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To: Forest Keeper
I wrote :Christianity is a revealed religion, not one based on our own private thoughts and interpretations.

You wrote : LOL! I'm laughing because I am very confident that we both deeply and honestly believe this is the absolute truth, and yet look at us ... :)

When one says "revealed", that means it was told to us, given to us. It doesn't come FROM us! The teachings have been passed down to us - we don't make them up by reading a book and figuring out for ourselves what Romans 3 means. That is the difference between our two views. You think "revealed" means that your opinions and feelings are from God. I think that "revealed" means that God gave some men in time a message that was given to succeeding generations.

Regards

3,425 posted on 03/10/2006 5:39:56 AM PST by jo kus (I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore CHOOSE life - Deut 30:19)
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To: jo kus
You think "revealed" means that your opinions and feelings are from God. I think that "revealed" means that God gave some men in time a message that was given to succeeding generations.

In the proper context, I won't even argue with what you say about us. What troubles me is what you say about you. You are saying that God's revelation was not to His children, but rather to the authorities of SOME of His children. That leaves a lot of people out. To me, that is but a shadow of a revealed faith.

3,547 posted on 03/14/2006 1:09:26 AM PST by Forest Keeper
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