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To: Joe 6-pack

Die, heretic!

Just kidding. Never claimed to be a theologian, but I try to read the Word as it as given. What’s more important to me, is how is the relationship with God. On that, I be we agree . . .


19 posted on 11/11/2008 5:21:48 AM PST by WorkingClassFilth ($750 billion is nothing - surrender your children, wealth and gold fillings now to avoid the rush.)
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To: WorkingClassFilth
Absolutely. I frequently explain my views of religion with the analogy that "God is in Kansas." The devout Virginian will avow that there is only one way to God, and to reach God, one must travel due west, over the Appalachians, and across the Mississippi, and only by following that route can one reach God. The doctrinaire Californian believer will disagree soundly with the Virginian, and insist that the one true path to God is east, across the deserts and over the Rockies...and only by following that path, can one ever find God. Practitioners of North Dakotaism will call both the Virginian and the Californian heretics, insisting that the only true path to God is due South, through the badlands and across the prairies and corn fields...and only by traveling south can one ever hope to find God.

Of course they are all right in their own way, and while there are many roads that lead away from God, and indeed, many false prophets who will intentionally try to lead people away from God. Having said all that, the "one true path" to God for any person depends largely on where they happen to be when they hear His call and begin seeking Him.

21 posted on 11/11/2008 5:31:26 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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