tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13941312.post114694068591595752..comments2023-10-08T03:22:15.571-05:00Comments on Tidbits and Treasures: Denying The CrossBarbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15762588867431355249noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13941312.post-1148160990518418192006-05-20T16:36:00.000-05:002006-05-20T16:36:00.000-05:00Hi Ivan,See, now you are claiming that there is be...Hi Ivan,<BR/><BR/>See, now you are claiming that there is better <I>evidence</I> for Christianity than for other religions, evidence that is to be found in the Bible, so you are not actually asking me to make a wager. You are asking me to do exactly what I am doing, which is to try to figure out on the basis of evidence what is true and what is false.<BR/><BR/>As for reading the Bible, I have Mark I. Vuletichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05632902789016837331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13941312.post-1147959292770834422006-05-18T08:34:00.000-05:002006-05-18T08:34:00.000-05:00Adam, You are right. So many people hear the word ...Adam, <BR/>You are right. So many people hear the word 'Christian', and think, oh, he's serving God; he must be a wonderful man/woman. So, let's vote for him, when it is not always true. We have a case in point right here in AL where the 'Christian' has not stood up to his 'platform' he ran on before getting into office. In fact, it's been right opposite. You never know what a person is truly 'Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762588867431355249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13941312.post-1147935573025203412006-05-18T01:59:00.000-05:002006-05-18T01:59:00.000-05:00Hi Mark Vuletic,You mentioned all the different re...Hi Mark Vuletic,<BR/><BR/>You mentioned all the different religions out there and how they say if you don't follow their path you will go to hell, have you tried to have a relationship with the heavenly father? I did not believe I would be back on here, but I was drawn to it. Mark, you should read the Bible - I mean really read it. The Bible is like the oldest book on the face of the earth. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13941312.post-1147389330186092202006-05-11T18:15:00.000-05:002006-05-11T18:15:00.000-05:00Hi Ivan,I just want to make a clarification: to my...Hi Ivan,<BR/><BR/>I just want to make a clarification: to my knowledge, there is only one place where I have ever said anything that could be misunderstood as expressing the belief that atheists love their children more than Christians; however, that article has a postscript which states explicitly that I have no such belief. All I was doing was performing a <I>reductio</I> against a Christian Mark I. Vuletichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05632902789016837331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13941312.post-1147354023081461182006-05-11T08:27:00.000-05:002006-05-11T08:27:00.000-05:00Ivan, you are right in asking 'what do we have to ...Ivan, you are right in asking 'what do we have to lose?' I had rather be wrong here on earth for believing there is a heaven and I am going there, because of my relationship with the Father, than to leave this earth not knowing, and find I was wrong. I'd rather be HOT for Jesus here on earth, than to be HOT for satan in hell. We have eternity with God to lose!Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762588867431355249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13941312.post-1147331586936456282006-05-11T02:13:00.000-05:002006-05-11T02:13:00.000-05:00I'm neither a Christian nor atheist; I have a rela...I'm neither a Christian nor atheist; I have a relationship with the heavenly Father, <B>God</B>. I remember a part from a song from a group called Dynamic Twins (back in the early '90s)"You think there's no heaven or hell, well you better hope not because if there is my brother, you’re going straight there." Atheists, what do "we" (relationship with the heavenly Father) have to loose. Mr. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13941312.post-1147222814400953442006-05-09T20:00:00.000-05:002006-05-09T20:00:00.000-05:00Adam, I read the following:"The 29-foot-high cross...Adam, I read the following:<BR/><BR/>"The 29-foot-high cross was dedicated as a memorial to Korean War veterans in 1954 on a hilltop that towers over seaside La Jolla."<BR/><BR/>I didn't realize that the cross wasn't put up in 1954 - only dedicated to the veterans. My mistake. <BR/><BR/>Speaking of Cunningham, anyone can make a mistake, even those that stand up for veterans. :)Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762588867431355249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13941312.post-1147128702207807642006-05-08T17:51:00.000-05:002006-05-08T17:51:00.000-05:00Hi see-through faith,I definitely agree with you t...Hi see-through faith,<BR/><BR/>I definitely agree with you that to prevent Christians from honoring their dead with religious symbols would be wrong. If anyone suggested that a cross placed over the grave of an individual Christian should be removed, I would oppose them. But that is not what any separationist wants (at least, none that I know). The thing that makes the Mt. Soledad cross differentMark I. Vuletichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05632902789016837331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13941312.post-1147126025607209722006-05-08T17:07:00.000-05:002006-05-08T17:07:00.000-05:00Sooo sad > This is all the more reason why Christi...Sooo sad > This is all the more reason why Christians need to let their voice be heard. There is too many passive Christians. We have sat back and let the voice of the few be the voice that is heard.We were told to FIGHT the good fight of faith. The Bible tells us to put on armot,. We need armor to go to battle. Too many Christians like getting their hell insurance and don't want to fight the Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02760796660943324484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13941312.post-1147102968365353672006-05-08T10:42:00.000-05:002006-05-08T10:42:00.000-05:00See-through faith, Christianity is being attacked ...<B>See-through faith</B>, Christianity is being attacked all over the world, not just in the US. People are trying to remove them from the earth. They might remove the people, but not GOD out of the people - the thought I was trying to project in my article.<BR/><BR/>If you want to read more about the money having "In God We Trust" on it, go here: http://www.treas.gov/education/fact-sheets/Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762588867431355249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13941312.post-1147082580755133912006-05-08T05:03:00.000-05:002006-05-08T05:03:00.000-05:00ouch. I read the comment above and it all sounds S...ouch. I read the comment above and it all sounds SO reasonable until you realise that to stip any country where the majority are Christians - and have been for a long time - of any references to their religion esp in honouring their dead is a scary scary place to be.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure though why American's have in God we trust on their money. It seems incongruous at least to this Europeansee-through faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10130170262035064482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13941312.post-1147051856821935502006-05-07T20:30:00.000-05:002006-05-07T20:30:00.000-05:00Dear Barbara,I appreciate your perspective, and I ...Dear Barbara,<BR/><BR/>I appreciate your perspective, and I mean you no harm, but I also disagree with the way you are casting this issue. If San Diego city officials decided to remove the Mt. Soledad cross simply because Mr. Paulson complained, then you might rightly complain that they are "buckling under" to one man. But that is not what happened. Mr. Paulson has acted through the court system,Mark I. Vuletichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05632902789016837331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13941312.post-1147031829260310842006-05-07T14:57:00.000-05:002006-05-07T14:57:00.000-05:00You are so right; LORD help us! But, you know, th...You are so right; LORD help us! <BR/><BR/>But, you know, the pastor's sermon this morning was on "All things are possible to him that believes." So many scriptures in the Bible tell us to put our trust in God, to be obedient to His Word, to study the Word. And, we need to BELIEVE the WORD as we study. We can't be double-minded. So, if Christians could get out of their complacency state (we are Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762588867431355249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13941312.post-1147027291902897882006-05-07T13:41:00.000-05:002006-05-07T13:41:00.000-05:00Youre right Barb..they wont rest until they purge ...Youre right Barb..they wont rest until they purge all religion ..Judeo-Christian that is..but allow all the Muzzzzzlim symbols..Lord help us!WomanHonorThyselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211851365273181636noreply@blogger.com