Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!caen!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!lll-winken!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!widener!dsinc!bagate!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: James.Quilty@comp.vuw.ac.nz (James William Quilty) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Minimum Requirements (Was Re: the Sabbath & Soul... Message-ID: Date: 18 May 91 06:16:41 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Computer Science, Victoria University, Wellington, NewZealand Lines: 35 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , st0o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Steven Timm) writes: |> You're saved by faith--fine, I agree. Now what are you going to do? Anything that is consistant with my faith in God ! (which is quite a lot, actually :-). You can do anything that is consistent with your faith in God too - I wouldn't expect anything different ! I don't want people constraining me to follow God in terms of their faith, which is what people do when they say: "Now this is what God wants you to do..." - that's what I don't like !! |> Is Christ just an ambulance service at the bottom of the cliff, waiting |> to pick us up every time we fall? No, I don't think so. For me, I feel that I have to take care of myself and if I fall off of cliffs, I have to pick myself up rather than bother God with my trivialities ! |> Or do you think he wants to teach us a bit about cliff safety? The cliffs that I might fall off might be just little holes to you... (one man's meat is another man's poison !). I can't imagine a set of rules that would be good for everyone. Not even the ten commandments - what Jesus teaches me and what Jesus teaches you will probably be two different things ! The point I'm trying to make is: "We DO whatever we want, that is consistent with OUR faith in God, and other people are in no position to judge us or tell us what God wants, nor are we in any position to judge others or tell others what God wants !" This has particular relevance when people start talking about DOing things "the way God wants" ! Jim.