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- From: HADCRJAM@admin.uh.edu (MILLER, JIMMY A.)
- Subject: Re: What is Sex to God?
- In-Reply-To: pharvey@mipos3.intel.com's message of Fri, 14 Aug 1992 20:51:22 GMT
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- In <Bszr9M.My7@nntp-sc.Intel.COM> pharvey@mipos3.intel.com writes:
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- > In article <1992Aug14.134746.29912@menudo.uh.edu>
- > HADCRJAM@admin.uh.edu (MILLER, JIMMY A.) writes:
- > >Luke 14:26 "If any man come unto me, and hate not his father, and mother, and
- > > wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own
- > > life also, he cannot be my disciple.
- > > I read it thusly: One could not become a disciple without first being
- > >prepared to give up all that he had, "counting the cost." It is not a
- > >simple command to "hate your parents." It was a very honest observation
- > >that following him was not going to be any kind of cakewalk.
- >
- > Yes, but one should question whether it is such a good idea to follow such
- > a HATE monger. This image is quite a bit different than the popular image of
- > one who taught only love. After all, these could be the words of the Christian
- > Devil, couldn't they? Luke 14:26 is only one of many tests, like: Follow
- > me and be Free. It is not easy being a free individual. And it is not easy
- > allowing others to also be free.
-
- Tis rather easy to continue in the "hate monger" vein after deleting the
- supporting text, which makes my interp a lot more clear and reasonable.
- I'm sure if we were to quote him out of context, we could make even Hitler
- look like a wonderful humanitarian.
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-
- semper fi,
-
- Jammer Jim Miller
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