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To: DMaA who wrote (1130)	9/17/2006 5:20:53 PM
From: Jim S	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

"You have nothing to fear from sincere Christians." Wow, I really gotta chuckle at the turn this conversation has taken. And Christians "have nothing to fear from sincere muslims?" Everybody has something to fear from sincere "others," regardless of the denomination. It's all in the definition of "sincere."

To: DMaA who wrote (1130)	9/17/2006 5:21:28 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 10087

...is that all humans are our brothers, and that we will be judged on how we treat our brother. You have nothing to fear from sincere Christians." I knew that but it always feels good to be reminded. Thanks. Have Peace, gem

To: DMaA who wrote (1130)	9/17/2006 6:33:27 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 10087

The Gospel we teach is that salvation is achieved through faith in Jesus - period. ...we will be judged on how we treat our brother. I realize that your post was necessarily brief and that there's a lot going on behind those two statements, but to this outsider they seem incompatible. If one is saved through faith, then judgment re how one treats one's brothers would be irrelevant, or at best peripheral. FWIW. there is remarkable unanimity across denominations and across the millennia I guess that's a relative thing. Maybe there was even greater diversity in the past. I don't know. But there seems to me to be a whole lot now. We have, for example, Christians on both sides of the aisle who have totally different ideas about the priorities and responsibilities of Christians. You have folks that think they are called to wash the feet of the poor and bear no arms. And folks who are called to correct sinners and smite enemies. Each can make a case based on scripture.