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

To: Chris land who wrote (31082)	7/24/2000 10:40:47 PM
From: mark silvers	Respond to of 39621

Chris, Let me address this first and I want to make it crystal clear. My intention was not to belittle God in any way, shape, or form. If that was how I came across, I apologize to you. Contrary to what you may believe, I do not hold any disrespect or acrimony towards Christianity (or any other religion that advocates peace). In fact, I know many Christians whose beliefs and amd behaviours that are fostered by Christianity inspire nothing but respect from me. Of course I also know people of other faiths that also inspire me to a great degree. As for believeing that there things that are greater than our level of understanding, I can only say that there is much that is greater than my level understanding, and I prove it everyday. :-) That is why I understand that spirituality is something that requires a great degree of faith. that is also why I understand why many people are agnostic or atheist(sp?). Some people need to have things proven in a more scientific manner and taking things on fiath won't fly for them. IMO, that is neither right or wrong, moral or immoral, it is just a personal choice like everything else in life. That is also why I personally don't really believe in religion, but instead consider myself to be a spiritual person. I don't understand how a concept of God can ever exclude any part of humanity regardless of what they believe or don't believe, or by what name they choose to God or what manner they choose to interact with him. I hope that in the future that I can ask you other questions(as I hope you feel free to ask me anything) and that you can understand that I mean absolutely no disrespect. if you do feel that I am being disrespectfull, tell me and I will try to reword what I most likely have poorly communicated. Mark