Steven Vincent Johnson wrote on 2-25-09: ``Thomas, You have stated most succinctly that in order to be accepted in what seems (at least to me) to comprise a very exclusive membership for acceptance to The Rapture ...
Thomas wrote: A Holy G-d is obligated, because he is holy, to bring about the expiation of sin from the world. I'd love to do something about this, but it's not my place. More to the point, this expiation will require blood shed ... Steven wrote: You state: "... this expiation will require blood shed ..." Those are heavy words, Thomas. Such a statement causes me to wonder how you are able to personally reconcile what is considered to be one of G-d's most important commandments, which you clearly state is, "love your fellow man as your self?" ...'' Hi All, Most of the many groups which formed during the early nineteenth century are merely amusing, lacking a core of malevolence -- Mormons, Millerites, Shakers, the Oneida group, etc. -- but the Darbyites are different. In my opinion, they are the backbone of the modern pro-death movement in Britain and the U. S. How many gallons of blood will it take to fill the Valley of Jezreel to the height of a horse's shoulders? How many billions of people will G_d have to slice up with a sword to spill this much blood? I was thinking of the Darbyites when I wrote some time ago that I see no difference between the Fundamentalists and the Satanists. Jack Smith P. S. If "A Holy G-d is obligated, because he is holy, to bring about the expiation of sin from the world ..." how is that statement compatible with the belief that salvation is possible by faith alone?
