Indigo Moon Man wrote:
:: marengo marengo spake thusly:
:::
::: I agree with this. The unfortunate thing is that so many who have
::: that "something" condemn others for not having it, rather than
::: share it. And since that "something" is forgiveness, it's ironic
::: that so many who have been forgiven by the unconditional love in
::: their religion don't seem very quick to extend that same
::: forgiveness and unconditional love to others. So regardless of what
::: may be in their hearts, they drive away with words and actions the
::: very people whom they desire to draw in.
::
:: Exactly. There are ming bogglingly huge number of Christians that
:: don't seem to understand that God is the one and only judge, not
:: them. It makes it so hard on those of us who do realize because
:: before we can even think of being able to share what we have with
:: people, we often have to work through people's bad impressions
:: gotten from past bad experiences with so called Christians.
::

That is so true!