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A slight question
Posted by Jeff (Guest) jeff@attoz.com - Monday, March 1 2004, 20:00:56 (EST)
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Dear Nineveh Kid,
Below I have made bold two of your sentences:

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>I don't believe in killing or hurting or bombing anyone. I don't agree with those policies. Are we talking about U.S. military policy or are we talking about the Christian Sacrament of Holy Communion? Why one should choose Cannibalism? I don't choose cannibalism because I don't see it as cannibalism, even though I understand what you say when you describe it that way. I can only say that what you see as a purely physical act of consuming flesh and blood, I see as a spiritual action hidden within the substance of the Lord's flesh and blood. Beyond that, if I try to explain it in historically religious terms, you will say I'm indulging in dogma and religious hocus pocus. Besides, from what you have already said you are familiar with the explanations from the Church's perspective, so it would be useless to repeat it. Sin against an infinitely Good Creator is infinite in its malice and, therefore, deserving of infinite punishment. I don't like it, but it makes sense to me. I wish everyone could be saved, but the key to understanding it, FOR ME, is FREE WILL. I just don't see any way around it. Believe me, if I saw a way around it, I would take that path. That seems to me to be the easier path altogether. Why wouldn't I take it? Fear of the consequences of rebelling against God is definitely a factor. The "fear of God is the beginning of Wisdon." Why? Because God is Holy and All Good. Fear can be good. I'm afraid to stand in front of traffic on an Expressway, I'm afraid of jumping off of the Empire State Building, I'm afraid of jumping into shark-infested waters. I'm afraid of robbing a bank. Fear of logical or just consequences protects us from those consequences. I am trying to see the BIG PICTURE, and not simply focus on the unpleasant details. I understand what you are saying, but I DON'T SEE ANYWAY AROUND IT. I'm not willing to take the plunge into the unknown on the easier route that says we are all gods and can do what ever we please, without suffering the consequences. So, maybe that makes me a coward... I don't know.


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So, my commentary is simply a question to you.

Above, you say that they key to understanding is FREE WILL. Then, down below, you say that you aren't willing to take the plunge and "do whatever you please". Isn't this a contradiction in terms?

Isn't doing whatever you please an excercise in free will? And if the key to understanding is free will... then why don't you do whatever you please? You ARE doing whatever you please. It pleases you to be religious. You are exercising free will in making that decision. However, it pleases me to reject organized religion. I am also using my free will.

Do you see what I am saying here? That you might have a slight contradiction in what you have written. Could you please clarify for me what you meant?



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