I really hate it when someone replies to a post and makes more sense than I
did. Drat. An ego-blow.

> 
->  JS> Bob, both Biblical and secular history plainly reveal...

 
->  Acceptance of Christ *MUST* be volantary, and such punishment
->  for not accepting Christ violates that spirt, and the very
->  teachings of Jesus they are supposed to accept.

Teachings of Jesus? Who accepts THOSE? They were just made to show you how
bad you are, not that you should really pay any attention to them...

->  JS> ...The only way for you to deny these facts is to
->  JS> say that the Bible is not true, and that secular history
->  JS> has all been invented. Yes, we know that history is written
->  JS> by the victor, but the basic facts of these accounts are
->  JS> true.

-> 
->  The events happened, your interpretation is not historical.
-> 
->  JS> If you do not accept that God would kill people due to
->  JS> disbelief, then you are basically calling the Bible a lie,
-> 
->  Am I? Or are you misinterpreting it?

What a suggestion! 
-> 
->...people who
->  JS> judge and criticize God.
-> 
->  Yes, and everyone who thinks he gets to judge other's standing
->  with God should consider those things.

 
->  JS> Bob, you say that your God does not work that way. Well, my
->  JS> God is the God of the Bible. Who is your God, Bob?
-> 
->  My God is the one true God of all the monotheistic faiths.
-> 
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->  JS> We can't force it to just fit our personal belief
->  JS> system.
-> 
->  That's right, and that's why one should be careful in insisting
->  that his interpretation is the official version...

Drat. And here I thought The Wilson Bible would be universally accepted and
officially awesomely admired. (It fits in MY personal belief-system.:-)
 


 What we have of
->  the Bible is much in question and dispute. Until it is all
->  resolved, there is no reasonable basis for anyone to claim the
->  ultimate truth of the Bible.

But all can admire the truth we recognize contained therein...
-> 
Yep. Your response was better'n mine. I'll get you for that.
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