Posted on 11/28/2006 9:53:53 PM PST by Mr. Silverback
(Ecclesiastes 1:9~11; 12:13, 14) and (Philippians 2:5~16)
We will continue to pray and to live and to work together for His purposes. And together we will make every effort to trust Him to watch over those we love! I am so thankful for this forum and for you and so many others here. Have a good day, "Marysecretary:!
Nancee
"I wonder if the author expresses the same outrage when books are published deriding atheism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, or any other set of beliefs?
Probably not."
Did I miss something? What 'outrage' are you talking about? Did you find Chuck Colson to be full of outrage or were you talking about someone else? (I'm not being sarcastic, I promise.) I got to the end of the article and was just silenced, for lack of a better word, by the spirit of compassion and turn-the-other-cheekness that Colson showed. I found it quite shaming and humbling (as Mr. Silverback mentioned). I've always been the type of person who has a bit of a mean and snarky streak, and I'd be the first to fly off the handle and be 'outraged' at the people who criticized 'MY' religion. I'm starting to get better about it now, but that's absolutely ONLY because I've been putting more time and effort into my relationship with Christ and giving Him the reins. (Still have a loooooong way to go, of course.) Anyway, I saw in Colson's article the grace which all Christians should embody. He didn't strike me as outraged or mean-spirited, just calm, matter-of-fact, and charitable.
And you're right, Chuck Colson probably doesn't get outraged over criticisms of other religions. He is a Christian, first and foremost, not a generic "world religions" talking head. His allegiance lies with Jesus Christ, not Allah or Buddah or Mother Earth or Charles Darwin. I'm sure he'd prefer that the rhetoric be dignified in comments on any religion at all, but mainly because he, as a Christian, wants Christ's follwers to reflect well on Him and draw others to Him. I'd agree with you that Colson came across as outraged if he were calling on Christians to behead Sam Harris and those like him. I'd call him outrageous if he advocated violent mass protests against the critics of Christianity. Look what happened to the Pope for simply making reference to someone else's comments on Islam. That's outrage. But from what I've seen, Colson walks the walk.
Thanks, Nancee. FR is a great place because of you and other Christian brothers and sisters. Mxxx
Good Morning BUMP!!
Ditto, Nancee, although this is late evening bump. We are having some severe thunderstorms and wind but so far it hasn't been bad here. Lots of times it goes right around us. Hail is expected but so far nothing. We just put a new metal roof on and that should be fun to listen to with hail (smile). Mxxx
Nancee
It got pretty windy and it started to sound like a train was coming. My friends got into their cellar but nothing bad happened around here that we know of. Tomorrow morning we may see some downed trees. One of ours, which was a fairly young tree, blew right over a couple of weeks ago in a windstorm. It had been girdled by some animal and that killed it. We've had our share of rain and flooding in the area as well.
Glad to hear you're okay!
Nancee
I freepmailed you. M
LoL....
How strange...it's been five days since I asked you the question in post 34...and you've been on the site since then, commenting on other threads. I wonder, why haven't you given any examples of Christian books similar to Dawkins' efforts? It couldn't be because there aren't any, could it? Nah...
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