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To: Greg or e who wrote (34394)	2/26/2003 4:09:52 PM
From: Berry Picker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

Devil's Beatitudes (If the Devil were to write his Beatitudes, they would probably go something like this:) Blessed are those who are too tired, too busy, too distracted to spend an hour once a week with their fellow Christians in Church ~ they are my best workers. Blessed are those Christians who wait to be asked and expect to be thanked ~ I can use them. Blessed are the touchy, with a bit of luck they may stop going to church ~ they are my missionaries. Blessed are those who are very religious but get on everyone's nerves ~ they are mine forever. Blessed are the troublemakers ~ they shall be called my children. Blessed are those who have no time to pray ~ they are easy prey for me. Blessed are the gossipers ~ for they are my secret agents. Blessed are those critical of church leadership ~ for they shall inherit a place with me in my fate. Blessed are the complainers ~ I'm all ears for them. Blessed are you when you read this and think it is about other people and not yourself ~ I've got you.

To: Greg or e who wrote (34394)	2/27/2003 12:43:13 PM
From: Jamey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

McRitchie, the rapture doctrine is nineteenth century doctrine. Christ and the disciples were Preterists. There is too much said about the immanency of Christ's return in the Bible for you to call anyone heretical. I used to be a good little Christian like you when the church would promise the bye and bye, pie in the sky end times doctrine. At the urging of several Preterists on this thread I began to look at Scripture and the verses that were always passed over by the preachers. I then read "The Parousia" by J. Stuart Russell and "The Last Days According To Jesus" by R.C. Sproul and it changed my outlook on End Times doctrine forever. You see, its all about being open-minded and studying in an adult manner without letting preconceived teachings to let you be led astray. Please, for your own welfare, take a new, fresh look into the truth instead of what is easy to believe. Man's Doctrine. James