RE: Alliance for Science

Dear Bob:
 
Please consider it dropped. I certainly don't wish to offend anyone by
suggesting they help spread the good news of salvation through Christ to
others. I'm sure we all do this. And if my remarks were offensive, I
apologize.
 
Dick Fischer
~Dick Fischer~ Genesis Proclaimed Association
Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
 <http://www.genesisproclaimed.org> www.genesisproclaimed.org
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Schneider [mailto:rjschn39@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 1:26 PM
To: Dick Fischer; ASA
Subject: Re: Alliance for Science
 
Dick,
 
You are being so assuming and judgmental. I do not respect what you are
doing. You have gone too far, and are out of line. Please drop it, or
I shall file a complaint with Terry.
 
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Dick <mailto:dickfischer@verizon.net> Fischer
To: ASA <mailto:asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 12:47 PM
Subject: RE: Alliance for Science
 
Hi Bob,
 
My point was not to disparage your friend. I was disparaging you. How
deep is your faith if you can simply allow him to remain without God in
his life. If we believe what the Bible says about those who die without
Christ, (i.e. rich man and Lazarus) how can we be complacent and not
reach out continually to someone to try and make God real to him to at
least get him to think about it? Salvation is not to stick in our
pocket and say, "Gee, thanks God, I'm going to keep this for myself and
not ruffle any feathers and make someone feel uncomfortable by bringing
the subject up." It's to share. And if we lose a friend in the process
of sharing, better that than he loses his life through our silence. No,
we don't "save" anybody ourselves. But we are obliged to make the
effort to share what we know to be true. That's all.
 
Dick Fischer
~Dick Fischer~ Genesis Proclaimed Association
Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
 <http://www.genesisproclaimed.org> www.genesisproclaimed.org
 
 
It sounds as if you have already made up your mind, since you are
putting atheists in the same category with serial rapists, and would not
be amenable to getting to know a person like my friend. What God has in
store for people like my friend is God's business, though it appears
that you have made up your mind about that too.
 
My wife would be happy to have him and his wife to dinner; they were in
our wedding party. They have been wonderful hosts to us.
 
If you are going to follow up, Dick, take care what you say about my
friend. I won't tolerate any disparaging remarks. You've already gone
far enough.
 
Dick Fischer
~Dick Fischer~ Genesis Proclaimed Association
Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
 <http://www.genesisproclaimed.org> www.genesisproclaimed.org
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Dick Fischer <mailto:dickfischer@verizon.net>
To: ASA <mailto:asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 9:15 PM
Subject: RE: Alliance for Science
 
Hi Bob, you wrote:
 
I would ask any person on this list who does not know an atheist to get
to
know one.
 
H'mmm, take an atheist home to dinner? "Hi, honey, I brought an atheist
home tonight. I know, it was a cat burglar last night and a serial
rapist last week ..."
 
And what does your friend say when you share the gospel with him? Or
does God have a special place reserved for sweet, kind, compassionate,
fair-minded, decent, non-believers?
 
Of course, why worry? There are no atheists in hell.
 
Dick Fischer
~Dick Fischer~ Genesis Proclaimed Association
Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
www.genesisproclaimed.org
Received on Mon Mar 13 12:41:36 2006