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Ben Wah
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Jun 21, 2006 - 07:47pm PT
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This will be my last posting here; the thread has become too long to load.
LEB, The picture that the world, and Hollywood, paints of Christian missionaries is, though I doubt not there are missionaries such as the one in 'Hawaii' (I saw the movie, and it made me sad), mostly wrong. It is easy to lampoon fanatics, to prey upon them and make SNL skits of them; there are some very good Somerset Maugham short stories doing just that, but that does not represent the bulk of missionaries. I know many and many of them (I was born and raised on the missionfield, and my parents still preach the Gospel in a foreighn land), and very few of them fit the picture Hollywood would paint for us. They are for the most part people who have repented from their sinful state, received God's forgiveness, and gone forth to serve Him. I have never known a missionary who was not friendly and caring and giving to the people he went to serve. Though some I knew fell into sin and had to leave the field (no one is perfect yet) most gave, or are giving, their entire lives to spread the Gospel, and not by thundering "abomination!" at every person they see in sin, but by being a living example of love, compassion and humility. How many missionaries do you know?
And LovesGas., your time would be better spent reading the Bible itself rather than the rants about it written by bitter philosophers who pick and choose snippets to take out of context from it. Don't judge the Bible based on what other people say, even people who claim to follow it; study it for yourself and judge it on that alone.
When will you be in the ditch?
Ben Wah
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Largo
Sport climber
Venice, Ca
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Jun 21, 2006 - 08:19pm PT
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I wonder how much anyone ever listens to these threads, changes their minds, grows, has a realization that they donīt have it all straight already, or if these things are simply excuses for us to vent, or offer our erudition and wisdom to "learn" the other fellow, to correct his sinful ways, to blow the idea of God out of the water.
What are we really doing here? Who listens and learns and changes, even the smallest bit?
JL
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wootles
climber
Gamma Quadrant
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Jun 21, 2006 - 08:41pm PT
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John,
Damn good question. This is not an answer but perhaps another part of the same question. Look at all the sliding x threads. Even with all the information, the hard facts, many people said they would continue to use cordelettes in the traditional fashion.
hmmmmm
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cintune
climber
Penn's Woods
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Jun 21, 2006 - 09:40pm PT
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Largo: "What are we really doing here? Who listens and learns and changes, even the smallest bit?"
Anders: "Irresistible force v unmoveable object."
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "One world at a time."
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Apocalypsenow
Trad climber
Cali
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Jun 21, 2006 - 09:43pm PT
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Rarely any "change." Everyone just putting out their opinions after the 19 post, as I see it.
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MikeL
climber
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Jun 21, 2006 - 10:09pm PT
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I was thinking of replying to Citune now that I've looked in here, but that now looks unwanted by everyone. Oh well. Yeah, what the hell . . . why communicate at all? What could possibly be the point?
MikeL
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