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From: scott@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP (Scott Deerwester)
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Subject: Re: Childlike Faith
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Date: Fri, 22-Feb-85 10:45:02 EST
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>> To accuse one who believes in Jesus Christ of being immature and childlike
>> in his thinking is the highest of compliments, as (if the accusation is true)
>> the one who is being accused is reassured of his trust in the Lord.  In fact,
>> it takes childlike faith to beieve the things taught by Jesus Christ.  It is
>> the very maturity of your argument that is your downfall.  Nevertheless, it is
>> better to be "cold" (anti-Christ) or "hot" (Christian) than to be "lukewarm"
>> (i.e. hypocritical, pharisaical ).
>>     Thank for your unintentional compliment, Mr. Rosen.
>>                   Tom Huguenard   ctvax!uokvax!uok!tjhuguen 
>     
>							... To be childlike
>in one's wonder of the universe is something none of us should lose.  But life
>teaches us that the faith that the child has in the universe, that all
>things are taken care of and turn out all right, is as erroneous as the child's
>belief in fairies and monsters.  And gods.... [RLR]

Where did you see him say anything about childlike faith in the
universe?  The metaphor compares a child's faith in his parent
with a believer's faith in his God, not a blind belief that "
everything will turn out okay".

	Scott Deerwester
	Graduate Library School
	University of Chicago