What defines a Christian Sew?

WM "I don't think there's a lot of room for ambiguity when he comes to Jesus, at least there shouldn't be."

No ambiguity? I think the multiple translations of his teachings over two millennia provides a fair bit of potential ambiguity....

Serowbot wrote on 07/13/15 at 08:17:22:


That is a guess on your part, nothing more.
I have no better way, I follow, as if a sheep.....
If I am still I hear my masters voice.
How do I know it's him?
He sustains me.
It is not predicated on absolving myself of all sin and assigning guilt on others.
I am not perfect and have many,many faults, and need not a scapegoat as a reason why.....
Truth lies within me, yet I don't always acknowledge it, for I am flesh and temptation always a battle....
And yet with grace, I am at home with sustainable peace.
To not know personally the Holy Spirit is to not know and it will never be known by those who will perish. No intellectual reasoning, feelings, or human relationships can deliver it to you...
No pope, president, or loved one, none.
We are born of flesh and it dies, none escape that, but it takes a way greater imagination to believe everything, even these words you are reading presently, are just random chance, the same randomness that holds the universe together and let homosapiens evolve to dominate and all other life our domain.....

Returning to the original post...
  I remember a conversation I had a few years ago with a university professor. According to him many of the youth from the upper income and social strata families were unable to deal with the real world.  They were frightened by people who disagreed with their points of view and virtually traumatized by anyone resisting their arrogant behavior.  
   I lived in a family where there were several Nazi pieces. They were brought back by my father and uncles. One uncle was a German speaking intelligence officer, who had been one of the first to enter several of the camps.   I attended school with a few children with numbers tattooed  on their arm, (they weren't ALL Jewish either.)

You made a statement. You claimed to be the only one who cares. I didn't see my name on the

Except for
list.
I am constantly astonished that I am alone in my compassion and empathy..

I replied.
Suggest you read it again, don't miss the last bit.

Believing what was Taught, knowing that some were lies, because it's such a heart breaking story, doesn't make it all true or you the only caring person.

Nasty? No, but I read what you said and, to me, that was nasty.
I DON'T KNOW, about some of the things you're talking about.
As for some of what you're talking about, time will tell.
The research you refer to has been done from both sides.
The fact that Nam was a lie but we were taught why we went to war in school,, ? The Liberty? Pure cover-up. Hey, we disagree, tolerate that.
I tolerate you, right up until you claimed the moral high ground.
You believe whatever you wanna believe, and so will I.




I am constantly astonished that I am alone in my compassion and empathy..


That's what upset me.

No reason to leave, that solves nothing and removes any opportunity to build a bridge to understanding, not agree, but able to add another flavor in the stew..... 😝
We often see the pitfall of dialouging with a message board, without all the benefits of talking in person, we "hear" what we want and add even more intent than what it really was meant to convey....

On a different note, not that the holocaust wasn't tragic and evil, but let's turn to Asia and all the killings and dynasties through the centuries, the pure hate off another culture.....
Why do we not here more about those tragic events too, some more current that the holocaust too?

Sew, you've got the thinest skin on the planet! Jog, a guy who thinks a missle hit the pentagon despite hundreds of people who all saw a jet fly into it, runs you off that easily?! Hell, i usually have to work really hard to run you off, but Jog does it with a single sentance?! Come on man!

besides, tell us about the Jewish girl....  what would a Jewish girl and atheist guy do for Christmas?