Re: Hell (was The Wall)

Chuck Stamford wrote:
 
> "lynx" <none@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:JCbXj.1512$IK1.66@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>   
>> Mark T wrote:
>>     
>>> "lynx" wrote
>>>>> No Christian follows what Jesus says in the bible when I ask them
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>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>> 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 
>  
>   
 
Hey thanks Chuck! I have just said as much- well not quite as much, just 
about it being a principle to follow- back to Chris before I saw this. 
And I guess you've noticed that when Morkie wants to criticize, he 
simplifies to the extreme, but when he wants to put forward his beliefs, 
he does the opposite- he complicates to the extreme!

-- 
rgds,

Pete
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