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[Josiah Ritchie]

On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 14:25 -0500, K Montgomery wrote:
> On Dec 1, 2004, at 10:44 PM, N. Thompson wrote:
> 
> > Am I the only one who thinks the Christian community would be better 
> > off with a Desktop artwork web site of its own, something that not 
> > only covers KDE and its applications but also Gnome/GTK and other 
> > window managers, it seems to me that putting Christian artwork that 
> > will be voted down almost to the point of going below the 20% limit 
> > the site has before content is no longer shown is like casting pearls 
> > before swine.
> 
> I would much rather see an artwork site that is not Christian themed, 
> but is run by Christians who will (a) commit themselves to 
> promoting/producing artwork done with excellence; and (b) run the site 
> according to a moral standard that simply won't abide by the injustices 
> that you report have occurred on KDE-look.
> 
> Not to disparage anyone else's Christian-specific FOSS endeavors, but I 
> don't think the world needs more Christian merchandising.  They need 
> more organizations, projects, etc. that will do the job right.
> 
> If you (or anyone) can do what KDE-look does, only better, then by all 
> means go for it.
> 
> - Kathy

That pretty much echoes my thoughts. Allow them their den of iniquity,
but don't force non-Chrintians who also share some of our values to be
without a home also. Be christian by oupporting values positively, not
by boxing out the world from us. (Be in the world, not of it)

JSR/