RE: [asa] Reply to Glenn

--- Glenn Morton <glennmorton@entouch.net> wrote:

> It is easy to sit in an entirely Christian world and assume that the only
> questions one has to answer are those within Christianity rather than those
> between Christianity and other religions. Having had the pleasure of
> traveling the world and living on other continents, I can no longer have
> those simple assumptions any longer. I have seen ancient Pictish customs in
> Stonehaven, Scotland, Shinto worshipping in Japan, Buddhists worshipping in
> many places in China, Tibet and Thailand. I have been in Hindu temples in
> Singapore. I have seen the traditional Chinese temples in Melaka Malaysia, I
> have been inside great mosques in Singapore, as well as Xi'an and Langfang
> China. Life was so much simpler before I saw all that. There were fewer
> questions. Sometimes I wish I could go back to those days before the
> questions haunted me day and night--back to when I was safely a YEC. But
> then, I can't safely be an Old earther like many who have not seen what I
> have seen and who only worry about apologetics within the context that no
> other religions exist.

I wonder if when visiting these exotic countries -- a few of which I have
visited -- if you have looked up any of the Christian missionaries who strive
to win these folks to Christ. It _is_ possible to reach them, in spite of your
doubts.
>
> Bill, you understand. They don't.
Thanks

Bill Hamilton
William E. Hamilton, Jr., Ph.D.
248.652.4148 (home) 248.821.8156 (mobile)
"...If God is for us, who is against us?" Rom 8:31

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Received on Sun Jun 18 15:45:20 2006