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In a message dated 8/15/2002 3:01:43 PM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:


> Well that just proves that Satan's alive, Mary, and working through you to
> tempt good Christians to turn from Jesus, who lovingly and patiently stands
>
> at the door and knocks, who will accept them back with open arms, who left
> the ninety and nine to go after that one lost lamb (that story never made
> good sense in any way).

You know......that can read......never mind...... I guess that I will never
get why some don't feel that all are equally valid.... Why does it just have
to be one way one belief?

I agree with Brenda........(some tidbits)
You personally find spiritual fulfillment differently.........
I would suggest that the
fact that it works for them makes it an equally valid path to spiritual
fulfillment.
Please don't
judge my choice of path.

brenda


I guess that, that will never happen......People condemning other faiths or
telling them that there path is the only way.
I guess that there will always religious wars.
Because I may not accept Jesus the way that a lot of people do, does not
condemn me in anyway. I will not be brown beated to feel that way....I have
gotten stronger in that phase, but still having the battle to totally leave
the religion that I am in because of friends.
This is the problem that I have with organized religions. If you don't follow
this way...you are condemned. This is not so.....The arrogance in some of
the religions......My way is the best and only way....No

It's just this way and attitude is the reason why I flea......I feel that
there is a better way than all of this bickering and fighting over the way
that people should believe or have faith.
I will probably get hammered by some of the Christians here, because I have
chosen a different path, but so be it.....
I guess the Hindus, Jews, Muslims, Buddas, Bahia's,Shikes (sp), wiccans,
pagans,etc., are condemned......hockey-puck!
I can live with those that feel that their belief is bigger and better than
anyone else's. That's the way that they feel, and they are entitled. Some
really show their arrogance too.
There is one thing that I know now (I didn't know it then) about all the
different denominations and the belief structure.
Then I have the the Holy Grail (the true lineage f Jesus) and other things
like What did Jesus Really Say, etc.......
I cannot be persuaded on Jon that one. I did love the Jewish view on Jesus
and I have read about that in other books as well. I agreed with ALL of
it.....
I guess my next mission is to study about Judaism......
I don't mind studying them because I feel all are accepted.
Acceptance is the key.......ALot have not learn that yet.....

Kim



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Fetteroll

on 8/15/02 6:55 PM, lurningathome@... at lurningathome@... wrote:

> I guess that I will never
> get why some don't feel that all are equally valid.... Why does it just have
> to be one way one belief?

If you were in a burning building and you knew from studying the building
plan that the only way out was the path you were on and all the other
seeming exits led to dead ends and death, wouldn't you want to tell everyone
they were on the wrong path?

Personally I think they're working from a distorted interpretation of
another person's description of the building. There's loads of exits and I
don't even think the building's on fire ;-)

Of course I know where they think that thinking will lead me!

Joyce

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I would suggest that the
fact that it works for them makes it an equally valid path to spiritual
fulfillment.

There are vast numbers of groups throughout history that could make this
same claim.
Charles Manson's "Family" could claim the same.
~Elissa Cleaveland
"It is nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction
have
not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry." A. Einstein