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From: Richard Barney <>
Subject: Re: Christ is Risen! Happy Easter!
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 15:06:48 -0700


At 05:02 PM 4/9/97 -0400, you wrote:
>>>
>>"Happy Easter" is welcome to Christians, I guess. The short message seems out
>>of place on this list. However, it would be a great mistake to disassociate
>>Christianity from history or genealogy...particularly in England, France,
>>Holland, the Norse countries et al. Just take the Crusades as one example.
>>Or the countless marriages of Royalty or close relations..My original
>>ancestor came here as a puritan, his son switched to Baptist...at a time in
>>Boston when they had to meet in secret. Religion, history and genealogy can
>>all be studied separately...but for the deepest meanings, they tend to
>>be connected..or am I just stating the obvious......Richard Barney
>
>OK. I am French. My Gfather was not one of 30% or so communist at the time
>in a 85% catholic France, but let's pretend. If I were too :-( (NO ... I'm
>not) would I be welcome to push my ideas (catholic and communist) on this
>list. I do not think so. Though Socialism and communism are part of European
>history. The problem is that those things are of the same nature: the
>off-topic one. If you give a finger, you will have to let go your shoulder.
>If we celebrate Easter on the list, any other moral, religious or
>philosophical ideas will ask for equal time and consideration. I am
>baptized, confirmed, married in church ... but this is not the place. Only
>my opinion of course, everything is linked with everything. On a more
>humoristic note, there is an obvious link between genealogy and sexuality,
>but please ... no thanks.
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>I said it was out of place! I certainly am not in favor of "pushing" any
particular religion on this list. However, when fathers and sons split over
religion i.e. church of England vs. puritan or reformation or whatever, it
certainly had a lot to do with who married who and gave birth to who and so on.
In my humble opinion, to ignore the effects of religion is to sell the quest
for truth short! Richard

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