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To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (21673)	11/8/1998 11:40:00 AM
From: O'Hara	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

><>...Good morning Bob...><> I must have missed something. What was the difficult question? Iread all of your post and cannot put my fingers on exactly what you are getting at. I got the impression that you were addressing, possibly the issue of salvation concerning a child. That is where I am stumped, because if you were, Christ addresses that, and so does common sense. But maybe you were not speaking of that. So I decided it be better if I understood fully, the topic at hand. I see you are trying to make some headway on Feelings...Good for you God bless you in your efforts. Sincerely, Shalom...><>

To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (21673)	11/8/1998 12:25:00 PM
From: Sam Ferguson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39621

I have another difficult question for you. MT 10:21 "... the brother shall deliver up his brother to death, and the father his child, ... children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death." MT 10:35-36 "For I have come to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law a man's enemies will be the members of his own family." Have you attended to this matter the scripture says Jesus came for? If not why not? Do you dare to procrastinate on God's command? The Christ in me nevers asks me to do evil. Is it any wonder really that I question the historical writings? Dan, Shalom, Jane, OMB, I ask you the same question. Please answer in plain english. I don't want a non related scripture for an answer.

To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (21673)	11/8/1998 2:33:00 PM
From: Darrin Vernier	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39621

Bob, Good morning. You wrote:"Who am I? I am not God. I don't dwell in unapproachable light. I am not the embodiment of all truth and righteousness." This phrase, "Who am I" seems to be where much of our difference in interpretation lies. You (correct me if I'm wrong) believe that you are Bob, and Bob is entirely separate from God, and one who tries to be 'of God' is drowning in ego. I believe just the opposite. I believe that the "I" that I thought was Darrin is the egomaniac. And that this "I" is exactly what needs to be pushed out the door to be shut, which none shall open. I do not believe that God's light is unapproachable. I believe that this is our purpose for being here in Earthly body, and that the only one who cannot approach it is the 'not God' of the ego. The purpose of accepting the christ is to receive of a true yardstick of what is and what is not God, so that our ego may be recognized, and that garment discarded, lifting the veil. You say you are not the embodiment of all truth and righteousness. Neither am I. 'All' is an absolute (as is God), and I have only begun to remove my lies. But as we go through this process, aren't we removing the falsehoods and vanities of the ego, and uncovering that which is like God within? If so, is that of us which more and more closely approaches God NEW, or simply previously covered by ego? It would seem to me that there is always a bit of God in us, but in our confusion, we simply don't see it. Why would you seek to believe yourself as having been empty, rather than a belief that we were full all along, and simply refused to see it until you were saved? Were we saved from ourselves, or from that which we mistakenly believed was ourself? I am reminded of the coach who tries to inspire by reverse psychology saying,"You are nothing, you can't do it. Don't even try." Or the one who says,"You're already a winner. You know how to do this. Just put your fears and hesitations aside and do it." Since we are our own coaches in this life, which is far from a game, which coach would you rather be? Peace, Darrin