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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Baloo: [QB] [disclamatory statement: I am a Christian.] These people are playing God. God allows us to choose whether to follow his precepts or not. If it isn't a choice, then why doesn't he just slap us all upside the head and tell us: "Cut it out! If I wanted you to have free will, I would've beaten it into you!" I was once in a "Christian cult" that believed somewhat like that. Perhaps not so extreme, but eventually I felt led to get out. So I did. The Pharisees had a similar deal going in Judea around 2000 years ago. That's why they felt they had to kill an upstart who explained that the law wasn't designed to get you into heaven, but to illustrate the fact that if you had to do it yourself, you weren't going to make it. Grace is a gift. Obedience is a gift too, but it's also a choice. If you have no choice, it isn't a gift, nor is it obedience, it's coercion. The constitution is designed to allow all of us (Americans anyhow) to seek God or not without "official interference". It has been said that you can't legislate morality. The assumption is that it's hopeless to stand against immorality so why bother. I believe that you can only have morality when you yourself choose to uphold the standard. These people don't want to persuade, but to enslave. [i]They[/i] are immoral. --Baloo [/QB][/QUOTE]
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