Editorial....
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world IKt-d and lo»«l In Iho lijthi of ihrir r.'M>«'l'P rrllnlouK
faith* we would not In- f»«-<l with dtUmnia." Iho dllomma
being, of lounit", the poKilhlllH of nuoloar annihilation. I’m glad
iMtmoono an>und here can <hh> that! lor >ou mh', IIIAI, In
eia<-tly the point I wan tr>lng to got aoro*» In m> iHlltorial. ‘ No
Je»u», No Poaof." ThU. 1 guo*» >ou iiiuUl »a» . N part two.
It’» not ntHf»»arll\ that I am w> against protosts, although
there U definitely wmie truth In that. Howoxor, »lniH> I'm on the
Ruhjeet, please hear with mo and hoar w hat I ha>o to »a>.
Hml of all, there are a lot of war "pmlojilors’’ that are that
Ju»t for the Himple rea»«*n of raising haMK. lho> mako a lot of
nolM' which itimply offnetit the fine balance of peaiH' and onlor,
and of course completely contradicts the reason that they arc so
vehemently protesting.
And then there are Iho ptsipie who protest because
"every body else Is doing it."
And then there are still others that do It bet'ause they are
natural-b<im cynics.
Then finally comes the worst type of all the multi-purpose
protester. You know, the one who can be ihrtiwn into any of the
above catagories, or all three at the same time for that matter.
Well, the point is that there is a lot of phony bologna in that
racket.
Granted, there are some sincere people who wholeheartedly
believe in something and arc out there giving It their all. I
applaud these people and say keep hanging in there. The rest
have my pity.
Howver being In a "sincere minority" is something that I
understand fully. 1 began to gain this understanding as soon as I
became a Christian and started living for the Lord. This
“Adaptation," I guess you could call it, came out of necessity.
For you sec, those of you who don’t know, Christians are a
minority. So I can understand how it Is to go against the
establishment.
Now that I have gotten that point across IhopefullyJ, let me get
back to what I had originally intended to discuss.
The "protest,” the way most people think of it, brings images
of riots and junk like that. Those type of protests arc a lot of
bullarchy. For the word “protest” is often associated with
“differing opinions.” Duh, I wonder why?
Having a differing viev* or opinion about something is great
(1 have a few of my own), but when it comes to rubbing other
peoples noses in something, that’s definitely uncool! In many
cases, protests do this. Not all the time mind you, just in many
cases.
I’m not as anti-protest as 1 might seem [I’m a protestant.
Hey!]. At the same time though, 1 don’t consider myself a
“protester,” but more of a “reformer.” I mean if someone or
something is being wronged, then I WILL say something about
It. If people are going to protest something, why not protest the
abundant disbelief that the Ix)rd is in complete control of our
fate? He really is you know.
The people that are children of God should have no worries or
fears about being annihilated in a nuclear holocaust. For
Genesis 18:23-33 says:
“And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy
the righteous with the wicked?
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt
thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous
that are therein?
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the
righteous with the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the
Judge of all the earth do right?
And the Lord said. If 1 find In Sodom fifty righteous within the
city, then I will spare the place for their sakes.
And Abraham answered and said. Behold now, I have taken
upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am hut dust and ashes:
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous; wilt
thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said. If I find
there forty and five, I will not destroy It.
And he spake onto him yet again, and said, Peradventure
there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for
forty’s sake.
■And he said unto him. Oh let not the Lord be angry , and I will
speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he
said I will not do it if 1 find thhly there.
And he said. Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak onto
the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And
he said I will not destroy It for twenty’s sake.
And he said. Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet
but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he
said, I win not destroy It for ten’s sake.
And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing
with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.”
So, the scripture shows that If It’s His divine wUl, the
Continued On PG. 3
^^Christians Are Losers”
I realize that's a pretty power
ful title, but I feel that I have
just reason to say it. Now before
you go labeling me as some
iillra-libral, read on.
The first reason that I feel
that those persons who call
Themselves “Christians” are
losers is the fact that by virtue of
their title it’s obvious they never
have a gcxid time. 1 mean after
all. you never see one down
town drinking and drunk, nor do
you see them at any of the
fraternity parties in the same
condition. Granted, one doesn’t
have to be drinking to have a
good time, but it sure helps. At
least that’s what most people of
this world tell me. And so, those
"Christian’s” lose out on many
a good time because of this.
Another thing you don’t see
Christian doing is getting high
on drugs. 1 mean, they don’t
even smoke pot every now and
then. It’s my understanding that
one really doesn’t get in contact
with themself until they’ve got
ten high a couple of times. 1
asked a friend who lays claim to
the afore mentioned title, why
he never got high. To this he
replied that he was on a
constant high, and that he was
high on his “new” life. Now I
ask you, have you ever heard
anything more ridiculious? No
body can be on a constant high,
reality is too strong. Everyone
needs to go off that deep end
every once in a while. And what
does he mean by new life? Does
he mean a fresh start, and if so.
how? Surely, that would be
impossible. Wouldn’t it?
There are other pleasures that
Christians don’t indulge in. You
don’t hear of single Christians
who engage in sex. In faa. a
Christian’s dating life must be
pretty boring. Eipecially since
they are all celabates. until they
get married. Another pleasure
they don’t get involved in is
cutting people down. Have you
ever been around a whole bunch
of people when a peculiar
person came up in the convers
ation, and everyone in the group
took turns talking about how-
weird that person is? When
suddenly, someone in that
g'oup gets up and abruptly
leaves, or worse yet. they stick
up for them? No matter how-
bad, strange, weird or different
the person is, a Christian is
liable to stick up for them.
Another thing I’ve noticed
about Christians is the fact that
they aren’t the best looking
people around. They are gen
erally rather plain and simple.
They don’t seem to have the
need to spend hours making
themselves look good. Yet
somehow there is a radiance, a
glow that shines in and about
them that makes them the most
beautiful people around.
And they must not think very-
much of their possesions. At
least that's one of their mm
basic teachings. They are tart
that whenever anyone asks
borrow something, they are 5
give it to them, and w|ie
anyone ask for something
are not to turn them away empt
handed. And they give thct
money away. I mean littetjSi
give it away. They don’t beiojj
to any club or otganizadtt
w hose membership guarentR
that they will be a Christian, 3K
who’ll charge them for it. Bt
instead, they count if a privalijf
to give money away to helj
e.tpand their cause. And tl»
don't go around telling everyont
the amount of money they gavt
aw ay from month to month.
It's also very unimportantfci
them to be the most popult
people around. In fact, becaiist
of many of their beliefs, they ait
often the most put down peopk
around. They are laughed at
ridiculed scorned and put dom
because of their beliefs. Andyt,
they take it in stride.
In view of all this, 1 feel as
though I’m justified in satiij
that Christians are losers, tliei
lose out on all the pleasures tk
the world has to offer. 1 woniiei
if they realize this. I'm sure they
do. after all, I never said tiei
w ere stupid.
Those poor foolish Christians
look how much they have to
lose! And yet, they continue to
smile. I wonder why?
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