Hi Dakotah, The problem I have with such people is usually their extreme views are largely based on inaccurate interpretations of the scriptures and aren't based on common sense.
For example, if someone is taking a math test and the correct answer happens to be 666 or$6.66 or anything else with the numbers 666 God isn't going to strike someone dead because they happened to write that number down. It doesn't mean they worship the devil or have accepted the mark of the beast because its not being used for a religious purpose. One would think since God is suppose to know everything the difference between using 666 on a math test and accepting the mark of the beast, but some religious extremists don't give God that much credit or intelligence. Besides there are alternative interpretations to the scriptures they are talking about, and it may not necessarily mean a physical mark. In Revelations it talks about the mark being given in or on the forehead which might mean the mind rather than some mark of 666 on someone's forehead. It also says it will be in or on the hand. This could mean the person works for the beast rather than being a physical mark on someone's hand. However, extremists don't think about these other interpretations and are set on one and only one interpretation of scriptures which really is pretty narrow minded. How can they really be certain they know the truth when a lot of the scriptures have more than one interpretation? Anyway, let's get back to gaming. We don't want to get a religious war going on list. The last thing we want to do here is kick off World War III over religious views. In the end it will serve no purpose but make a lot of people upset. Cheers! On 6/20/12, Dakotah Rickard <[email protected]> wrote: > When I was little, I was friends with a lot of more extreme > Christians, and they had such an influence that i refused to write the > number 666 as an answer to a test. I knew the answer, the teacher > asked me why I got only that question wrong, and I remember clearly > thinking that there was something unhappy inside me for having to get > that answer incorrect because of a number, but as I said in another > post, it is hard not to admire the faith of people in this age in > which faith is sort of a dying art. I don't like some of the things > done in the name of faith, but I love faith itself. > > Signed: > Dakotah Rickard > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
