Re: Hell (was The Wall)

"lynx" <none@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Mark T wrote:
>
>> "lynx" wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> No Christian follows what Jesus says in the bible when I ask them ...
>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>> Jesus said in  Matthew 5:42, "Give to him that asketh thee, and from
>>>> him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away."  May I have your 
>>>> house and car and may I borrow your most prized possession?
>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>
>>> Perhaps it's implied that the request stems from genuine need.
>>>
>>
>> The passage says nothing about genuine need ... only a request.
>>
>
> Well if you're going to apply a strict literal interpretation, and you 
> accept that Jesus did say this, then you only have the conclusion that 
> Christianity imposes impossible demands on us available to you, which
then 
> begs the response, so why even bother trying to live a christian life?

I see you're being tutored by the agenda-driven,  unlearned, unwashed
elite 
again, when you were right the first time.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist here (no offense, Pete!) to realize
that 
Jesus is teaching a PRINCIPLE of the kingdom of God; that principle being 
taht one has eternal life only insofar as they are willing to surrender it

to God's love.  People who love God giving to the needy is one way God has

of meetting those needs, and is simultaneously (God hardly ever does 
anything for only one reason!) a test of the giver's faith that God will 
provide for their needs as well.  All of this revolves around  the concept

of need, who has it, and who meets it (God through the faith of the
giver!), 
and only a complete dunce like Mark T would suggest we throw out this 
concept as we seek to understand the passage!

All the best,

Chuck Stamford