--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > I wish the Christians would stop saying that their way is better > > > > than anyone else's. > > > > > > Not just "a better way," but "the only way." > > > > > > > It gets very boring, and it is untrue. All people can really > > > > say about the spiritual path they adopt is, "It works for me," > > and > > > > I wish they would leave it at that. > > > > > > Trouble is, "the only way" is an integral part > > > of the path; it's "what works" for them. Take > > > that away, and it's no longer Christianity. > > > > Well, it's no longer a simplistic and absolutist brand of > > Christianity that demands all shades of gray be dumbed down to black > > and white. However, not all denominations of Christianity make such > > demands. Some Christians can actually live with shades of gray and > > uncertainty and have no need to soothe themselves with a false > > certainty based on others being wrong. > > I'm sure that's true, but if they don't believe Christ > is the *only* way to be reconciled with God, they're > not adhering to orthodox Christian doctrine.
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