Re: [asa] Teaching ID and teaching that Gobal Warming is not real

On Jan 15, 2008 9:35 AM, Janice Matchett <janmatch@earthlink.net> wrote:

> At 03:32 PM 1/5/2008, Merv wrote:
>
> Rich Blinne wrote: ".. Whenever such as above is proposed there is the
> inevitable cry of protest from the deniers who are more beholden to their p
> olitical philosophy *than to Scripture.* *That cry is wearing thin on
> evangelicals*, however. .." *~ Rich B.*
>
>
> AMEN -- and let me get out of your bandwagon so I can get behind it and
> push. *Hidden costs beyond this world exist* as well, as we Christians
> ought to be remembering. To use *Philip Yancey*'s words (from memory), "
> *you don't get into heaven without a reference letter from the poor*."
> ..." *-- Merv*
>
>
> *@ *Of course, it's not hard to get "a reference letter from the poor" if
> you helped them, but if you helped them with ill-gotten gain you are only
> fooling yourself - you aren't fooling God - he'll tell you where you can
> stick your Brownie-point "letter" and show you what the "hidden costs" are
> that will be paid by *individuals* who pretend that there is no difference
> between these two choices:
>
> 1.) See a need and be a cheerful giver using your own resources (and the
> *voluntary* contributions from others) to help.
> 2.) See a need and be a cheerful giver of the resources you stole
> (yourself or through agents) from others.
>

The following context was left out where I said:

 Interestingly, what I haven't seen much of is a call by Christians for us
> to voluntarily act NOT in our economic self interest.

Merv and I were discussing option 1. I guess God would think option 3 is OK:

3.) See a need and be uncheerful critic. Jesus taught that in the parable of
the good priest, err, Samaritan.

Thanks, Janice, for making my prediction above to come true.

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Received on Tue Jan 15 19:38:19 2008