been attacked for millenia. But it also has plenty of examples where it says
other religions are wrong, and that's what I was saying. The whole not
worshipping idols thing is the obvious example. And Mike has repeatedly
refered to the Jewish tenets that counter the possibility of Jesus being the
Messiah. Again an example of one religion "attacking" another.
I'm not trying to say it's good or bad. I'm just saying it's inherent to how
religions work to satisfy their core purpose.
And because while I know a little about Judaism, I don't claim to be a
scholar in it I'll quote Mike here on the "save" comment I made:
"Jews believe in a single God who chose them to keep his laws. Jews hold
that anyone can enter into heaven."
That jibes with other things I've read that led me to the comment about
non-believers being "saved". Saved was maybe the wrong word. It's a
typically Christian word concept, and it has lots of debate as to what it
means. My point was that while religions need to have protection tenets they
mitigate that with acceptance tenets. I was trying to throw out a bone there
and say that religions aren't fundamentally about hate.
-Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Braver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: Comments on Catholic Church
> My religion doesn't try to "save" other believers.
>
> And you don't see Jewish missionaries riding around on
> bicyles badgering people.
>
> It, however, has been attacked for two millenia.
>
> I personally don't think/feel other belief structures are
> correct for ME. That doesn't make them wrong for someone else.
>
> -Ben
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