On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 03:54:43 GMT, "Mike" 
wrote:

[...]

>Stop concerning yourself about the future, there is
>sufficient evil to contend with in the present.  That's my motto
>anyway, but thanks for your concern.

I appreciate your courtesy, but I notice that in spite of your
politeness you none the less keep brushing off most of the things I
say as if they did not pertain to you.  I think you are either
missing, or choosing to ignore, something important, which is that
Christianity, by its very nature, is either true for everyone or else
it can't be true at all.  To claim that it is merely my private belief
system but that it does not apply to you is illogical, given the
nature of what Christians believe.

For example, Christians believe that Jesus will intercede for us so
that we can be accepted into heaven.  In order to do that, he must be
objectively and eternally real.  If Jesus exists only as a subjective
idea in the minds of those who believe, then our faith in him will die
when we do and he won't be there to help us after that.  If that is
the case, he can't save us and the Christian worldview is false.

As another example, Christians believe that Jesus will return visibly
to earth in power and glory (and Jesus himself did say that, as
recorded in the 24th chapter of the gospel of Matthew and in other
passages in the New Testament.)  If that is true, he will be visible
to everyone, including non-Christians, when he returns.  If that isn't
true, then he will never be able to overcome all of the evil that
presently exists on earth.  If he can't overcome all evil, he can't
save us and the Christian worldview is false.

So you can reject Christianity as false, or you can accept it as true,
but if you understand it and think logically about it, you will see
that it is contradictory to claim that it is true for me and not for
you.

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