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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Marvin Long, Jr.
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> > > Hey, if our lives are all preordained, then why aren't we all priests?
> >
> > You don't know Christian doctrine, eh? We *are* all priests.
> See I Peter
> > 2:9.
>
> Only if we are *all* Christian, Nick.
Not necessarily. The "you" in that verse could apply to everyone. I
believe it does. I vaguely recall someone's conversation with God that goes
like this: "What is our purpose for existing?" "Take care of each other."
"Okay, but what is our purpose for existing?" "Take care of each other, I
said."
> Besides, Peter was just trying to make his buddies feel better about the
> fact that nobody in their neighborhood wanted to sit down and have a nice
> long talk about accepting Jesus as their personal savior. ;-)
I think the joke would be to treat it as if Peter were saying that his
buddies were special, so they could start selling indulgences and other
means of charging admission to God. "Hey, look, God gave *me* the keys!"
(Catholics should particularly appreciate that last bit.)
Nick
