[Mb-civic] To Lyle

[Ian]

Richard:

Blessings and...yes, peace.

Forgive me: since I was not being sarcastic about ignoring or disdaining the Scriptures (everyone is entitled to their opinion...), your comments struck me as unnecessarily "argumentative"; i.e., it seemed as though you were simply looking to be "combative."  Seeing as that is not the case (because you read my statement as sarcasm), you have my sincere apologies for my "accusatory" tone.

As for coffee, I'd like that.  Let me know what works for you.

Peace.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: richard haase 
  To: mb-civic at islandlists.com 
  Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 8:28 PM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-civic] To Lyle


  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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