| Re: For my friends the Jews |
RoadRunner - West |
| Jason Gastrich, B.A., M.A. (news@jcsm.org) |
2003/10/31 17:25 |
Piorokrat wrote:
> news:ZIJmb.29197$EO3.14158@clgrps13...
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>> Believe it or not, I still consider myself to be a Christian in that
>> Christ was/is
>> my role model. However, Christ is only one of many great Masters to
>> my way of thinking.
>
> If Christ is not unique to you, then it's my painful duty to tell you
> that you probably don't know him as your personal saviour.
>
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>> I don't believe Jesus Christ was Baptist or Catholic or Presbyterian.
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> That is not really the issue.
>
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>> The various institutional religions depict Jesus in their own
>> fashion, and there are so many out there.
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> It's a maze, but just giving up and saying they all must be right in
> their own way is not an option for someone to whom God has given a
> brain and the ability to go figure.
>
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>> I respect every Christian, whether he be Mormon or Catholic, for his
>> interpretation.
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>> Are you able to do that, Jason?
>>
>> la n.
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> We respect people as having a human right to their religion, but we
> also have the human right to believe that they are are in error,
> which they must be if what we believe is true. The same as we would
> be in error if what they believed is true.
>
> We don't vilify them for being wrong, but we have a duty to put the
> truth out there.
>
> Even when we'd rather keep the peace and not bother.
>
> Uncle Davey
Good words, Davey. And welcome back. How is your cold? I hope you are
well.
Your friend is welcome here. I just noticed that he was only here briefly,
then disappeared.
God bless,
Jason
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