In case you hadn't noticed, I was responding to the statement "Such a question is never asked in honest seeking of God." And it's hardly an out-and-out all-Christians-are-closedminded-bigots flame. I know better than that, give me some credit here. :)
You ask "Why is anyone judging/questioning others beliefs by their own self devised or handed down standards here?" I'm not. I'm responding to a statement someone else made about MY beliefs. You want to believe that angels save well-fed pampered kiddies in malls who are separated from their parents for a few hours but not children starving to death or children kidnapped from their front yards to be raped, tortured and murdered in the wilderness.... fine! No skin off of my hide. I don't care, it's not my place to argue with you.
But if you're gonna start making value judgements that yours are best and mine are cr*p.... you'd DAMN well be prepared to receive all the whalloping that my Philosophy of Religion course and meandering thought patterns can produce.
So please don't tell me that I'm bigoted because I'm standing up for myself, ne?
In case you hadn't noticed, I was responding to the statement "Such a question is never asked in honest seeking of God." And it's hardly an out-and-out all-Christians-are-closedminded-bigots flame. I know better than that, give me some credit here. :)
You ask "Why is anyone judging/questioning others beliefs by their own self devised or handed down standards here?" I'm not. I'm responding to a statement someone else made about MY beliefs. You want to believe that angels save well-fed pampered kiddies in malls who are separated from their parents for a few hours but not children starving to death or children kidnapped from their front yards to be raped, tortured and murdered in the wilderness.... fine! No skin off of my hide. I don't care, it's not my place to argue with you.
But if you're gonna start making value judgements that yours are best and mine are cr*p.... you'd DAMN well be prepared to receive all the whalloping that my Philosophy of Religion course and meandering thought patterns can produce.
So please don't tell me that I'm bigoted because I'm standing up for myself, ne?