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Tammy
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Date Posted: 10:34:10 03/22/02 Fri
In reply to:
Diane
's message, "Re: Wonder what happened to Raven?" on 07:29:25 03/22/02 Fri
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Fair enough. I know that there are many
>who interpret differently, but they often do so
>without consideration of whether their way actually
>works to produce life or solve problems. ie) holding
>to the concept that God insists on men being in
>leadership positions, even while women are often
>better suited to it - this doesn't make sense to me.
That doesn't make sense to me either. I surely hope that a God who is supposed to love us all equally would want us to be treated equally too.
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~You'd have to be specific about the
>manner you are speaking of that you only notice
>Christians being that way. But I can sure point out
>some nasty attitudes lately on the part of Islamic
>followers.
I see what you're saying. But I don't think you can judge an entire religion, or it's followers, upon the actions of some radical, extremist terrorists. And I completely disagree with the attacks on innocent Muslims since 9/11. Just as I don't see all Christians in a bad light because of the nuts I've encountered, I won't judge all Muslims by the actions of a few.
>~~~~~~~~~~~~You don't think anyone attracts them to
>themselves? Then you're missing a powerful tool that
>you could use to your benefit.
No. I believe that sometimes good people just run into bad people. I feel that's just the way the world is right now. But if you could tell me what this tool is, I'd like to know.
>>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tammy, what does it mean to project
>kindness or love? Are we to have the other person's
>best interests in mind? Or are we to accept what
>another person believes and never point it out to them
>that they are hurting themselves?
>To different people, being loving and kind will be
>different things. I, for instance would neven approach
>you and tell you, 'do not to try to convert me to your
>beliefs of Buddhism'. If you really think that I would
>do better by believing the way that you do, I would
>consider it unloving and unkind, if you didn't do
>something to point out the advantages of Buddhism.
I don't know if I can explain what it means to be loving and kind. That's one of those things you just have to figure out for yourself. I don't think that people are hurting themselves by not believing Christianity, or Buddhism, or Wicca, or whatever the case may be. I would not try to convert other people from their religion, because it's an act of intolerance, and that's not how I behave. So there's a line that has to be drawn. I can still project all of the positive things I wish to, without trying to change anyone's beliefs.
>~~~~~~~~~~~~Again Tammy, you would have to be specific
>about what mistakes are being made in the Bible, for
>me to address them and discern this for myself. I
>haven't met anyone yet that could. And I've had some
>toughies.
Again, I don't wish to start an argument, so I'm going to stay as far away from this question as possible. *S* For me, just by reading it, I discovered these things.
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Oh, I have. And that's how we got onto
>this topic of reading each others material. As I've
>already mentioned, he still seems to be a little on
>the evasive side, since he hasn't gotten back to me on
>how he's doing on his end.
It really hasn't been that long yet. Maybe it's a little too soon to think that Raven is ducking out somehow.
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~So then do you agree that your point
>about how Buddha couldn't be pointing to the Christ
>because he was born 500 years beforehand is not
>significant?
No, that's not what I said. How much of the bible was written after Jesus had already died? And how much of it told what would happen to him before it happened?
>~~~~~~~~~~~~Tammy, I'm just saying that I seem to have
>enough on my plate right now - but if the situation
>ever presents itself with another person, I will
>surely look into it. There were no ill intentions.
Ok, I am glad about that.
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