cleanrain, thank you. I reread your 2nd letter today and decided to come to LJ and search out the Chrisitan group you spoke of. It really is a good site. I responded to a couple of the posters. Saw your response.
It is still up because I was coming to your site next ... and then back to your letter. It's taken me all day to get this far :):)
You know how it works ... you keep following people & pretty soon you are lost.
Hi Dave ... it only took me 1 year and a couple of months to see your response. They have been hectic months and life has changed; first for the worse; then for the better
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AvalokiteśvaradavehillDecember 18 2009, 03:55:57 UTC
"I really do use the Bible as the standard."
That certainly is your choice. It's a choice that provides all the answers you need. It is a good choice for you. Not everybody makes that choice and nobody should be judged for making different choices that better fulfill their needs.
I hear judgment in the tone of your writing "His distain for God and arrogant attitude, IF it honestly represented his feelings were a rejection of God and His offer of eternal life. "Wouldst thou care to be judged by other people's standards? What if a Buddhist were to presume that because he hadn't accepted the loving embrace of Avalokiteshvara that he would be condemned to an eternity of pain and suffering, endless cycles of rebirth and death? What if a Muslim were to presume that because he hadn't bowed to Mecca and submitted to the will of God using phrases from the Koran that he would condemned to an eternity of pain in hell? I don't understand how anybody can judge another in this life for not believing the things that we choose to believe. The
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I reread your 2nd letter today and decided to come to LJ and search out the Chrisitan group you spoke of. It really is a good site. I responded to a couple of the posters. Saw your response.
It is still up because I was coming to your site next ... and then back to your letter. It's taken me all day to get this far :):)
You know how it works ... you keep following people & pretty soon you are lost.
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That certainly is your choice. It's a choice that provides all the answers you need. It is a good choice for you. Not everybody makes that choice and nobody should be judged for making different choices that better fulfill their needs.
I hear judgment in the tone of your writing "His distain for God and arrogant attitude, IF it honestly represented his feelings were a rejection of God and His offer of eternal life.
"Wouldst thou care to be judged by other people's standards? What if a Buddhist were to presume that because he hadn't accepted the loving embrace of Avalokiteshvara that he would be condemned to an eternity of pain and suffering, endless cycles of rebirth and death? What if a Muslim were to presume that because he hadn't bowed to Mecca and submitted to the will of God using phrases from the Koran that he would condemned to an eternity of pain in hell? I don't understand how anybody can judge another in this life for not believing the things that we choose to believe. The ( ... )
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