On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jun 18, 2008, at 10:17 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > > > For a long time I have said that God must be frustrated that man is > > dumb as > > a rock. > > ??? > > How could he be frustrated? Man is *exactly* the way he wants him to > be. After all, he is all-powerful, and could have made man any way he > wanted. > > > You suggest that God should do as we are doing today? Dumb it down > > for the > > masses? I think that he gave his Son to us and Jesus took a small > > group to > > educate. They were set to pass it on. Seems like the plan worked. > > Are you serious? It worked? You think that the world has understood > and embraced the message that Jesus was preaching? > -------------------
The world restated time's starting point going forward. Some of us talk about it on a weekly basis and others on a daily basis. Those of us got it. The ones who come twice a year probably don't get it but God has not abandoned them like He has not abandoned you. > Not only don't most people belong to one of the many factious groups > that call themselves 'Christian', many of the people who call > themselves 'Christians' don't even come close to actually living the > way he described. Nearly every person on this list who is vocal about > being Christian has no problem with invading another country and > killing thousands of innocent people. > --------------------------------------------------------------- I wish I could be the disciple. Peter gave up his wife, and followed Christ. Became the first Pope. Amazing. > > WWJB? (Who Would Jesus Bomb?) > ------------------------ This joke was yesterdays readings. The Priest told a personal reference to this in his homily. Back in the lat 80's the priest had a new associate priest who came into the rectory only to find an escapee from a prison. Disparate for cash that man killed the associate priest when he didn't have money or enough money to give him. That priests mother told the police that she did not want to sentence that man and have him put to death because of what he had done to her son. How hard is that ? * Scripture: **Matthew 5:43-48* 43 "You have heard that it was said, `You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you salute only your brethren, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? 48 You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. So when we read that can we love the residents of Iraq and Iran? Is love another way to say tolerate and not despise? I am sure that is what that woman did or had to do. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
