Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: daveh@tekcrl.labs.tek.com (David Hatcher) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: We really can pray together (gulf crisis, spiritual help for peace) Message-ID: Date: 17 Sep 90 07:51:16 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 23 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article johnw@stew.ssl.berkeley.edu (John Warren) writes: >Judgmentalism is not the point. If I do not want to pray with a non-Christian >who wants to visualize billions of line segments of lights interconnecting >across the globe (and who calls that the same thing that I'm doing when >I get in touch with God's Spirit), I am being no more judgmental than the >person who pulls out a map to find out how to get to >the airport. I rule out certain paths either because they are Judgmentalism is the point if because you are reading a map that is in English and that other person reading a map in another language that you do not understand. And because you do not understand it, you call it a map that is headed in the wrong direction. The call was for an interfaith prayer. No one is forcing you to use the map you can not read. In fact you would be better off using what you can read. That's what has prompted me to respond in the first place. Even in prayer, Christians have a very hard time finding a place in their hearts where they can pray with other of other faiths. David Hatcher