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<blockquote data-quote="Catherineanne" data-source="post: 62357481" data-attributes="member: 83057"><p>= 'atheists think we are stupid, but really they are puffed up and arrogant, because Augustine said so 1500 years ago.'</p><p> </p><p>Is that really how you think the Lord would want us to talk about those who happen not to have faith? Do you really think that those of us with faith have arrived, and those without are lost forever? Or is it not more the case that we are all on a journey of faith, and that some are further along that path than others?</p><p> </p><p>Why blame anyone for only being in Doncaster, when you are already half way to Newcastle? Is your faith to YOUR credit or God's? Did you deserve your salvation? As long as a person is still alive they are still on their journey, and that is all that matters. What they believe is, I think, far more often a reflection of what they see and dislike in believers. It does not always have anything whatever to do with God.</p><p> </p><p>If we want people to share our beliefs, then imo the first step is to show that our beliefs make a difference to the way we relate to other people. If we want them to know that God loves them, we have to love them first. And that means not calling people puffed up and arrogant, simply because of their beliefs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catherineanne, post: 62357481, member: 83057"] = 'atheists think we are stupid, but really they are puffed up and arrogant, because Augustine said so 1500 years ago.' Is that really how you think the Lord would want us to talk about those who happen not to have faith? Do you really think that those of us with faith have arrived, and those without are lost forever? Or is it not more the case that we are all on a journey of faith, and that some are further along that path than others? Why blame anyone for only being in Doncaster, when you are already half way to Newcastle? Is your faith to YOUR credit or God's? Did you deserve your salvation? As long as a person is still alive they are still on their journey, and that is all that matters. What they believe is, I think, far more often a reflection of what they see and dislike in believers. It does not always have anything whatever to do with God. If we want people to share our beliefs, then imo the first step is to show that our beliefs make a difference to the way we relate to other people. If we want them to know that God loves them, we have to love them first. And that means not calling people puffed up and arrogant, simply because of their beliefs. [/QUOTE]
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