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From: lip@masscomp.UUCP (John Lipinski)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: my belief
Message-ID: <762@masscomp.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 09:38:47 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 12 09:38:47 1985
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Reply-To: lip@masscomp.UUCP (John Lipinski)
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In article <371@scgvaxd.UUCP> dan@scgvaxd.UUCP writes:
> The Bible teaches that all man is in rebellion against God. God will
> not send you to Hell, you will go there by choice. 

Is the world really this simple?  That a man can be good or evil and he will
go to heaven or hell?  What if a man is good some of the time and a little
good sometimes and downright evil at other times?  Where does he go then?
Can a life time of sin be atoned for by one final confession?  And who
determines what is good and evil here?

> It is impossible to lead a "good life" because we are self-centered.

So what are you saying?

> The word "sin" means to "miss the mark"! It is an archery term. NO matter
> how "good" we try to be, we will always miss the mark. That is why God
> came down in human flesh to die in our place.

I don't see how this follows at all.  Why does he have to die for us?

> Probably not! Because you have made up your mind already! But you
> owe it to yourself to check into it with an open mind!

I think somebody else has already "made up his mind".

		- John Lipinski
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