Posted by Stephen Charchuk on January 07, 1997 at 23:04:26:
In Reply to: Re: Christian values and morals? posted by Lynn on January 07, 1997 at 14:52:36:
: I also understood what he was saying. It just sounded like the same argument I responded to the first time. In his response, he did not adress the point I was making.
And what point was that?
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: There are many evil people who commit crimes in the name of God. I contend they would do these things anyway. It's only icing on the cake for the Devil if he can smear God's name in the process. God says that the perfect practice of religion consists of taking care of orphans and widows and loving each other and Him as we love ourselves. Can you blame God, if a person or group of people use His word out of context in order to suit their own selfish desires. We are not His little robots. We have been given a great power...the power to choose between good and evil.
The devil is an excuse to justify the evil which we perceive in the world. We get our concept of the devil and hell from the Babylonians,
as well as angels, before this the Hebrews had no concept of either.
Christianity is a sub-set of Judaism.