Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: lindborg@cs.washington.edu (Jeff Lindborg) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Soul winners Message-ID: Date: 20 Jan 91 19:43:01 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Washington Computer Science Lines: 26 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu [This is another comment on the "soul winners" phrase,and Alexander Macalalad's preference for the image of fishers, where the fish must take the first bite. --clh] Not quite right... at the time the term "fishers of men" was coined, fishing with hooks was unheard of. The prefered mode was by net (as described in the Bible) and by spear. As an agnostic I must agree with your assesment of the situation. Turning people around you to see as you do is a real burden (and in some cases, a complete waste of time). For instance, if I were to come to you and tell you that your soul would endure eternal torment if you didn't turn to Allah right now you would, in turn, try to tell me that Jesus is the Way, the Truth, the Life. I honestly don't believe that a significant number of people truely believing in a particular religion can be converted to another. Hence, according to Christian doctrin, a large percentage of humanity will be spending eternity in hell... eternal punishment for the sins commited within a single life time. Put me down as uninpressed... >Alex Macalalad Jeff Lindborg "Agnostic with an attitude."