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To: alaskanfan
I guess I just don't get it. Doesn't God love budhists, shintoists, taoists, and etc as much as he loves christians? What's up with that?

The question is, do Buddhists, Shintoists, Taoists, and etc. love G-d as much as they love their own selves?

That's the problem. If G-d is then there are beliefs in G-d that are false. If G-d is not then all beliefs are equally valid. But presuming that He is then those who love Him will seek to know Him as fully and as perfectly as they can. If religion is just a comfort for the believer, then it doesn't matter what they beliefe. But if religion is the attempt to know God as He is, then it matters.

Are you a Buddhist, Shintoist, Taoist, or etc? Do you love G-d? Come to the Table.

Shalom.

553 posted on 01/04/2002 8:29:57 AM PST by ArGee
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To: ArGee
Why do you say...'If G-d is, then there are beliefs in G-d that are false...etc'...God is, and what humans believe doesn't affect Him in the least. Religion is just a comfort for the believer, and to some extent a controlling device. Why should anyone require anything more than their own God-given faculties to know God?
562 posted on 01/04/2002 8:37:02 AM PST by stuartcr
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