[hosepipe]

Is he not a Christian, though not of your particular persuasion? Doesn't our God command us to "love thy neighbor as thyself?" Especially those neighbors who know and love Christ Jesus according to their best understanding, which may not be the same as ours? The Body of Christ ought not be divided by sectarian quarreling. I believe such a thing is detestable in the eyes of Christ, our Logos; our Savior; our Final Judge.
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WHAT A CONCEPT!.. even love all the STUPID christians TOO?..
I think you might have something there..

You may have "BOOPed" this conversation UP a notch..

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**Note; stupid may be a designer concept.. with varying aphorisms..

[betty boop]

Thank you so much, my dear brother in Christ, for your thoughts re: this matter.

And especially, thanks to you for your kind condolences on the recent passing of my dearest father, at age 92, peacefully in his sleep after a long illness: He is free now, which is what he wanted. May God ever bless him!

Dear 'pipe, Daddy (the "rider" in your usage) "fired" his donkey; or put him out to pasture whichever you prefer.

The "rider" moved on, into the loving arms of God, and now knows the astonishing peace and love of the Lord.

The "donkey" is now fully within the grip of the Law of Entropy, that is, of the Second Law of Thermodynamics. That donkey is literally "ashes and dust" now; for now it lacks a Rider....

All of which is to say my Dad is well; and the family is adjusting well, too. Though it is a difficult transition, for my Mom especially: She and Daddy were an "item" for some 66 years....

Me, I just miss him terribly — he left a big hole in my life when he left. But I hope to catch up with him later, in God's time....

God bless you, dear 'pipe!

With deep thanks and hugs,

bb