If you would like I can find my notes from my undergrad and scan them, but why would I waste my time like that. I am sure that I could probably even find copies of class notes from my professors with the shorthand. You sit through a theology class and Whitworth and not have a shorthand for Christ and God.
I think your issue is not the use of Xian it is your dislike of Ralph. But ultimatly, in your mind, you are always right and anyone who disagrees is not being truthful.
-Mo
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 10:23:29 -0700
From: donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Six gay men shot to death in Iraq
To: hend5953 at vandals.uidaho.edu
CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
Mo,
If what you say is at all truthful, can you show me one publication from a professor in this department that used the word "Xian"?
I am sure "X' and I am sure "P" and I am sure "ian" and "ians" were all used. But I really doubt the muffed up offensive contraption of "Xians" is used by any legitimate group of historians or religious scholars in their professional works.
Best Regards,
Donovan
--- On Mon, 4/6/09, Mo Hendrickson <hend5953 at vandals.uidaho.edu> wrote:
From: Mo Hendrickson <hend5953 at vandals.uidaho.edu>
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Six gay men shot to death in Iraq
To: donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Monday, April 6, 2009, 1:12 PM
Funny, when I was working on my BA in Religion at a conservative Christian school, we were not only taught that 'X' is an acceptable way to refer to Christ, we also used it on a regular basis. I guess the entire department and all of the Biblical scholars I studied under were wrong.
-Mo
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 11:30:32 -0700
From: donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
To: nielsen at uidaho.edu
CC: Vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Six gay men shot to death in Iraq
Ralph,
That is a urban myth. Christians have never called themselves Xians. And it is an offense to millions of people to use an "X" in place of the name of Christ.
Do you spell African American with two Gs and give a false history as to why it is OK to call them that?
No, you wouldn't. So don't do it to any others.
I know you do it to disrespect. So knock off your bigotry off, please.
Best Regards,
Donovan
--- On Mon, 4/6/09, Ralph Nielsen <nielsen at uidaho.edu> wrote:
From: Ralph Nielsen <nielsen at uidaho.edu>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Six gay men shot to death in Iraq
To: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
Cc: "vision 2020" <Vision2020 at moscow.com>
Date: Monday, April 6, 2009, 11:19 AM
Xian is a centuries-old abbreviation for Christian. And Xmas for Christmas is also centuries old. They are based on the even older use of X or XP for Christ. I thought you as a Catholic would be aware of this.
Ralph
On Apr 6, 2009, at 11:12 AM, Donovan Arnold wrote:
Puke,
Why do you use the term "Xians"? It is offensive.
Best Regards.
Donovan
--- On Mon, 4/6/09, Ralph Nielsen <nielsen at uidaho.edu> wrote:
From: Ralph Nielsen <nielsen at uidaho.edu>
Subject: [Vision2020] Six gay men shot to death in Iraq
To: "vision 2020" <Vision2020 at moscow.com>
Date: Monday, April 6, 2009, 11:04 AM
To everybody,
Don't forget that the Nazis hated gays just as much as Jews. They sent both groups to concentration and extermination camps.
And both groups are condemned in the New Testament. Some Xians love that fact.
Ralph
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