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- From: scruggs@zeus.franklin.edu (Kevin Scruggs)
- Subject: Re: THE MIND OF THE BIBLE BELIEVER
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.002615.17586@zeus.franklin.edu>
- Organization: Franklin University (Columbus, OH)
- References: <1992Dec27.073652.5991@en.ecn.purdue.edu> <1992Dec28.122831.21650@walter.cray.com> <1992Dec31.195559.240@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 00:26:15 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec31.195559.240@en.ecn.purdue.edu> muehlhau@en.ecn.purdue.edu (John Muehlhausen) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec28.122831.21650@walter.cray.com> jwest@wisc (Jeff West) writes:
- >>muehlhau@en.ecn.purdue.edu (John Muehlhausen) writes:
- >>: In article <Bzw01t.7ED@dale.cts.com> npm@dale.cts.com (Nancy Milligan) writes:
- >>: >John Muehlhausen (muehlhau@en.ecn.purdue.edu) wrote:
- >>: >>
- >>:
- >>: Trusting God means trusting that all things work together for good for those
- >>: that love Him, and they happen for a reason. I would much rather live a
- >>: short life with cancer and let my increased awareness of my mortality light
- >>: a fire under my butt for God than to glide through life accomplishing
- >>: nothing with eternal consequence. God will not give someone something that
- >>: is not good for them in the long run. If a Christian is not healed of
- >>: cancer, then they have it for a reason that is beneficial to them as a
- >>: spiritual being, as promised in the Bible. Paul didn't whine about his
- >>: adversity, nor did Jesus himself! In fact, they seemed to shake a fare
- >>: amount of joy out of it!
- >>:
- >>:
- >>: John M.
- >>:
- >>:
- >>
- >> I just love these kind of rationalizations. NOT! Your a real piece
- >> of work John. I have nothing against what you believe. Faith or lack
- >> thereof in religion and god is a personal thing. But your above
- >> statement shows an * Incredible * lack of compassion and humanity!!!
- >> The statement that finally pushed me over the edge of considering
- >> myself a Christian anymore was after watching a beautiful 4 year old
- >> little girl go through the terrible torture of chemotherapy for cancer.
- >> After a long fight and spending most of her life knowing nothing but
- >> fear and pain people actually had (have) the gaul to say;
- >> "It was god's will."
- >> If this is your god and his idea of; "giving us something that's good
- >> for us in the long run." Then you can KEEP him and all of your assinine
- >> beliefs!
- >>
- >> Jeff "you really hit my hot button" West
- >
- >
- >Lets clear something up - all things work together for good FOR THOSE WHO
- >LOVE THE LORD. If my daughter was in this circumstance, she would be in
- >physical pain, but she would be secure in the knowledge of her eternal life
- >through Christ, and though I would also be in much pain - probably more than
- >her - God would use it to strengthen my character. Who are we to argue with
- >God?
- >
- >John M.
- You forget where you are twit. Unless you can back up that statement
- with something more than an indoctrinated sense of euphoria, you have no buisiness making it.
-
- This sort of denial-of-reason is what drove me away from xianity to
- begin with. Unless you are prepared to deal with the subject on a more
- reasonable start shopping for some asbestos underwear...
-
-
-
- --
- ||| ...Your future hasn't been written yet.
- / | \ No one's has. Your future is what
- =Mysh+Krysa= you make it...
- -Emmet L. Brown-
-