Yo, Ken: I parse it this way. There are believers who don't assume I'm
damned to eternal perdition--some of my best friends, etc. Then there are
the others. You're in the first group. That other group thinks you and I
will burn in the same fire. If so, we'd probably argue heatedly, but
usually with mutual respect.
"We could have been a pair of marshmellows
Roasting at a girlscout picnic..."
Mark
At 01:25 PM 5/15/2005, you wrote:
>David Riddell wrote:
>
>>Maybe we should put it to a vote?
>>
>>Nah!
>>Feed him to the lions!!
>>more like it.
>>
>Cut it out. Anyone with religious convictions can step in muck if and
>when he/she/it chooses to make religion into a public spectacle, to do
>what is seen as proselytizing, and to go one step further than even I
>managed, i.e., to accuse--if only by inference--other people of being
>hostile to the faith of others.
>
>I do not explore consciences. I don't care about them or about their
>faith or lack of same. I have only acts or words written as acts.
>Yours reminded me of what I just posted, Jesus' words about public
>displays of religiosity. They are as embarrassing as a couple
>performing intimate acts in a train station. The words "hypocrite" and
>"Pharisee" appear to apply. You can make your own choice about
>remaining here. If you listened carefully to the Palm Sunday narrative,
>unless you were a lector, _you you you you you_ were part of the crowd
>yelling "Crucify him!" Which makes you no more or less a sinner than
>anyone else. So stop judging everyone.
>
>Ken
>
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>Kenneth Wolman http://kenwolman.com http://kenwolman.blogspot.com
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>times along with the worst; where you are not allowed to forget the worst,
>else you cannot be healed."--C. D. Wright
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