I understand your point and your meaning. My roommate's sister was a missionary in Pakistan for 3 years, and his former girlfriend is a missionary in Thailand. Neither one of these people could force anything on anybody. They bring messages of love and hope to those around them. Your statements hit rather close to home.
Matthew Small IT Supervisor Showstopper National Dance Competitions 3660 Old Kings Hwy Murrells Inlet, SC 29576 843-357-1847 http://www.showstopperonline.com -----Original Message----- From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 12:46 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Christian vs. Muslim I'm not attacking your religion. I'm pointing out those who can not be content in their own belief and have to validate it by preying on others. > And this isn't intended to piss anybody off either. I just felt the > need to defend my own religion. > > Matthew Small > IT Supervisor > Showstopper National Dance Competitions > 3660 Old Kings Hwy > Murrells Inlet, SC 29576 > 843-357-1847 > http://www.showstopperonline.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 12:28 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Christian vs. Muslim > > >>and nobody is forced to (the Medival Crusades > >>excluded). > > Except for the indians converted by the Spanish missionaries in south > america for the sole reason of making them liable for the laws of the > Spanish Empire. > > I'm not saying this to piss you or anyone off. It is the truth. If > people > were interested enough in a religion, then they should go to the source > and > ask about it, not the other way around. > > >> Being a missionary is a > >>calling that these people have from their Divine creator, and is it is > a > >>tenet of the Christian religion that the word be spread. > > David Koresh thought his calling from God was that he was the lamb of > god.... > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 12:23 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Christian vs. Muslim > > > I don't see how this is different that saying "I hate all Jews that > worship on Saturday and wear Yarmulkes (sp?)". Being a missionary is a > calling that these people have from their Divine creator, and is it is a > tenet of the Christian religion that the word be spread. > > If you don't think it's "Christian" to be this way then think of the > alternative in a Christian's mind: Eternal Damnation after death. > > Do you have enough information to say that they're forcing people to be > Christian? I don't think anybody is forced to be a Christian or Jew, or > Muslim, or whatever, in their mind. Missionary work is a blessing to > many of those converted. The religion is intended for everybody but not > everybody takes it, and nobody is forced to (the Medival Crusades > excluded). > > > Matthew Small > IT Supervisor > Showstopper National Dance Competitions > 3660 Old Kings Hwy > Murrells Inlet, SC 29576 > 843-357-1847 > http://www.showstopperonline.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 11:59 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Christian vs. Muslim > > On one hand I hate missionary scum. I think they should all be hung by > their > gentiles until they decide to leave other peoples religions alone. On > the other > hand, sending missionaries to Iraq will simply lend more credence to the > Arabs > propaganda that this is another crusade. On the third hand, I say let > them go. > When the local populace kills them for trying to convert them then maybe > they'll > get a clue. > Please note that the above is due to my extreme dislike of missionaries, > many of > whom have it as their personal mission to convert my people to another > religion. > I'm not going into whose religion is right or anything in that area. I > just > don't think that people should be going around saying "worship MY God, > yours is > wrong" or "worship the one God MY way as yours is wrong" or any way they > want to > say it. > As for the members of the community that are missionaries, they have > never tried > to convert me in any way, shape, or form and I have not tried to remove > their > faith through debate. It's a nice balance. :) > > > > I heard something interesting on NPR today. Samaritan's Purse, a > > christian charity run by Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham, will be > > sending missionaries to Iraq. Unfortunately Franlkin has been very > > outspoken against the muslim religion. So how will the affect the > > perception that this work is about christians vs muslims, a viewpoint > > held by a some muslim leaders. Should we restrict who can go in there > > during this time? > > > > Marlon > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
