In Reply to: Re: something else and I am a Christian now, but wasn't in the family) posted by juni on September 11, 2003 at 02:35:03:
Juni, you`re right about the Family & there is a host of others having been very wrong in religious matters...yet, as we sinned, isn`t it a reasonable concept that
if we like to be loved & accepted with our mistakes, feel & receive forgiveness, that we should do the same unto others...forgiving is like
dropping a weight, we otherwise carry around, it
does us good ourselves...even if we don`t feel it immediately...Christians have a good message, the
good news or message, as it`s called in old Greek...Once really lived by peoply, even if few,
than it`s really convincing...the family failed in so many things, but even the early churches got
often really offtrack...Paul didn`t have an easy job..
Many Christians I got to know, offer the good news in a friendly & gentle manner, you can sense they are concerned about the welfare of others, their
methods I wouldn`t descibe with the words forcing
something down somebodies throat, yet there others, where your impression fits...Can we forgive??...Cordial greetings Jürgen