I think there is a world of difference between faith and blind belief. We are asked to have faith, not follow blindly as sheep. I think that those who would demand proof of God are looking for physical evidence of a spiritual phenomenon. Those who would limit salvation to a chosen few have never experienced the limitless love and mercy of the Creator, but would reduce him instead to the pettiness of man.
I also think deciding who goes to heaven and who goes to hell is God's job and not that of any brand of religion, and that God in his wisdom will weigh each heart, and not look at ethnicity or dogma, but at the purity of the soul. The concept that a child of non-Christian background, who has never heard of Jesus, would burn in hell because of the lack of a Christian belief, is what caused me to sever my ties with organized Christianity 40 years ago. The members of the governing body called me a heretic for even suggesting that their teachings on this subject might be wrong. I've been studying theology for most of those 40 years, and they are still wrong. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish but have everlasting life" does not have a coda that says "and everyone else will burn in hell" Rev. Maureen On 9/16/06, Chesty Puller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And where are your thoughts on the matter, or did you just assume his > doctrine was true? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:215527 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
