Donna Matrix wrote:Have I given the impression that I am afraid of others and their beliefs? I sure didn't mean to.
Not afraid of other, intolerant of others. You aren't being honest. Tolerance of religion does not mean someone has to be that religion for them to be tolorated.
Donna Matrix wrote:
erri - we are very close except for one thing... I don't follow a code, I follow a person who said very many of the things that are in your code. (others may have said them as well)
You should know that you are not "supposed to follow any man" And do you think that maybe he did not want you to follow? Maybe the idea was that you learned and then lead other?
Also it is not a code. It is a set of rules I try to live by, I don't always, but I don't try to intentionally break them. I use them as a reference when I am lost. It doesn't have to be your reference, though so please don't think I would expect you to live by them.
"Others may have said them"? Are you sure you want to stick with that answer? I got my rules from several places. MOST are common sense that has been handed down from generation to generation.
Donna Matrix wrote:
But I am not afraid of what you believe nor am I afraid of you. If I was - why would I stay here and discuss these things? I don't think you are afraid of me or my beliefs. Why would you be? They don't reflect on you...my beliefs reflect on me...
Why would I be afraid? Our beliefs are the same. The one thing I do think that you are afraid of is that Jesus was not the only true son of God, in my eyes.
Is it so hard to believe that we are all the children of God, equally? Why can only one have the answer. And I don't think that we reflect upon ourselves, I am pretty sure we reflect upon others, my point where did Jesus get his ethics and teaching from if they where not reflected upon him.