Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: garyh@crash.cts.com (Gary Hipp) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Praying to foreign gods is not the same as praying to Almighty God Message-ID: Date: 1 Oct 90 01:03:50 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Crash TimeSharing, El Cajon, CA Lines: 18 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu [Tim Hoogasian mentioned that (Christians and non-Christians, I guess -- I've lost the original context) do not pray to the same Being. David Hatcher wondered about this. He commented that prayer comes from the soul, and that one's outer thought do not necessarily indicate what the soul is open to. I think his suggestion is that everyone who opens their soul is experiencing the same God, but that wasn't clear. > And since you feel that we are not praying to the same Being, > to whom AM I praying? What IS with in my heart as I open my soul > to my Beloved God? --clh] "We know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing, and does His will, He hears him."--John 9:38. The question becomes, by what other avenue other than Christ is one justified, redeamed, and saved? Gary Hipp