Charles said:'to Christians, when one dies, one's fate has been cast...there is no second chance.' This is not a universally held position within the 'whole' Christian Church.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Perry Locke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: January 21, 2005 09:08 Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] What is a Christian? > > >DAVEH: Sure......and, do you understand what I'm saying? > > Yes. > > >IMHO, being a Christian bears a responsibility to act like a Christian. > > And everyone has their own perception of what that behavior is. One thing > you must consider is that in the LDS scheme everyone gets a second chance to > hear the gospel after they die, so there is no urgency to believe (let me > know if I have this wrong). However, to Christians, when one dies, one's > fate has been cast...there is no second chance. So, if you believed that, > you might yell, wave undies, call out sin directly, or whatever it might > take to get others to enter from death into life. The absolute bottom line > to the difference in our beliefs is that if you are right, I get a second > chance. If I am right, you are dead. > > >If the actions of Christians betray the perceptions of what non-Christians > >have been told Christianity represents, I wonder what message they are > >hearing. So Perry...back to my question. Do you think the street > >preachers who go out of their way to create controversy, ever consider the > >effect their antics may have on the non-believers? > > I feel certain there are those who are repulsed by even the meekest of > street preachers, as well as controversial ones. I also believe there are > those that are attracted by the controversial. So, who am I to say what the > Lord is laying on a street preacher's heart, or why? > > >And as a related question, do other street preachers (who do not go to the > >extremes in their preaching) ever cringe when they see the actions of the > >more rude SPs? > > I have no idea. Probably. > > >> > >>Perry > >> > > > ---------- > "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.
