[Mb-civic] To Lyle

[richard haase]

please dont call me self aggrandizing and then say peace
not at all
i have a profound problem with certain aspects of organized christianity claiming a monopoly on god
and when you were talking about abjuring the scriptures etc
it just came across as sarcasm
but please dont insult me
as that was not my motivation at all
( and aggrandizing how? )
what would i get out of it?
respectfully i dont find your comments in this instance  make much sense


peace to you too
richard haase
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ian 
  To: mb-civic at islandlists.com 
  Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 8:15 PM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-civic] To Lyle


  richard:

  If you will note, I deliberately invited Lyle (and, by extension, anyone else, including you) to "feel free to ignore or disdain [the Judeo-Christian] Scripture."  Thus, your comments are entirely unnecessary, except for self-aggrandizing purposes.

  Peace.
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: richard haase 
    To: mb-civic at islandlists.com 
    Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 7:54 PM
    Subject: Re: [Mb-civic] To Lyle


    Ian the christian scriptures are not the only ones
    and not the only ones that are true
    christians do not have a monopoly on god
    and in my opinion
    that is the great blasphemy of organized christianity
    christianity is a true and just path to god
    but there are others
    including the virtuous atheism
    there is no doubt in my mind that a virtuous atheist
    goes to heaven

    peace

    richard haase in nyc

      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Ian 
      To: Civic 
      Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 7:02 PM
      Subject: [Mb-civic] To Lyle


      Lyle:

      Blessings and Peace.

      Simply for the record, I think I know where you came up with the "150,000" number.  If so, you are mixing things up.

      Revelation states that, just after the "church" is Raptured (leaving no "Christians" on earth), 144,000 people (not 150,000) - 12,000 from each of the 12 original tribes of Israel - will become "super-evangelists," and will bring as many or more people "to Christ" during the "end times" (i.e., the last seven years) than believed in Christ prior to the Rapture - perhaps 1,000,000,000 or more.

      Feel free to ignore or disdain Scripture.  But when you do cite it, please try to do so correctly.

      Peace.


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