It pains me to the core to have to agree with anything Maureen writes....but uh...yeah, this is right on.
On 9/16/06, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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:215557 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
