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To: RJR_fan

“You still haven’t answered my question.
How are your children doing?”

I didn’t answer because I don’t see how derailing the discussion with personal issues would contribute to anything. Since you’re so interested, I don’t have any children (yet). Want to donate some?


26 posted on 09/24/2010 3:42:16 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman
I didn’t answer because I don’t see how derailing the discussion with personal issues would contribute to anything. Since you’re so interested, I don’t have any children (yet). Want to donate some?

Well, one useful "test" for a doctrine is -- how well does it work at home? Most fundamentalist Christians are pre-mil. Most fundamentalist Christians see their kids jump ship. Cause and effect? I think that can be plausibly asserted. Deny your kids a future, and they'll go looking for someone who isn't sitting passively on folded hands, gloating over the misfortune of others.

I became aware of the classical Reformed post-mil position in 1980. When our kids started coming along in 1983, by God's kind provision, I had more to offer them than "88 reasons why the Rapture will be in 1989." I pray that you will, too.

27 posted on 09/24/2010 10:02:11 PM PDT by RJR_fan (Christians need to reclaim and excel in the genre of science fiction.)
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