A very good response Neville. A saw the contradiction straight away. A true Catholic could not have put it better. Thanks , Philip. You forgot to mention the millions of individual independent Bible Believers with no church affiliation, doing his own thing . 8 I say to you that he will quickly revenge them. But yet the Son of man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth? 9 And to some who trusted in themselves as just and despised others, he spoke also this parable: 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a Pharisee and the other a publican. 11 The Pharisee standing, prayed thus with himself: O God, I give thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, as also is this publican. 12 I fast twice in a week: I give tithes of all that I possess. 13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift up his eyes towards heaven; but struck his breast, saying: O God, be merciful to me a sinner. 14 I say to you, this man went down into his house justified rather than the other: because every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. ----- Original Message ----- From: Neville Jones To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 6:36 AM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Bible anomolies Dear Jack, I need to pick up on this paragraph that you sent to Paul, but which is clearly of relevance to any believer: A Christian who does not believe the litteral interpretation of Genesis and conveys such to a new Christian runs the risk of being a 'stumbling block' to him. If the new Christian thinks it is OK to interpret the Bible as one feels, then how will he know what is OK and what isn't? When the time comes for us all to give an account of our lives, the worst that can happen to me is that God could say,"Nice try Jack, but I'm not quite that clever - 6 days does not give me too much time, however thank you for your support, even if it was a bit OTT". However the theistic evolutionist could be admonished for not giving God credit for creation and causing others to go astray (to hell that is) through his liberal Biblical interpretations. There are something of the order of 28,000+ sects/schisms/divisions/..., call them what you will, under the Christian banner. Are not all of these interpreting the Bible in their own way? Emphasizing certain verses and ignoring others? To suit the ends of the "church" to which they "belong"? What about non-Christians? They reject the Bible either in whole, or at least in large parts. Are they all off to "hell," in your opinion? Neville www.GeocentricUniverse.com -----Original Message----- From: jack.lewis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:29:58 +0100 Dear Paul, ... Here's a philosophical thought for you to be going on with. A Christian who does not believe the litteral interpretation of Genesis and conveys such to a new Christian runs the risk of being a 'stumbling block' to him. If the new Christian thinks it is OK to interpret the Bible as one feels, then how will he know what is OK and what isn't? When the time comes for us all to give an account of our lives, the worst that can happen to me is that God could say,"Nice try Jack, but I'm not quite that clever - 6 days does not give me too much time, however thank you for your support, even if it was a bit OTT". However the theistic evolutionist could be admonished for not giving God credit for creation and causing others to go astray (to hell that is) through his liberal Biblical interpretations. Jack ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get Free Smileys for Your IM & Email - Learn more at www.inbox.com/smileys Works with AIM®, MSN® Messenger, Yahoo!® Messenger, ICQ®, Google TalkTM and most webmails ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.33/1037 - Release Date: 29/09/2007 1:32 PM