On Apr 17, 4:40=A0pm, Engineer <inva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>...
> In particular, the Christian system of morals (do good and you
> will go to Heaven, do bad and you will go to Hell) is not moral.
> It is self-serving. =A0If you only pretend to be moral so that
> you may obtain future comforts or avoid puture pain, how are you
> any better than a well-contidioned lab rat? Quakerism teaches
> a higher morality that this. =A0
>...
Let's not get hung up on a foolish conformance to quakerism
as you see it on the issue of higher morality. The Friends
I knew for 28 years were naive in their peace testimony, not
bearing fruit for this noble ideal. Yet, I agree that none of them
believed in Heaven and Hell in the literal way you speak of.
That fa****on went out of style 2000 years ago.
I believe there is a distinction between appearance and reality.
The world we see around us is simply a reflection of some
higher, divine existence, of which the human soul/mind/spirit
is part.
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David Christainsen
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