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To: epicure who wrote (210371)	12/12/2006 1:13:06 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 281500

Christianity certainly does teach that charity is meritorious. But Christians don't believe either tithing or charity will save your soul. The site you posted is a Catholic site which is defining two types of charity - natural and supernatural. You neglected to post the earlier passage which says the charity defined as supernatural is "infused into the soul by God". Thus the "supernatural charity" isn't a "work" of the individual, but is attributed ultimately to God. But if I am wrong I invite any Catholic readers of this thread to come forward and testify if its true, as you claim, that they believe men can enter heaven by "bribing God". Nothing on the site you posted changes the obvious and simple meaning of John 3:16: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. I'm sure this is the most quoted and well know biblical verse. Its taught to children in churches and its meaning is crystal clear and refutes any idea that Christians need to or even could "bribe God". John 3:16 is considered by most an inspirational statement of God's love. Unfortunately, even this simple verse declaring God's love can have a dark and threatening meaning to people with passed loved ones that were confirmed unbelievers. The answer for such folks in this situation, I think, can only be to trust that God's wisdom and goodness is greater than ours and will done in ways we can't comprehend. It seems obvious your need to denigrate Christians even when they do something almost universally acknowledged as good represents a deep emotionally based anti-religious bias. Deep enough that you have posted to someone you hate and have spent considerable time searching for support for your claim. Perhaps some introspection is in order.