Jim Sharkey wrote:
Andrew Paul wrote:
Skimming some fundamentalist web-sites, this caught my eye.
"What if man did establish a lasting world peace? What would be
accomplished by this? Yes, it would be great on the surface to live
on earth in peace, but what would be the long term effect? Answer:
more sin, more rebellion, more infidelity, more atheism, and more
apostasy! Men don't seek God during peaceful times. It is during
such times that men pursue their carnal and selfish dreams. It is
during such times that churches fall into apostasy. War, hardship,
and persecution tend to bring out the best in people, while peace
and prosperity do just the opposite."
*blink*
Please tell me this is satire. I'll grant you, the conclusion drawn
in the above paragraph regarding when people turn to God is probably
true. There are no atheists in foxholes, as the saying goes. But if
this guy is serious, he scares me. A lot.
He probably *is* serious. (If Andrew could provide the URL I might be
able to check out the site and get a better idea of whether or not it's
serious or satire.)
There's lots of awful stuff being said and done in the name of
"Christianity".
Julia
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