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To: ottbmare; marbren

May I just ask what exactly you believe we must unite around? What unites us? And what separates “us” from “them”? There are only TWO “religions” in the world. And I use the term “religion” loosely. Because religion means man working his way to God. Christianity means God reaching out to man. Completely different. If a “religion” teaches works to get to God, then it is a false religion. And I mean “works” as anything man MUST do in order to face God. Communisim and atheism are also religions because they make MAN god. Communism, atheism, Islam, and ANY OTHER religion that teaches that man can possibly do anything to get to God is a false religion. That covers a LOT of religions that use the term “Christian” and yet do not believe God’s Word that saves.


132 posted on 02/02/2012 4:21:29 PM PST by smvoice (Better Buck up, Buttercup. The wailing and gnashing are for an eternity..)
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To: smvoice
May I just ask what exactly you believe we must unite around? What unites us?

"I believe in one God, Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ His only Son, Our Lord. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into death. On the third day He rose again. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father. And He will come again to judge both the living and the dead."

This the first paragraph of the Apostle's Creed. This is what we Christians all believe, whether we are Protestant, Orthodox, or Catholic, right? Do you have any basic problems with this statement of faith? It is fundamental to Christianity. Around this, surely, we can unite to face the Darkness.

And what separates “us” from “them”?

Unlike them, we are not Communists. We are not totalitarians. We are not atheists. We are not leftists. We are not Muslims. We believe as above. That could unite us into a legion of the Lord greater than all the armies of the world--if some of us could stop rejecting other Christians.

133 posted on 02/02/2012 4:42:43 PM PST by ottbmare (off-the-track Thoroughbred mare)
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