RE: Christian vs. Muslim

2003-03-28 Thread bbraver
John- Good story, thanks. In wishing "everyone" a nice weekend, but sending the email only to me, not the list, are you perhaps referring to all the voices in my head ?? (So, I'll send a copy of this to the list .) Interesting comment on the age of the earth issue - I once asked a wonderfully

Christian vs. Muslim

2003-03-28 Thread Ben Braver
"You believe in the Users?!?" -Program in TRON ~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all Hous

Christian vs. Muslim

2003-03-28 Thread Ben Braver
Important point re: Christian missionaries - there's a verse in the New Testament ("The Bible" to them) which says something like "no one comes to the the Father but through me". So, according to their scriptures, anyone who hasn't accepted Jesus can't get to God. Try convincing one of them "um

Christian vs. Muslim

2003-03-28 Thread Ben Braver
MikeyD- you mentioned hating people who say "worship the one God MY way as yours is wrong". that's how I feel about the Lubavitchers and the Ultra-Orthodox who want to do things like change the Law of Return to exclude Reform Jews. -Ben ~~

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2003-03-28 Thread Dan Phillips
omplete stranger his soul will rot for eternity. That's a fine how-do-ya-do! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 5:25 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Christian vs. Muslim I've had a born-again next door neighbor te

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2003-03-28 Thread Dana Tierney
ther 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 o

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2003-03-28 Thread bbraver
ay? No, not by > > any means, but in my own *personal* experience, Christians of the > > non-Catholic, demi-Baptist or Evangelical varities tend to be more...hmmm... > > assertive in their prosletizing, even/especially when it comes to preaching > > and "witnessing" to members

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2003-03-28 Thread Dana Tierney
or Evangelical varities tend to be more...hmmm... > assertive in their prosletizing, even/especially when it comes to preaching > and "witnessing" to members of the founding faith. > > > Michael, > > Good points. > > On one hand Muslim and Arab communities arou

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2003-03-28 Thread Dana Tierney
> of Adam and Pip. Beware the coming of the purple one! Repent! > (10 points if you can spot the references. :) Barney? ~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusio

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2003-03-28 Thread Ben Doom
: 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 Um... You did mean genitals, right? --Ben "By gentiles I hope he didn't mean me" Doom

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2003-03-28 Thread Stephenie Hamilton
Jerry Johnson wrote >> I often check under my desk before settling in for the day just in case there is a geek >> or two hiding under there. I have to check under mine for the darn office cat.. He likes to sleep on my cpu, then play tag with my legs and scare me to death, all the while making m

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2003-03-28 Thread Kevin Graeme
LOL! Okay, you win the "best story I've heard in a while" contest. -Kevin > -Original Message- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 1:58 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Christian vs. Muslim > > > I do

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2003-03-28 Thread Jerry Johnson
ch 28, 2003 2:37 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Christian vs. Muslim I just thought it funny that _either_ could have been appropriate in that sentence. *crawls back into shell under desk* Jerry Johnson ~

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2003-03-28 Thread Marlon Moyer
Michael Dinowitz wrote: >They should respect my mind which says that I am responsable for my soul and I >am doing what I have been commanded to do. They don't have that basic level of >respect. It's like a rabbid ASP programmer that says CF sucks and only ASP is >the way. > > I have been there,

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2003-03-28 Thread Michael Dinowitz
True. This thread has had a number of interesting typos and alternate spellings for words. Synchronicity. :) > I just thought it funny that _either_ could have been appropriate in that sentence. > > *crawls back into shell under desk* > > Jerry Johnson > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/28/03 02:34PM >>

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2003-03-28 Thread healdt
Damn they gave you a shell? I feel cheated. -Original Message- From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 2:37 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Christian vs. Muslim I just thought it funny that _either_ could have been appropriate in that sentence

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2003-03-28 Thread Jerry Johnson
I just thought it funny that _either_ could have been appropriate in that sentence. *crawls back into shell under desk* Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/28/03 02:34PM >>> Preying. 1. To hunt, catch, or eat as prey: Owls prey on mice. 2. To victimize or make a profit at someone else's expen

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2003-03-28 Thread Jerry Johnson
That truly was harsher than I meant. *don't type while listening to marketing sales people tell you "how it should work"* Please disregard that "Even" sentence. What I really meant is that it is a tenant of my faith to annoy those who annoy me, and little annoys me more than "true believers" wh

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2003-03-28 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Preying. 1. To hunt, catch, or eat as prey: Owls prey on mice. 2. To victimize or make a profit at someone else's expense. 3. To plunder or pillage. 4. To exert a baneful or injurious effect: Remorse preyed on his mind. > Did you mean preying, or praying? > > Jerry Johnson > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTE

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2003-03-28 Thread Jerry Johnson
Did you mean preying, or praying? Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/28/03 12:45PM >>> 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. ~~~

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2003-03-28 Thread Jerry Johnson
m -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 re

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2003-03-28 Thread Dan Phillips
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 1:20 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Christian vs. Muslim Infidels. The true name of the lord is Zar-Thanos. Your mangling of it shows how far you have fallen from the true path. Repent your sins and accept our holy teachings or we will smite you. Yay, it shall be a m

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2003-03-28 Thread Michael Dinowitz
mmunity > Subject: RE: Christian vs. Muslim > > > I have to agree with a few points you have. I've never been comfortable > with the hole missionary idea. I like that they help out people with > education, heath care, etc. but never liked the idea of them saying "No, > no,

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2003-03-28 Thread John Stanley
You to know of the one called Zartanos? Tell me brother, is there news from Zarthos? ;-) -Original Message- From: Dan Phillips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 1:09 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Christian vs. Muslim I have to agree with a few points you have

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2003-03-28 Thread Dan Phillips
and UK, Canada, etc.) yet we expect others to do the same. ~~ Dan -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 b

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2003-03-28 Thread Ben Braver
Oy, Mikey, Mikey, Mikey - Saying "they should all be hung by their gentiles" sounds like religious persecution !! Goy vay . Oh, wait - did ya mean their genitals ?? ;-) -Ben ~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/in

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2003-03-28 Thread William H. Bowen
l, Good points. On one hand Muslim and Arab communities around the globe are already clamoring that this is a Christian vs. Muslim conflict, I don't really see that one more group of missionaries is going to give that opinion any more or less creedence. If our troops pulled out today, there

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2003-03-28 Thread Matthew Small
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

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2003-03-28 Thread Michael Dinowitz
t; 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

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2003-03-28 Thread Michael Dinowitz
ervisor > 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 &

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2003-03-28 Thread Matthew Small
tp://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

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2003-03-28 Thread John Stanley
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

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2003-03-28 Thread Matthew Small
60 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 thi

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2003-03-28 Thread Michael Dinowitz
> Michael Dinowitz wrote: > > >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 > > > > > freudian slip? Spell checker. I wrote genetalia and the spell checker didn't like it and that wa

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2003-03-28 Thread Marlon Moyer
Michael Dinowitz wrote: >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 > > freudian slip? >hand, sending missionaries to Iraq will simply lend more credence to the Arabs >propaganda

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2003-03-28 Thread Simon Horwith
Developer CFDJList - List Administrator Fig Leaf Software 1400 16th St NW, # 220 Washington DC 20036 202.797.6570 (direct line) http://www.figleaf.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 28 March, 2003 11:59 AM To: CF-Community Subject:

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2003-03-28 Thread John Stanley
Grahamè rotflmaothank you jerry -Original Message- From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 12:01 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Christian vs. Muslim Do you think we can convince the Iraqis that Graham is a French name? Just a thought

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2003-03-28 Thread Jerry Johnson
Do you think we can convince the Iraqis that Graham is a French name? Just a thought. Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/28/03 11:58AM >>> 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 ot

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2003-03-28 Thread John Stanley
Thanks Mike, I agree completely with your sentiments. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [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

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2003-03-28 Thread Marlon Moyer
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 wo