To: Chris land who wrote (30463 ) 6/28/2000 6:43:00 PM From: Thomas C. White Respond to
Chris,how do you think John Wesley would have been received by most of the posters on these threads, after all we are looking at a man who has faced lynch mobs plenty of times because he made them mad. something differently from what you have been doing, since he was known to be able to bring tears of joy to the likes of 18th century English coal miners, the roughest and most downtrodden lot imaginable. I suspect he would consider SI to be a cakewalk.you who first brought up Wesley. I only followed through with my comments on him, as I am quite familiar with his writing and philosophy. The issue addressed in my post is not one of theology, of Methodism versus another denomination. It is how Wesley said that Methodists, and by implication Christians in general, should act towards others, whether other Christians or non-believers. It was his gentle and joyous bearing and demeanor towards the lowest and least of all people, and the joyous and positive nature of his message to them, that gained him his following. Ummm...remind you of anyone Chris?So many people think they are alright with God because nobody has told them otherwise. So many quote bible scriptures when it suits their purposes but more than likely they have never read the bible in its entirety from cover to cover to see what it's really saying.
