On Sun, 22 May 2011 17:16:42 -0700, Michael Sylvester wrote: >Mike P: God saw the faith of millions and decided to spare the world.
If history is any guide, God does that *ALOT*. It might/should make one think when one hears "prophets" crying "rapture". I also think that people who believe that all are children of God and as long as one lives a good, compassionate, and ethical life one may still ascend to heaven (it doesn't matter what you believe, so Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, etc, may still enter heaven). On the other hand, people who maintain that there are two types of people in the world, namely, "believers" who will automatically go to heaven and "non-believers" who will automatically go to hell, are probably more concerned with ingroup/outgroup distinctions and are more likely to believe in rapture/endtime issues. Somebody should do a study on this. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] P.S. In a world with billions of people, the faith of a few million probably doesn't matter in the big scheme of things though those few million may think it does. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=10698 or send a blank email to leave-10698-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
