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Pastimes : Ask God -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: IN_GOD_I_TRUST who wrote (27212)	9/26/1999 11:50:00 AM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

Steve, I asked you: "What if someone's father sexually molests them? Should he still be honored." You responded: << But if they are going against God, to honor them is to tell them were they are wrong, respectfully. >> Just in case children, who are being molested by their father, are reading this, when does the child tell the father that he is wrong, during molestation or after? How long should a child suffer this abuse before telling someone who could lock up their "piece of garbage" father? << If Mom and Dad are acting against God's will, you let them know respectfully and have every right not to act upon their requests. >> What if the Dad is a selfish creep who enjoys raping and brutalizing his kids? There are people that enjoy seeing kids suffer. Do you just preach to these types of lowlifes and let them continue ruining young lives? << But he loves us regardless of what the sin, or how many sins. >> You can believe and want a god who loves Hitler or Stalin or Castro or Pol Pot or Mao or Charles Manson. I have a God Who can distinguish between good and evil. << He does not want to lose one soul. That's why he is so wonderful. >> He is wonderful because he doesn't want to lose despicable, murderous, inhuman souls? What happened to a God that could judge a soul's merits? My God throws the evil souls out with the garbage. There is an old saying that you are measured by the type of company that you keep. << He offers salvation to all! Praise him! >> I am glad that the real God is not as myopic as you would wish Him to be. << Anyone can rehabiliate themselves from any sin >> Nonsense. For an easy repute, what of the criminally and mentally ill, those that have physical, mental defects that cannot be cured? There are many people who enjoy the suffering of others. They do not consider it a sin. << If they knew God, as anyone that does could testify, they would not want to sin ever again, regardless of their coonstruction. >> I disagree. Evil people do evil things. But, OTOH, knowing the "wrong" god does nothing for anyone. And so, I'll close this little fruitless discussion by recommending that you stay believing in a spirit that cannot tell good from evil, or doesn't care, and I'll stay with my God, the only God, Who would never accept a defective, unfixable soul, such as Hitler or Stalin, etc. Perhaps, when you get into Heaven you can sit next to Stalin and have him tell you stories about how many innocent people he enjoyed killing. At least it will pass away the time for you. <g>