"bob young" <alaspectrum@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:474F9A78.586A0387@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Pastor Frank wrote:
>> "Bill M" <wmech@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:eo03j.3611$vt2.1801@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > "Pastor Frank" <PF@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> > news:474c7745$0$26052$88260bb3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> "MarkA" <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> >> news:pan.2007.11.25.01.36.41.152441@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >>> On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 10:48:57 +0000, Bill M wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> There are thousands of different God beliefs.
>> >>>> If there is a real God why would it permit his flock to be so
>> >>>> terribly
>> >>>> misled?
>> >>>
>> >>> It's pretty clear that IF God is going to send you to Hell for not
>> >>> believing in Him, as some of His followers claim, and IF said God
>> >>> does
>> >>> not
>> >>> provide clear and convincing evidence of His existence, THEN said
God
>> >>> cannot be considered "loving", "just", or "merciful." If God is
not
>> >>> loving/just/merciful, He may very well be cruel, petty, and
sadistic,
>> >>> in which case He may send you to Hell even if you DO follow all
>> >>> the "rules."
>> >>> ERGO: live your life the way that seems right to YOU, and don't
worry
>> >>> about what other people say God expects of you. If you hold
yourself
>> >>> to
>> >>> a
>> >>> high standard of conduct, you will have nothing to be ashamed of in
>> >>> the
>> >>> unlikely event that there really is a God who will judge you when
you
>> >>> die.
>> >>> If God punishes people for doing their best, then He is a cruel
>> >>> sadist,
>> >>> in which case we are all ****ed anyway.
>> >>
>> >> It's not what YOU do that matters, it is what Christ did FOR YOU
>> >> that
>> >> matters and what saves you.
>> >
>> > What did your imaginary Christ do for me???
>> >
>> It is the Father taking your guilt upon Himself.
>
> Primitive nonsense
>
Yea! In your world Bob, fathers never take any responsibility for
their
children upon themselves. The kid either swims or sinks. "Primitive
nonsense" indeed!!!!
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