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   From: jwkenne@attglobal.net   
      
   stephen@nomail.com wrote:   
   > John W. Kennedy  wrote:   
   >> darylgene@aol.com wrote:   
   >   
   >>> I would simply say,   
   >>> again, that if the concept of God has any referent it must have   
   >>> boundries. Unless you think everyone worships the same God you have to   
   >>> make distinctions. If a person is a Christian, no matter what they   
   >>> believe, just because they say they are, the term is meaningless, no?   
   >   
   >> I quite agree that I would be happy if such devil worshipers as Pat   
   >> Robertson and George W. Bush would stop calling themselves "Christian",   
   >> but it remains the case that if you deny that Jews worship the same God   
   >> that Christians do, your /own/ Christianity is put into serious doubt,   
   >> "for Salvation is of the Jews".   
   >   
   > How exactly have you concluded that Pat Robertson and George W. Bush   
   > are devil worshipers?  They seem to believe that they are worshiping   
   > the God of the Bible.  Do you think that they secretly address their   
   > prayers to Satan?  Or do you think that despite their belief that   
   > they are worshiping the Christian/Jewish/Muslim God that their actions   
   > indicate they are mistaken, and are instead worshiping something else?   
      
   Tashlan. They have their reward.   
      
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   John W. Kennedy   
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