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oceanwinds -> RE: "Christian"Soldiers Handing Out Bibles in Afghanistan?! (5/27/2009 9:31:58 AM)
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Just my 2 cents and totally off the topic.
Food for thought:
I have met and am friends with wonderful people of all faiths. My best friend is a devout Christian and we been friends for 35 year or more. At one time her minister told her she would have to give up her friendship with us, and she said no way. We accepted each other for our deeds not our beliefs. Neither of us would never become Christian, and she understood that. On her honeymoon, she received an email that i sent to those around the country that knew hubby well that the Dr. said he only had a short time left. Little did i know she would read her email, but she did. They both interupted their honeymoon and she came to sit beside hubby's death bed. Never did she try to save him. She honored us both with love that is deep. She also knew that the concept of salvation only through Jesus just confuses us. As parents we could never send our child to hell because she didnt believe.. I am not Jesus and i will not speak for him. The bible has been rewritten so many times, and history has always been slanted. I not here though to discuss this either. People are known by their deeds in life, and how they care about others. This is what cements people together. It is not a shining dress to adorn yourself one day a week, it is an life process, perhaps many life times.
For those who have a driving passion to save another soul are only following what is deep within them. I do not find fault with them. We all have a deep passion for one thing or another. I do understand this and will do my best to avoid that mentality and need for people to convert me. I am blessed though to have known those of that faith who support missionary work, but at the same time reached deep inside themselves to find that love is stronger then converting another. To embrace and hug the person as a whole while they are dying, then to spend the last day or so in trying to get a person to find eternal life in Christ. What an accomplishment of love given by her, and we both appreciated it. That to me showed a major accomplishment that was led by love.
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