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To: mkjessup

“Here’s my contribution:

Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth and the Life. NO ONE goes to the Father except by HIM.

Mohammed? DEAD

‘allah’? DEAD

Buddha? DEAD

Vishnu? DEAD

Shinto? DEAD

Tao? DEAD

[Yeah, I’m waiting for some wise guy to respond with “Neidermeyer, DEAD!, Wormer? DEAD!”, lol]

All of the above would be deities are dead and in the grave, but Jesus Christ is the Son of the Living God and is alive and well and will soon Return exactly as He promised to do.

Bet the rent on that.”

You speak this so forcefully and so negatively against all other religions that I am guessing if you had it your way, you would like for the United States to adopt Christianity as the official mandatory religion to be practiced by all?

Isn’t this the same zealotry and intolerance practiced in Europe from which the early Americans fled? Didn’t their disdain for this “in your face”, believe it or be damned sentiment lead to the incorporation of Freedom of Religion in the 1st amendment and for George Washington to declare:

“While we are contending for our liberty we should be very cautious of violating the Rights of Conscience in others.”

?


43 posted on 11/14/2008 8:44:15 PM PST by jackmercer
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To: jackmercer
You speak this so forcefully and so negatively against all other religions that I am guessing if you had it your way, you would like for the United States to adopt Christianity as the official mandatory religion to be practiced by all?

You would be guessing wrong. All citizens have the right to believe whatever they wish, even if those beliefs end up putting the equivalent of a spiritual FedEx label on their butts, for swift delivery straight to Hell at the end of their mortal lives.

It is our obligation as Christians to introduce those doomed souls to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to fully explain their need for the Saviour. But in the end, it is their choice and if God can respect that choice, certainly we can too.

But I'll say it loud and proud for as long as I have breath, that
"Jesus is the Way, the only Way" to enter the Kingdom of God.

Isn’t this the same zealotry and intolerance practiced in Europe from which the early Americans fled? Didn’t their disdain for this “in your face”, believe it or be damned sentiment lead to the incorporation of Freedom of Religion in the 1st amendment and for George Washington to declare: “While we are contending for our liberty we should be very cautious of violating the Rights of Conscience in others.”?

No it's not the same.
51 posted on 11/15/2008 3:36:57 AM PST by mkjessup (See my FR Homepage for a tribute to Senator Joe McCarthy, feel free to copy and distribute!)
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To: jackmercer
How about if we let every religion not be Policed by the Government, and if one Truth prevails over another then that is because it was True?

If you want to live in your own little world where Ideas and Truth cannot penetrate your mind, then move to Mars.

53 posted on 11/15/2008 3:42:59 AM PST by SkyPilot
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