yeah I have had some well-meaning people try to convert me too....
Dana William H. Bowen writes: > Well I was going to send the message below (see snips) but then I saw the > response of Mr Small, and I think I'd like to add a little there too... > > I don't have enough fingers and toes to count the number of times that I > have been personally told by folks practicing Christianity, God-fearing > folks, going to Church on Sunday folks, that I, as a Catholic, am not > entitled to a little slice of heaven because I do not subscribe to their > particular subset of a franchise of Christianity. > > "Being a missionary is a calling that these people have from their Divine > creator" > > Great; fan-friggin-tastic; but I don't see what that has to do with telling > my kid (who is 8) he's going to hell because he doesn't go to church, what > the f*ck kind of Christian value is that? Yes, I am referring to a specific > incident. Am I trying to say that *all* Christians are this way? No, not by > any means, but in my own *personal* experience, Christians of the > non-Catholic, demi-Baptist or Evangelical varities tend to be more...hmmm... > assertive in their prosletizing, even/especially when it comes to preaching > and "witnessing" to members of the founding faith. > > <snip> > Michael, > > Good points. > > On one hand Muslim and Arab communities around the globe are already > clamoring that this is a Christian vs. Muslim conflict, I don't really see > that one more group of missionaries is going to give that opinion any more > or less creedence. If our troops pulled out today, there would still be > clamoring for years and years about "Crusade '03" and how horrible it was. > > On the other hand I think that the missionaries that follow Mr Graham over > yonder will be taking a greater risk than normal with their own personal > safety, something that will undoubtedly sway public opinion even further > should those folks be killed. > </snip> > > will > ---- > > William H. Bowen > Webmaster > > ALSTOM's T&D Energy Automation & Information Business > > "Your friendly neighborhood Webmaster!" > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.esca.com/ > > 425.739.3629 Voice > 425.466.7016 Cell > 425.739.3690 FAX > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 8:58 AM > Subject: Re: Christian vs. Muslim > > > > On one hand I hate missionary scum. I think they should all be hung by > their > > gentiles until they decide to leave other peoples religions alone. On the > other > > hand, sending missionaries to Iraq will simply lend more credence to the > Arabs > > propaganda that this is another crusade. On the third hand, I say let them > go. > > When the local populace kills them for trying to convert them then maybe > they'll > > get a clue. > > Please note that the above is due to my extreme dislike of missionaries, > many of > > whom have it as their personal mission to convert my people to another > religion. > > I'm not going into whose religion is right or anything in that area. I > just > > don't think that people should be going around saying "worship MY God, > yours is > > wrong" or "worship the one God MY way as yours is wrong" or any way they > want to > > say it. > > As for the members of the community that are missionaries, they have never > tried > > to convert me in any way, shape, or form and I have not tried to remove > their > > faith through debate. It's a nice balance. :) > > > > > > > I heard something interesting on NPR today. Samaritan's Purse, a > > > christian charity run by Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham, will be > > > sending missionaries to Iraq. Unfortunately Franlkin has been very > > > outspoken against the muslim religion. So how will the affect the > > > perception that this work is about christians vs muslims, a viewpoint > > > held by a some muslim leaders. Should we restrict who can go in there > > > during this time? > > > > > > Marlon > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
