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To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (722)	9/7/1998 8:36:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1542

Emile, <<Without Christ their is not door to God!>> "In my father's house are many doors" <<What I speak on SI is what I speak in the pulpit and in the classroom>> Do you teach children, in any classroom, to hate any religion, any belief, or any person? The idea of any child, anywhere, being taught what you preach on these threads scares me. <<I will change any posting that is against the word of God, can be shown to be false or hinders someone salvation or growth in Christ.>> Change them all. Harshness and absolutism of any kind push people away from any belief, and you repel far more people than you attract. I can't help but think of my Grandmother, a devout Christian who never preached a word, but drew people to her faith with a love that shone through every word and every action. You will never draw people to a faith by denouncing other faiths, quoting scripture, or engaging in argument. Please do not mistake arguments against you as being anti-Christian. They are not. They are anti-Emile. There is a difference. As I've said before, your beliefs do not represent the mainstream of American Christianity. They represent a radical fringe which the average American Christian views with horror, shock, and shame. <<If anything, SI is teaching me to be more compassionate and less abrasive.>> Good God, man, what were you like before? <<Your false contention that I "have been sufficiently brought out" reflects the basic untruthfulness and deceitfulness of your personality.>> Can you imagine Christ speaking a line like that? By the way, Craig Richards asked you an excellent question in post #683. I would very much like to see an answer. Steve