NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/alt/brother/616

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From: [e-mail] (Bill Rawlins)
Subject: Re: A paper I wrote for a speech class
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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 22:13:28 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (John J. Turley) writes:
|> >(Bill Rawlins) writes concerning Jed's intolerance:
|>
|> >>>   Perhaps you think it's a virtue to be tolerant of everyone.
|> >>>
|> >>|> Yes, I do.
|> >>
|> >>       Your true position revealed and thus the bone of contention.
|> >>       God is not tolerant of sin.  He hates it.  But he offers you a way
|> >>       out - if you will accept it.
|> >>
|>
|> If I might ask about this here: Why is it that people who claim that they
|> somehow know what God wants always deliver the same poison? It's either
|> 'God hates this' or 'God must destroy that'. Then they tell you that
|> you must totally submit to their dogma, completely (with your mind, your
|> heart, and let's not forget your WALLET). They say that failure to comply
|> will result in eternal suffering. This is Jed's message.

   Regardless of what you feel about the messenger, the message is a very
   serious one.  Most of the Jed-haters hate being told that there are
   divine laws - which they do not like; for example, laws against fornication.
   There are many scriptures that warn of the eternal danger of fornication,
   much less the chances of AIDS, Herpes, etc.  So you have a choice to
   make regardless of how you feel about the messenger.  Some say, I will
   not accept the message because I do not like the messenger.  Okay, the
   loss is yours and your excuse won't help you on judgment day.  Jed's dogma
   is the Bible.  Take the time to investigate its claims.

|>
|> It has really gotten me down, and this is no joke. It is not about 'God',
|> but rather man-made religions, which attempt to explain what we don't
|> understand. It is these preachings of hate and intolerance which I can
|> not understand. I think if more people saw that organized religion is
|> the PROBLEM, and not the answer, that would be the first step, at least,
|> to a better world.

   You are right about intolerance.  You are wrong about hate.  You don't
    understand or you are are merely throwing out a term to help you justify
    your own rebellion to God.  God loves you - yet he has a set of laws that
    he will enforce.  Would you expect the police not to enforce their laws
    that have been written?  Examine the Bible and repent (which means to
    turn from your ways and surrender to God's ways).  Hold your anger back
    long enough to think about it.  And I won't say, "I told you so" when
    you do.  I will rejoice, not for my sake, but for yours.

    Read Romans 3:23-25, John 3:16.  Jesus is the one who can reconcile you
    to God, if you turn to him.
|>
|>
|> -John
|>

    - Bill
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