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To: Skooz

That's mighty Christian of ya.


165 posted on 10/28/2004 6:27:43 AM PDT by orionblamblam
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To: orionblamblam

No. It isn't "very Christian" of me.

I am flawed human being. I accept a set of values that are pretty much impossible to attain, but to which I am always striving.

Sometimes, I win and turn the other cheek, thereby gaining victory over my selfish nature. Sometimes, I lose and give in to my baser proclivities. It is an endless struggle.

Some great Christian philosopher (I think it was Aquinas or Augustine) once responded to critics who said that the Christians they knew were all hypocrites. He said that yes, indeed, they are. Hypocrites every one. But, the difference is that Christians KNOW they are hypocrites.

We are daily confronted with our failures because our standards, as spelled out in the Bible, are perfection. Thus, we must fall completely on God's grace. We can never make it on our own righteousness.


166 posted on 10/28/2004 6:39:34 AM PDT by Skooz (Any nation that would elect John Kerry as it's president has forfeited it's right to exist.)
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