[Bennett46]

Absolutely awesome! It never occured to me while reading this thread....to pray for Phil. Thank you. The old nature is still too close to the surface of this Christian, I guess. Thank you so very much for your post.

[therut]

I read Phil's biography(he wrote it many years ago). The thing that is so damning about his remarks is he was a devout catholic for many years. Married with 4 children. Even went on retreats--he tells all about this. He needs help real bad because he has been shown the truth and has willfully turend his back on it and repudiated God. He has a new religion now and it is secular humanism. He does need prayers.

[therut]

I read Phil's biography(he wrote it many years ago). The thing that is so damning about his remarks is he was a devout catholic for many years. Married with 4 children. Even went on retreats--he tells all about this. He needs help real bad because he has been shown the truth and has willfully turend his back on it and repudiated God. He has a new religion now and it is secular humanism. He does need prayers.

[Mr Rogers]

I would like to recommend to y'all the book, "The Great Divorce" by C. S. Lewis.Been a long time since I read it, but as I remember, his arguement was that Hell would be filled with people who prefered continuing in Hell to acknowledging the power, glory, and justice of God. The comments in this article remind me of that - people who fear Christianity becuase of the demands it makes on their behavior.

As for myself - I am convinced God will judge with perfect justice. I have chosen to throw myself on the mercy of the court, and let Jesus pay the price justice demands of my behavior.