"Missy, I swore that I was never going to engage you in discussion again after the last maddening experience, but I cannot let that remark go by. How dare you say such a thing? You have just decided that these people's lives have no meaning and that they have had no impact on the world around them because they don't believe in God.
If they have children, they will live on through their children and the love that they gave to them. If they have spouses, they will live on in the memories of the one left behind. If they've given time or money to a charitable organization, they will live on in the good that they did for someone else."
Thanks for that. Still, it's OK if missyme feels that way. She can't "decide" anything about me or anyone else.
The way she feels is the way a lot of what I call "baby Christians" feel. They often have recently come to a belief in Christianity, but have little information beyond what is on the surface about what that means.
They have little Biblical knowledge, nor have they learned the lessons recorded in the Gospels about how to treat others they may encounter in their lives.
Many "baby Christians" grow in their faith and learn what Christianity is all about. They stop doing such things then. I can't get angry at them...they're just acting on an imperfectly-formed faith.
I don't know that missyme is a "baby Christian," but it's a possibility.
You're welcome. I just can't understand why it is a personal affront to people that you don't believe. And why that drives people to attack you. You have remained calm and rational throughout this entire thread and you haven't tried to convince anyone that their belief is wrong. I suppose it's your certainty makes people uncomfortable.
A Baby Christian hmmm really never heard that before, but I will tell you this As a Child of GOD I talk to him all the time I ask him for many things and I pray for where I fail in my life and you know what he answers me he guides me he has NEVER failed me NEVER. If that makes me a Baby Christian then that's okay...