Hi Richard,
> What makes you believe that God will
> make that distinction and judge according to your belief?
According to my belief? That is a strange way to put it. My belief is
based upon investigation of God's reality. Certainly it is my theory
which
you admit is sup****ted by reason. It is as though you ask my why a bridge
is standing or a mountain remains in place.
--Kent
"Richard H. Gravelly" <rgravelly@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> From: "Kent Johnson" <kent@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> .. However the
>> man himself can, with acts of atonement and attrition that lead to a
>> fundamental change in character and to the commition of acts of justice
> and
>> love and care for other people, be considered worthy of forgiveness for
> such
>> acts.
>
> Kent, that sounds very reasonable. What makes you believe that God will
> make that distinction and judge according to your belief?
>
>>
>> It always seems a cop-out to me when God having the final decision is
an
>> explanation. He could change the laws of gravity as well, but so far
as
>> I
> know He hasn't recently.
>
> Kent, I have found no reason to speculate as to what God will or will
not
> do. I do not know if you have read the section in Gleanings which
begins.
> "Know thou, O fruit of My Tree, that the decrees of the Sovereign
> Ordainer,
> as related to fate and predestination, are of two kinds." (Baha'u'llah,
> Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 133).
>
> You may find it enlighstening in this context.
>
> P.S. I am aware that the term "cop-out" has been in used in America for
> some time. I have however, never understood its meaning, except that it
> rimplies a cowardly act or thought. I would like to point out that God
is
> my only refuge.
>
> "Seek ye refuge in God from whatsoever might lead you astray from the
> Source
> of His Revelation and hold fast unto His Cord, for whoso holdeth fast
unto
> His allegiance, he hath attained and will attain salvation in all the
> worlds." (The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 85)
>
> Dominus vobis***.
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> Richard.
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