Sunday, January 23, 2005

C2

1 Worship no god but God.
2 Don't worship idols.

Don't these two seem like the same thing?

I think the first one is easy to understand. ie don't worship jupiter or mars and friends etc.
The second one uses the word idols...
I remember something about not making God into an idol, and worshipping God that way. It is kind of like worshipping some other god.
Some people believe that by doing good things, God will let them into heaven whether they know Jesus or not. maybe some people believe that if they be obedient, then God will rain money on them. hehe

People ask, why does God do this, and why doesn't God do that. Well...
just be careful not to make God into an idol.
(and read the bible :) )


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Monday, January 03, 2005

Doc

I was having dinner with a doctor last week. He was an aussie guy about 50 yrs old. I forgot how but we started talking about religion. He had the view that every religion had the same good natured teachings.

I set out that night to explain to him how Christianity is uniquely different. Along the way I realised that he had so many misconceptions about the Christian faith.

He knew a little about Catholics. From experience, that means that he has a lot of wrong ideas about Christianity, hehehe. (Especially people who know a little bit and then proceed to use their intelligence to make up the rest of the story)

Anyway, the night's discussions turned out to be very good. He asked a lot of questions as I explained to him the uniqueness of Christianity. I think by the end of the night, we had dispelled a lot of misunderstandings.

"Very Logical”, “Very interesting" was his response.

:)

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