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Re: Fwd: Re: evidence of conspiracies



Well, yeah--they really ought to be reclassed as CS and JS, dontcha think?

Sylvia Bugbee

On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Bubba Dowell wrote:

> Satan is a professional, and he does his work better than any of us
> can ever hope to do.
>
> Someone said that BS might stand for Biblical Studies, well, that
> broadens it to the Jewish faith, too, and I wonder how many Jews
> would like to believe that the Library of Congress has classified their
> religion as BS?  Not many, I'll bet!!!
>
> As for inaccurate, maybe it was in part, I am no cataloger, but the
> point is still valid, the BS call number will lead persons to materials
> about the Christian Religion.  Arguing that small mistakes invalidate this
> point is like criticizing someone who says the Nazis killed 5.9 million
> rather than 6.0 million persons.  Either number is horrific just as is
> catagorizing Christians and Jews as followers of a BS religion!
>
> BDowell
>
>
>
>
>
> >I pity the individual who has nothing better to do than to write such
> >nonsense to the list, and suggest that the Library of Congress has
> >nothing better to do than sit around and figure out how they might
> >catorgize one subject heading to discredit the material contained
> >within it.  Please we are professionals and so are the people who work
> >in the Library of Congress!!
> >
> >Deborah I. Gouin
> >Department Analyst
> >Records and Forms Management Division
> >Department of Management and Budget
> >State of Michigan
> >517-335-8965
> >
> > >>> kennsrem@FRESNO.EDU 10/30/00 01:53PM >>>
> >Bubba Dowell wrote:
> >
> > > The Anti-Bible Conspiracy
> >
> >I'll start with the assumption that this is a joke, but will comment
> >on the accuracy of its statements nonetheless.
> >
> > > Have you ever noticed that the Library of Congress (a governmental
> > > agency) call number for Christianity begins "BS?"
> >
> >Nope. There is no single LC category for "Christianity." Biblical
> >studies is categorized as BS, but the categories BR, BT, and BV are
> >also exclusively devoted to Christian topics. Books on various aspects
> >of Christianity, of course, show up under a wide variety of other
> >categories as well. One could as well argue that the large number of
> >separate categories for Christian topics actually suggests a
> >conspiracy on the part of the Library of Congress (and hence the
> >entire government) to support the claims of Christianity. Just for the
> >record, I'm not alleging such a conspiracy.
> >
> > > Both vulgar and blasphemous are these letters.  Vulgar, blasphemous
> > > AND closely associated with Christianity according to the Library of
> > > Congress (a governmental agency) minions.  Music as you may know is
> > > classified under "M."  Other disciplines are classified under their
> > > initial.
> >
> >Would that include E for "Emerican History"? In fact, the LC
> >categories rarely match the subject material. N is art, P is
> >literature, R is for medicine, etc. One could argue that BS actually
> >stands for "Biblical Studies," though I don't know if that's what was
> >actually intended.
> >
> >If this were a satire on the religious right, it could have been
> >written more accurately. If it was a genuine diatribe, then it
> >probably met the usual standards of accuracy for that genre.
> >
> >--
> >Kevin Enns-Rempel, Archivist
> >Fresno Pacific University
> >Fresno, CA
> >kennsrem@fresno.edu
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