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Originally Posted by DAWN MARIE
Can I ask? Did you start off RC by any chance?
I appreciate your sharing and I'm always interested in the paths people have been on. You sound like a very good person. I have a book by Andy Stanley that I lend out called "How Good is Good Enough?"
It's very interesting. Basically it comes down to we can't be good enough. That's why Christ came. Only he was able to keep the whole Law where we could not. Only He was able to satisfy God's attribute of Justice. Only He was able to satisfy God's wrath over sinful mankind. Somebody had to do it because we were ALL destined for judgment because we have ALL broken God's law. You break a law here, you go to jail. You break God's law, you go before the judge and suffer the consequences which basically is a Godless eternity or what we normally call Hell.
Your description about being objective, pragmatic, science leaning etc...is also a description of my son. He is a Neuro Scientist Ph.D and is a very very strong Christian. I could tell you stories about what he's up against in the Science World. He's definitely an oddity in today's world but in yesteryear, it wasn't uncommon to be a Scientist and a Christian. Many well known Scientists were Christians back in the day. Today it isn't normative.
Keep in mind tho...we are NOT all God's children. Only those who are called by His name and are following Him are. We are all his creation but not all his children. I would suggest you read the whole book of John . Read one chapter a day and you'll be done in three weeks. And pray over it. it could be life changing for you. If you consider doing so, I'll be a prayer warrior on your behalf. We'll see if God shows up big and strong in your life and you will envy no more because He will be a reality to you.
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Dawnmarie: I can use all the prayers I can get. I believe in the power of prayer but perhaps for different reasons than some.
I compliment both you and your son for his great educational accomplishment and expect he is successful in his career. I do not see a contradiction of a scientist being a Christian and in fact supports such a believer because of the faith flowing from the scientist to people certainly has a positive affect on the personal lives of the people involved in his life.
and as an aside at a time when I was gravely ill a nurse asked for permission to lay hands on me and pray. I was not offended and appreciated her concern
I was baptized a Roman Catholic and my story follows most catholic boys altar boy, etc. Of all Christian faiths being catholic fit me best.
However the dividing issue for me is that like any organization large or small politics inserts itself and then God's word or the interpretation thereof is subjected to the political or personal ideological whims of a human being. The result is that it becomes the singer and not the song. Ergo I can approach my God as a child because if I believe then he is my Father but I cannot and will not surrender myself to a human being who may or may not be a better person than me.
Unlike many people I enjoy discussing politics and religion and find people's responses, beliefs, approaches etc stimulating , educational and often in awe as the unique approaches taken by some
And, so Dawn Marie I appreciate your candor and your point of view and the time you take sharing . Life is complicated and that's what makes it worth living.
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