In Reply to: Re: My thots posted by greg on January 27, 2005 at 09:51:48:
Greg, it seems a little bit to me that you care for her???!In that case it would be important to know,what exactly she feels for you.Let's say she is a "good old conservative Christian", then she would have advice from the Bible, to not marry an unbeliever, it's plain advice from Paul.(On the other hand, there are occasions, where people became believers after marriage & were tied to a nonbelieving mate, Paul advises them to stay together, if the nonbeliever is willing)...
So in this case, she might be torn between feelings for you & that what she knows is right in her frame of mind/believe...
To me it seems best to talk about these things.
Ask her e.g. if she expects an overnight conversion of you...since it does happen with some, may be that's something she dreems of, as her "hero"....I am just guessing...
Then again, why is she not persuing some relationship with someone already founded in faith, there are plenty of Christian guys looking for a mate as well.It wouldn't be odd, to talk about these things in a gentle manner...may be that's really the case that she simply was very attracted to you...emotions first & then her mind told her about "the dangers"?!Of course she is supposed to witness to you, it's expected of any sincere believer...independent of TF...only TF has so many weird additional teachings, where you're better off, not to know such person, unless strong enough, to pull somebody out of that environment...rather unlikely...
Pro Israel sounds not TFlike...although living in
a commune ? is a bit "progressive", may be I mixed that up.Ask her about the founder & don't except answers like : Jesus Christ...typical for TF or
ask her, what she thinks of David Berg(the founder) or whether she followed the news about what happened to Ricky & Angela...
Wish you clarity...
Oh by the way...the best Christians, so to speak,
are the ones not really born into any set faith
IMO, but who heard the Gospel, the good news, were
sorry for the sins & mistakes in the past & believe in the gift of God, eternal life, just because HE loves us...not because we're good...
I personally have no trust in second generation
Christianity...each generation has to come for themselves to that point of decision/step, of getting Jesus personally to know as the Saviour.
So don't be sorry, for having missed that upbringing too much...I mean, sometimes I also wished, my parents would have raised me as a believer, thinking, then I could have avoided the TF-rubbish, sigh!...Paul was not a Christian, but quite a Pharisee...& then what radical conversion took place in him!!
The pyramids?Wonder what's so important to her...
That again is rather a pro TF argument...as TF believed in some pyramid-power...however, you find
plenty of other groups with some additional "fringe"-teachings. (Also the heavenly City supposedly having to have a pyramid shape=TF-faith)