Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: dinl!schallen@ncar.ucar.edu (Eric Schallenmueller) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: God doesn't make things hard on us - we do. Message-ID: Date: 1 Oct 90 00:54:12 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Martin Marietta I&CS, Denver CO. Lines: 28 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Right on! Your comments to me seem well-founded on sound doctrine. We really do make it hard on ourselves. You sound like a straight-line Christian who makes no arguments and just loves Jesus. The impression I get from reading this net is that there are very few fellows like you (and me), but lots of Mormons and New-Agers who happen to be at a point in their 'voyage' as to say nice controversial things about who Jesus is to them. Do you get the same impression? Let me know, I'd like to hear from others like yourself more often. We seem to be rare types. Eric P.S. Have you read books like "The Mormon Papers" by H.L. Ropp or "Evidence That Demands a Verdict" by Josh McDowell? [Not at all. The majority of our readers appear to be reasonably middle of the road Protestants and Catholics. The problem is that when you have people of differing perspective, discussion of the large differences tends to dominate everything else. I personally would prefer to see less discussion of Protestant/Catholic, LDS, etc., and more substantive issues. But as long as readers feel that they have to respond to anything they disagree with, you'll see what you see here. Feel free to ignore all this and post on other subjects. Note however that you cannot reasonably expect to make postings that are anti-LDS, anti-New Age, etc., without provoking LDS and New Age responses. --clh]