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Re: Various (No OTR, some religion)
In a message dated 9/25/2001 12:10:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Ysobelle at aol_com writes:
> Maybe it's just me, but I happen to think that unless the Creator
> Him/Herself comes down to earth and sticks a billboard up yer butt, no
> one here knows "the Truth" down to the last detail.
*giggle* Well said! I wholeheartedly agree!
Also: <A HREF="mailto:magdalenemoon at yahoo_com">magdalenemoon at yahoo_com</A>
wrote:
>>Talking about "God" is like walking on
>>eggshells with some of them, which is why I try to
>>wait upon the Holy Spirit's direction in sharing Him
>>with them...your "rebuttal" confused the message I was
>>trying to send.
I'm sincerely curious (but I'm probably going to word this badly): this
sounds to me like you only want them to see one point of view: Yours. Which
would imply that you're "right" and a part-owner of the "Truth." And that
they're incapable of making up their own minds about what they think is True?
Smacks a bit of saying "Here, put on these these blinders, and only look in
this direction, and everything will look so much nicer!!!"
Secondly, and again, I'm sincere here, even if it comes out as sarcastic,
that's not how it's intended: Why are you expecting God to tell You when to
talk to them, or even to speak through you at all? Why not ask God (pray, if
you want to define it that way) to talk to them directly, so that their faith
isn't dependant upon your (human/falliable) view of Him/Her? Wouldn't that
be more convincing all around?
I've usually gone the route of active, intellectual discussion as a means of
discernment, in spiritual matters as in other things; research and
debate-debate-debate and then wait for the 'answers' to settle themselves in
each heart and mind. I believe God insures that those who are truly seeking
will find The Truth for themselves, in one form or another.
But then, that's just my own personal view, and I've yet to find anyone else
for whom what I believe rings as true as it does for me. So.
Again... to each his own... :)
Anita
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