Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: howard@53iss6.waterloo.ncr.com (Howard Steel) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: gulf crisis, spiritual help for peace Message-ID: Date: 18 Sep 90 07:48:13 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: NCR Canada Ltd, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Lines: 26 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article mgobbi@cs.ubc.ca (Mike Gobbi) writes: >in article 4016, Howard writes: >I think that a >better response would be for our traveller to reply that his religion >forbade him to pray to other gods, but that he was thankful for the >offer and would pray to Yahweh while the local prayed to his own gods. >This reply respects the beliefs of the other, while not pretending to >follow (as "praying in your own way and keeping quiet" does) foreign >gods. I suppose I chose a poor analogy; try this one on for size. You are addressed by a Christian leader who says at 1 o'clock on Friday he hopes all people would join him in praying to God to help end the middle east crisis peacefully. You agree with his sentiments and methods and thus take the time to pray. Would you be offended to learn that a number of neo-pagans heard the same call to prayer and decided to pray in their own way to their own god/gods, or perform a ceremony to accomplish the same thing? My point is simply that the intention is correct and righteous by Christian standards, so why refuse to take part because of a disagreement of method. / / / / / / / / / / :-(I Think, Therefore I Am, I Think :-) / / / / / / / / / / / Howard.Steel@Waterloo.NCR.COM NCR CANADA LTD. - 580 Weber St. N / / (519)884-1710 Ext 570 Waterloo, Ont., N2J 4G5 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /