Re: [OT] Religian

Pete Dashwood wrote:
"Howard Brazee" <howard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:i8tif35d3q7keenm76gt4fp0ibseiu5c8v@xxxxxxxxxx
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:12:07 GMT, spambait@xxxxxxxxxx (Doug Miller)
wrote:

I too am Roman Catholic. I love talking about the Bible with Jehova's
Witness people when they come to my door wanting me to read
Watchtower. They get real annoyed when I call them heathens.
The JWs usually leave my doorstep pretty quickly when I tell them we're Roman
Catholic. Might be the slight stress I place on the word "Roman"...
I don't mind them. Anybody who tells me that if I am not saved, I
will die is quite pleasant compared to anybody who tells me that if I
am not saved, I will be eternally tortured.

I really don't understand how anybody could stay sane who truly
believed strangers, acquaintances, friends, and family will be
tortured beyond all understanding forever and ever without hope of
parole.

Heck, I couldn't take it if the most evil person in the world was so
tortured. I just don't have that extreme level of hatred to turn
myself that evil.

In the world 3500 years ago, it was probably seen as OK. Leadership had to be strong and punishments were harsh. Simple people figured the harsher the punishment, the greater the leader.

We moved on, but the scriptures didn't, and cannot.


Actually, so did scripture. That is why they call it the *New* testament. Funny how lots of so called "christians" refuse to accept the teachings of Christ as over-riding the old testament, but then religion, by definition, is about fixed values.

Donald
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