Posted by CarolAnn on November 21, 1999, at 12:00:37
In reply to Re: Dolls and the Journey for Pi(e), posted by Scott L. Schofield on November 21, 1999, at 8:01:26
When I started this type of thread, it was my hope that an *open-minded*, nonjudgemental, discussion forum would be the result.
Instead:
Almost every responder to my posts, has refused to understand that the basic message in all of them is this: Don't be a victim of blind faith. After all, Why would God give us such wonderful, complex, questing minds if he didn't want us to keep them *open*? I love God, I worship God, The Son, and The Holy Spirit, with all my heart! What right does any mere human have to say that God will refuse my love, unless I: practice Confession(as a Catholic), give up alcohol(as a Baptist-I mean, even Jesus drank wine), let my husband have more then one wife(as a Morman), or *any* other rule that *humans* have created as necessary to *any* of their Religions?
Until the day that God shows up and tells me to "stop using the open mind" he gave me, "stop worshipping him as a God of love & forgiveness, and start worshipping him by obeying the rules and regulations of a specific Religion"; until the day that God personally tells me to close my mind and my mouth, I will worship him as my loving Creator. And I will worship him with all my heart, all my soul, all my being, and yes, all of my *open* mind! I will end this with my last words on the subject: "Judge not, lest ye be judged", and "Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone". In love and hope, CarolAnn
poster:CarolAnn
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