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> >> > why do you find it " enraging " for me to believe in a living

God?

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> > ³I found offense with the comment you made that Gene was full of

hate.

> > That doesn't seem nice or helpful in any way, regardless of how

> > feisty he might be at times. Didn't Jesus say to turn the other

cheek?

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> > This group is very diverse and includes theists, atheists,

deists and

> > pantheists of many persuasions (sorry if I mised anyone). In

fact,

> > the owner of the list is an atheist.

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> > Deanna²

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> > I find offensive, and have always found offensive the notion

that one

> > particular set of religious beliefs is superior, and non-

believers will go to

> > hell, or the equivalent. Growing up Jewish, I encountered this

from

> > Christians, and, certainly this level of ignorance and arrogance

is also the

> > mark of quite a few Jewish people, and people of all

persuasions. I don¹t mind

> > saying that I do HATE this form of intolerance, and I also find

that it leads

> > to intolerant actions. Generally, upon examination, the

hypocrisy is quite

> > obvious.

In the sense of the truth of its claims, one set of religious

beliefs *is* superior. There is either one God, no God or many

Gods, etc., independent of what any individual believes. That said,

the Bible states unequivocally that it is not the place of men to

judge the condition of another man's soul. There is, of course, the

Great Commission that commands Christians to spread the good news of

Jesus and a perfectly holy, gracious, just and loving God. But

proclaiming what you believe and why, and even why you don't believe

an alternative, is not intolerance. It's like telling someone why

you don't think a low-fat diet is healthy, but respecting their

right to keep eating Snackwells if they so choose.