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its_salmon

To grace y'all...

May 02, 2004 22:44

So, dear readers; much has conspired since my last monologue, first and foremost being the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and the subsequent reprise of the "alleluia" into our liturgical vernacular ( Read more... )

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don't knock other religions anonymous May 9 2004, 18:53:28 UTC

Hey John ( ... )

Response Pt. 1 - Please read both as I don't have enough room to type all. its_salmon May 10 2004, 07:02:44 UTC

I cannot agree that they are essentially the same and I don't feel that they would agree with that either. Moreso, I cannot agree that they are "the same" as Christianity for this very reason. As Christians, we lift up the name of Jesus as the unique son of God who was resurrected from the dead and is living today. All the other religions say "I don't think so, you're mistaken". Our faith is CENTERED (wow, I wish I had some italics to further emphasize that word) in the cross and the empty tomb, yet even the Abrahamic faiths to which we are so closely linked demean this by saying "Jesus wasn't it, keep looking ( ... )

Pt. 2 - Read Part 1 First its_salmon May 10 2004, 07:04:30 UTC

But here's what I do know. Jesus said "those who reject me, reject the one who sent me". And there's a whole lot of rejection of God going on in the world through the claims ABOUT JESUS made by Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Wiccans, you name it. Such claims negate the power of the cross and the incarnation of almighty God in Jesus Christ becomes a big ole "What's the point?" statement. I know that this breaks the heart of our God who is, by nature a jealous God (to which I say that He should be a jealous God, begging us to turn our eyes from all that is not as important as Him, which is EVERYTHING). I don't want to break God's heart. I don't want to (as the Hebrews author writes) "trample the body of the Son of God underfoot". Indeed, in the same way, claims that other religious systems are equal to Jesus' sacrifice or that it's okay to reject Jesus for the Buddha do just that ( ... )

Other religions indeed anonymous May 10 2004, 22:31:37 UTC

There is One God. He is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has revealed himself to us over many thousands of years, and yet, we seem to forget what we know of God ( ... )

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