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To: UnsinkableMollyBrown
Ultimate cop-out? Since when is a person's faith up for YOUR judgement? I was speaking about MY faith.

I'm sorry that what I said upset you so much. I still will always believe that GOD'S will SHOULD trump MAN'S will.

Do I believe in free will? Yes.

Do I believe that men have, and will, do evil? Yes

Do I believe that evil comes from Satan? Yes

Do I believe that God can intercede and do amazing miracles? Yes

BUT.....it is NOT my call. It is God's call.

Again...sorry if you view MY faith as a cop-out.

82 posted on 10/17/2003 4:01:21 PM PDT by justshe (Do you trust a Democrat to protect America?)
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To: justshe
It is a cop out for good men to do nothing. If I was living on a quiet street in Hamburg, and I heard a ruckus next door and saw my Jewish neighbors being hauled away, and never spoke up, never demonstrated, never worked actively to change things... but chose instead to sit in the comfort of my home, saying it was God's will, I would be complicit by my inaction.

Even if I did do all those active things, but all the while proclaiming that it was God's will, I would be justifying the evil acts. I would be giving ammo to the enemy. I am not questioning anyone's faith. I am questioning the claim that God wants this to happen. I've heard it many times on these threads, and it is not true. God, on occassion does intervene, and perform mighty miracles on behalf of the oppressed. However, many times He does not, but instead let's those that choose evil carry out their horrid plans and keeps careful record to justly accuse them after they die.

If He intervened in every evil act, pretty soon there would be no choice left but for everyone to choose the right. That would thwart His plan for us, and institute the mother of all dictatorships.

We are responsible for taking a stand. Taking a stand, and couching it with, "if the bad thing happens, it is God's will", almost nullifies your stand. What if the founder's of this nation, at every battle they lost and consoled themselves with "It is God's will." Pretty soon, they would have lost heart and quit trying. Keep the fire, people! Never give up, and Don't say that when evil succeeds, it is God's will!

96 posted on 10/17/2003 4:19:06 PM PDT by UnsinkableMollyBrown
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