Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 07:18:45 -0400 From: Joshua Lee <yid@softhome.net> To: Drew Raines <drew-dated-1032126947.90fe3e@rain3s.net> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? Message-ID: <20020911071845.43665d57.yid@softhome.net> In-Reply-To: <20020910215545.GI4470@drew.rain3s.net> References: <20020909215202.78267872.yid@softhome.net> <20020910094316.H62741-100000@Tolstoy.home.lan> <20020910152310.5e6e2964.yid@softhome.net> <20020910215545.GI4470@drew.rain3s.net>
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On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 16:55:45 -0500 Drew Raines <drew-dated-1032126947.90fe3e@rain3s.net> wrote: > Joshua Lee wrote: > > "Neal E. Westfall" <nwestfal@directvinternet.com> wrote: > > > It's called "justice." The eternal punishment of sinners > > > certainly does serve God's purposes. > > > > I don't think I've done anything lately deserving of eternal > > punishment, if I did one would think the cops would have > > found out by now. ;-) > > The writer to the Hebrews wrote, ``without faith it is > impossible to please Him'' (11:6). Not ``pleasing'' God is > most definitely sin, so whatever you do out of faith is sin. > > Romans 3:23 all over again. We all live our lives deserving > eternal punishment. This is the reason we worship Christ, our > savior. I'm Jewish, so quotations from the NT aren't particularly convincing to me. You'll have to convince me with reason, which I doubt can be mustered to defend this idea of eternal-torture-by-god. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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