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Re: Questions for Paul...
Posted by St. Me (Guest) - Sunday, October 17 2004, 21:02:21 (CEST)
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Paul,

I think you are a reasonable man and I agree with you on most of the issues especially with respect to the abortion subject. You were asked several questions that were sort of ambiguous so you gave quick and rapid responses that were not lengthy or in depth. That was totally understood again with respect on how the questions were asked.

There were two questions that caught my eye. I want to start with one the question that was asked and I quote

">*Is the majority of the world's population (which does not follow Jesus Christ) doomed to Hell (in your opinion, that is if you believe in hell) if they don't believe in Jesus?" and your answer was

"No. I'm not Roman Catholic. I follow the religion of your forefathers and mine in the Church of the East, which has no such concept."


You gave a different response with respect to the “Who does not follow/believe in Jesus is doomed to hell” by mentioning the Roman Catholic dogma. We who do follow the concept of the Orthodox faith of our forefathers that does teach the Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith and he who does not accept this is doomed to eternal separation from Gods grace.

The Roman Catholics added an extension in which you would agree has nothing to do with our teaching which is the teaching of purgatory. We the Christian Orthodox discount this teaching of purgatory because it is not biblical. This was never taught even when Jesus was on this Earth. This would be sort of heretic in a sense. I don't want to get go too much into this.

A person who never heard or was exposed to or heard the gospel the loving knowledge of our Lord will be judged according to his deeds. A person who heard of Christ and rejected him is doomed for eternal separation from God. The only way to look at in a Spiritual/God point of view, I would try to compare it to the way we look at it in a judicial point of view. In other words we would have to use the concept of justice and how it is applied.

God who is the perfect judge with no faults must way his applied judgment or application with the most accurate form of judicial wisdom. I am not speaking of condemnation as a whole, but a judgment which includes a level of reward and a level of punishment.

If one is going to be rewarded for good, God is just to reward him according to those persons deeds. If God is going to be judging in the most fairness with respect to deeds then God must punish a person’s bad deed equal. The both have to be weighed equally with respect to bad or good behavior. With respect to mans goodness and Gods perfection we all come short and failed the litmus test if you will. We all are sinners and according to Gods perfect judgment we should all be condemned. But God with his love toward his children even as much as it pains me to include Parhad found a way to avoid this condemnation that is deservedly appointed on to us. Through one man we have sinned so all have fallen short to the glory of God and the wages of sin is death. The odds are still one per person. Again, like I said God found a way for us to be with him and we all know what it is.

The other question was "Will you vote in the upcoming election, and if so, for whom?" You replied

"Yes, and I don't know yet. I'm not voting for Bush again, and I don't like Kerry."

We have been in a two way race with Bush and Kerry for eleven months now. What are you waiting for? You know where Bush stands with respect to foreign policy and domestic. No candidate is going to fix our basic social problems with respect health care, education etc. They both have a plan, but there both plans run parallel.

Both candidates are on the same page. The only difference between the two is tax policy. Kerry is aggressive and fond of big government and Bush is for low taxes. Again, they are both the same with respect to policy. On moral issue they differ slightly. Kerry for aggressive abortion right, Bush limits abortion and pushes to get rid of partial birth abortion.

The major difference between the two is in foreign policy. Bush has a vision in which I personal say is the only way to deal with the terrorist and with respect to rogue country’s moving toward democracies. We saw an example with respect to Libya , Afghanistan and Iraq. Most middle Easterners don’t really believe that Iraq, Iran and the Middle East as a whole should move towards democracy.

Kerry believes that France and the U.N should play a pivotal role with respect to policing the world. He also believes we should adopt the ways of Canada which is isolationism. I can go on and on. I understand why you won’t vote for Bush, but really think why you would want to vote for Kerry? Please don’t say because he’s not Bush or the cliché “Kerry is the lesser of two evils.” That is not my question. My question is why would you vote for Kerry? A person of your wisdom should have decided this a long time ago.

Thanks Paul.



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