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[Will Linden]

   I can only say curiouser and curiotser. I have never heard anyone say 
such a thing, any more than  saying "*I* belong to a cult". Nor have I 
heard any self-styled-mainline Christians use "proselytizing"  as anything 
other than something reprehensible.

   The most nearly neutral reference I ever heard was "Swedenborgians don't 
proselytize".... again, something only They do. (And don't you DARE call me 
"mainline"!)



At 12:16 PM 9/6/07 -0400, you wrote:

>Curious.  I've had many a christian tell me it is their obligation to 
>proselytize -- using that very word.
>
>I don't see anything pejorative in it at all.  It is quite accurate.
>
>On 9/6/07, Will Linden <<mailto:wlinden at panix.com>wlinden at panix.com> wrote:
>>On Thu, 6 Sep 2007, Douglas Laycock wrote:
>>
>> > Some Christians proselytize; some don't.  Same with atheists.
>>
>>"Proseleytize" is one of those funny words, like "cult" and
>>"superstition", which can only be applied to Somebody Else BY DEFINITION.
>>We share, you preach, They proseleytize.  Consequently, I have dropped it
>>from my vocabulary.
>>
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