--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], t3rinity <no_reply@> wrote: > <snip> > > > Even a fundamental Christian may have had an Awakening > > > experience, and therefore believes that anything > > > connected with that religion is true. > > > > You're deluding yourself...*most* Christians in > > the world have had NO SUCH EXPERIENCE. They are > > merely trusting what they have been told to trust. > > Most Christians, perhaps. But Michael specified > *fundamentalist* Christians, many if not most of > whom have had some sort of "born-again" experience.
Thanks Judy, that's what I had meant indeed. It's just that such experiences aren't counted as such by some people. They are so 'low' that they don't even count them as such. > > > > > If that ain't enough to dispel your oversimplifi- > > > > cation, think about books that describe what > > > > happens after one dies. A *lot* of people believe > > > > they're true, but they're not necessarily basing > > > > that belief on their own personal experience. :-) > > > > > > They may or they may not. Many though do have experiences > > > which reinforce that belief, like you had an experience > > > of a past lifetime, or simply things said there match > > > with their own experience. Like you may have had > > > experiences which go beyond the purely physical realm, > > > and therefore conclude that there is something more > > > that doesn't die with the body. The rest is some kind > > > of reasoning. So, as I said, its ALWAYS a mix. To > > > believe otherwise is simplification, black and white > > > painting, as you did. > > > > I think you've caught a case of "Judy disease," and > > are just trying to avoid admitting that you made a > > statement that wasn't well thought through. :-) > > Translation: Barry didn't understand the first > statement, so he thought he had a devastating > rebuttal to it. But now that it's been explained > to him, he realizes the statement made sense all > along, and his rebuttal did not. I think its a matter of having buttons pushed. I made the mistake of opposing him.(btw doesn't 'buttons pushed' sound a bit too deterministic?) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
