aGnostic wrote:
> I can't seem to understand the amount of hatred so-called
'Christians'
> seem to be spewing toward anything they choose to deem 'wrong'.
>
> The teachings of Christ are about LOVE and TOLERANCE, last time I
> checked.
>
> Non-christians, gays, drug-users, teenage mothers - aren't these the
> people who MOST NEED Christ's love?  Shouldn't we be the ones to
> manifest that love here and now?
>
What you say does not fall on deaf ears.  But I would suggest to you to
consider something.  This is a theological discussion group.  It is not
primarily a missions oriented group.  There must be allowance for
debate.  Certainly there is no call for the level of non-civility, let
alone lack of godly love and the affording another dignity on the level
of given to all men created in the image of God that is sometimes all
too evident.
>
> Now to hit you on another level - DIDN'T GOD MAKE ALL THIS EVIL TO
> TEACH US?  Who are you to judge and condemn?
>
"Make" as in being the first cause?  "Allow" would be a better
theological understanding.  Certainly it was planned for as there can
be no chance behind God.  Sin did not sneak up on Him.  God's eyes
didn't widen, His mouth open and His hands clasp His face.  It was/is
all a part of His eternal plan of the ages -sin in particular to reveal
the depth of His grace.
>
> Just keep your noses clean, play nice and everything will work itself
> out.
>
> Love,
> Jason

But "love" does not stand alone.  It is governed by holiness.  Love
isn't absolute liberty.  Freedom lives within form.  As Ben Franklin
rightly concluded, "Only a virtuous people can truly be free."  Hence
the debate concerning form.
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