So then Kay, just how is one to make such a determination?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Slade Henson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: January 03, 2005 10:36 Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Believing scripture > Which I would think would boil down to one issue: salvation. > All other topics (or arguments) are subject to opinion and don't really > matter. If it's not a salvation issue, then it's essentially a non-issue, > but can be fun to kick around ideas and opinions. Same with > prophecy...nobody really knows and all are wrong in one way or another... > > K. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lance Muir > Sent: Monday, 03 January, 2005 10.24 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Believing scripture > > > Amen Terry! What needs be determined is that which falls under the rubric > 'non-negotiable'. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry Clifton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: January 03, 2005 08:01 > Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Believing scripture > > > > David Miller wrote: > > > > > > > >Sorry if you feel that my comments facilitate an us v. them mentality. I > > >guess it does, but it seems to me that we already have that here. > Perhaps I > > >should not facilitate that, so I will consider your kind corrective here. > > > > > >John has repeatedly refered to *THEM* as the Triad. I guess that is some > > >other kind of Trinity? Anyway... we do have some polarizing here between > > >groups and it is hard to read about the Triad and the theologians who > have > > >it all figured out and not see a *them* out there. In a church setting, > I > > >would be entirely on your side here and say that we would not want that > kind > > >of division, but on a list like this where pagans and Mormons and > > >Protestants and Roman Catholics and Jews and Muslims might discuss > matters, > > >I'm not sure we should try and pretend that there is not going to be some > > >polarizing between parties, resulting in a them and we in discussions. > It > > >might even be healthy, kind of like preaching on a street corner. :-) > > > > > >I sure would like to hear what Terry thinks about this. That man helps > keep > > >my feet on the ground. > > > > > > > > ============================================= > > To be quite honest David, I think it is unrealistic to think that you > > are not going to have an us and them mentality. > > > > When people come up with conflicting systems of belief and both are > > firmly convinced that what they belive is correct, there is no way you > > can honestly believe that the other person is making sense. More than > > one of us has become frustrated when we explain the truth and the other > > person rejects it. That is natural, I think, when you have > > 1.strong convictions and > > 2.do not want to see anyone deceived by false teaching. > > > > It is much easier to ridicle "them" than it is to pray for them. Unless > > you believe that everyone is saved, it is perfectly normal to wonder if > > "Them" are saved, since "them" are in such blatant error. > > > > Will we ever all agree? Maybe when Hell freezes over. > > Terry > > > > > > ---------- > > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may > know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) > http://www.InnGlory.org > > > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a > friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know > how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) > http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a > friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
