Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [RELIGION] Defining a Christian act... was Disowning Conservative Politics, Evangelical Pastor Rattles Flock

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Christian M. Cepel wrote:

> By this, the opposition loves to point out that Christians are:
> a) intolerant
> b) judgmental
> c) condemning
>
> The real answer to this is, "Well Duh!"
>
> When one believes in an absolute, and especially when that belief is in 
> a God who has stated absolutely that he's absolute, there's not really 
> any wiggle room there.

But the crazy part is that there really is no good reason to believe what 
you believe.  We know this because there are many other religions with 
billions of people following them and they don't believe the same as you 
do.  So you decided to be "absolute," but you don't have to be.  Your 
absolutism doesn't follow from your belief in God, it is your choice 
because you are choosing to believe in an absolutistic God.

Mike

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