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Topics of the day:



 1. child of god (3)

 2. GAY (Changes to the English Language) (3)

 3. Oxymorons

 4. child of God (2)

 5. koofer

 6. Child of God

 7. Addition to Web Pages (4)

 8. Bounced Mail

 9. <No subject given>

 10. Question: regional volubility

 11. gaycat, gay



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Date:  Thu, 29 Feb 1996 00:02:57 EST

From:  Larry Horn <LHORN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU>

Subject: Re: child of god



In response to Beth's query,





>Is the assertion, "I'm a Child of God" new? Does it mean baptized?

>Reborn? Is it limited to Protestants? Subgroups of Protestants?

>Is it only American?



The Children of God were a cult group, a Christian sect with as I recall

rather idiosyncratic doctrines and practices, back in the '70's. My memory of

them is mostly due to a linguist friend who linked up with them and then

died under somewhat mysterious circumstances, so I might be being

uncharitable, although I should acknowledge that I don't trust even mainstream

religious groups all than much. "Child of God" sounds like a back-formation

to me, but then that would be the singular, wouldn't it? I don't know if the

asserter in question was in fact (purporting to be) a member of this group or

just meant s/he was in fact a (lower-case) child of God.



        Larry