Emile,
"It's never to late to go back to your back yard and dig up the treasures that your grandmother tried to give you; but wouldn't that require humility and a humble heart."
Just to start, I'll go back to the earlier post where you referred to my "sweet old grandmother". Don't jump to conclusions. Sweet she was, but she was also an inner-city schoolteacher and later principal, and she was tough as she was sweet. She had also been through more hardship, I'd guess, than you and I put together.
Actually, by your criteria I doubt she was a very good Christian. I never heard her try and convert anyone, and she never spoke an unkind word about another faith. She certainly had nothing against Jews.
I told you that the light of love that surrounded her was palpable, and so it was. But I have seen that same light many times since, in people of many other faiths, most recently among pagans.
I really think that before anyone criticizes another faith, they should try living among other faiths and cultures. Not trying to convert them, just being among them, watching the way they live. When you see what the others are like, how much like you they are, how they share the same dreams and desires, it is very hard to believe that God would discriminate against any group of his children. I sincerely doubt that he does.
How about you? Does the light of love, understanding, and tolerance surround you? If it does, it sure doesn't find its way into your words.
I will stand by my comment about how people react to your kind of preaching. I have watched many, many, missionaries doing their thing, and the more aggressive they are, the worse the response. You should take some lessons from Steve Meyer. I really do think you drive people away from your faith.
Steve |
