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To: trussell
It is their way of trying to justify their lack of
religious belief, because we choose to blindly believe in
GOD'S will for his people. We don't always have the
answers, but GOD does.

at least you admit that it is "blind". I don't condemn those who believe, yet they condemn me frequently. those who act as missionaries at least do so out of a desire to help me; sadly, they're outnumbered by arrogant, pompous asses who would have me believe I'm going to hell because I left the church in order to avoid being an opportunist hypocrite.

73 posted on 11/04/2002 12:48:05 PM PST by Libertarian4Bush
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To: Libertarian4Bush
at least you admit that it is "blind".

Yes, my faith in God is a blind faith. I do not pretend to know what HE has in store for me, I just follow his rules and wait for his answers. I do ask for some things, but as the song says "some of God's greatest gifts, are unanswered prayers". I have to abide by what he chooses for me.

yet they condemn me frequently

It is not their place to condemn you, that is for God to decide when you face him on judgement day. "Judge not, lest ye be judged." Matthew 7:1

who would have me believe I'm going to hell because I left the church in order to avoid being an opportunist hypocrite.

The only one who can decide if you are going to hell is God. If you do not live the life that he asks you to live, and if you do not ask forgiveness for you sins, then you will be going there. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever liveth and believeth in him, shall not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3;16

The temple of God is not a building, it is your body. You should not abuse the temple. "Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred and you are that temple." 1 Corinthians 3;16 & 17

You can still live for and believe in God even if you do not attend a church.

117 posted on 11/04/2002 1:18:26 PM PST by trussell
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