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To: geode00 who wrote (165615)	7/9/2005 7:56:21 PM
From: Keith Feral	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Free will is the greatest gift that God gave to mankind. Somewhere in the bible, we are directed to leave judgement to God. Ironically, we need a separation of church and state in our society to eliminate the practice of religious persecution. Ultimately, the rules of society must be balanced to hold every individual accountable for his actions. No man should ever be trusted to judge the soul of another man. It is way to precious and that is why we have a bill of rights to prevent fundamentalists from ruining the lives of other men. I am not going to buy into this line of Jehovahs Witness unification that Cyprus is talking about. The call for one leader on Earth to rule all men is totalitarianism. Same as the Muslim claim they are the penultimate expression of God above all Jews and Christians. However, it's interesting to read some new material on this thread. I guess we had better brace ourselves for some fundamental backlash from the Christians. It kind of saddens me to see someone like Cyprian insulting Protestants and Catholics as impure believers in God and Christ. Reminds me a little of the salafi fundamentalists in the ME. Oh well, at least it seems there is a very low probability that he encourages fellow Jehovah Witnesses to rape, torture, and kill to enforce their vision of Christ. Still it leaves a very bad taste in my mouth to have someone persecuting "lesser" Christians to glorify their own intellectual commitment to the scripture.