RE: 5 Levels of the Faith. My personal observation.
May 26, 2013 at 1:23 am
(This post was last modified: May 26, 2013 at 1:28 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(May 25, 2013 at 7:45 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Not really. We all respond to the light we've been given. The world isn't black and white to me. I do not see One True Religion on one side and False Teachings on the other. Since God is the source of all goodness and truth, each religion has at least some validity at the most basic level. I believe God will be merciful to believers that sincerely respond to those teachings with love and goodwill. Now are all religions equal? No. I do not believe that. I think some are better than others at cultivating love and goodwill among their adherents. The Great Commission still applies, since Christians want to draw others into greater light.
Perhaps you ought to extend that courtesy to those that do not believe, and give the devil his due. Face it, without us skeptics you hookers would still be babbling about talking snakes, eh? I think you're just trying to draw the net wide so as to avoid the nagging feeling that if any one god might be horrendous bullshit - it could just as easily be your own.
But hey, what do I know, right? Hell, maybe your christianity actually -is- so vapid as to say "so long as there are ghosts it has to be at least a little bit true".......
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