorist. (Sorry - a check informs me that the Nazi's weren't atheist but I think we can agree that they initiated force.)

That's a shame, Austin James - I bet we would have enjoyed reading your essay. Are you sure you won't reconsider? Everybody, I couldn't agree more on Christianity (indeed, all religions). I said I was a conspiracy theorist - I observe that religion has been set up to divide and control us. And look how it's so effectively dividing us even now. (Excuse my font sizes - I can't seem to correct them.) To solve the problem we must adopt a higher level of consciouness than the cause of the problem (ref Einstein - can't remember the quote). That's what I think, anyway. Charlotte

James Yes I am the author of the letter. Thanks for your interest. I try not to believe anything, prefer to observe. That's why I like my work to be grounded in fact. I'm not pro-Christian as such but I am pro respect of others and sensitivity towards their (well-meaning) work - live and let live. I write well but I'm not an intellectual: I'd have nothing substantial to contribute as far as Stefan is concerned, although thanks for your support. I felt, however, that I was speaking for more than a few people in writing to Jeter Poseph like this: he broke all the rules. Now I guess I'm waiting for the avalanche of TZM supporters to rattle into my inbox. Thanks again Charlotte

http://conspirituality.org/peter-joseph/ I hope I've posted this on the right board. Thanks Charlotte Ward