THIS SAYS IT ALL!!!!! (OT)

[Greg Newell]

Clyde,
    I've not followed this too closely but I'm somewhat confused by your reply here. In the first paragraph you seem to condemn the practice of inventing one's own God. A practice I too do not agree with. In the second paragraph you correctly state that the God most posts seem to be talking about is the God the founding fathers placed their faith in which indeed is the God of the Holy Bible. Your last statement leads me to confusion.
"Currently, it's a whole different ballgame for a lot of people." Please explain.

Greg

Clyde Hollinger wrote:

> Bill,
>
> Good questions.  It continues to fascinate and amaze me how some folks make up their own version of a god and pray to that.  How can that be rational?  But the practice arises out of the idea that no one can really know who or what God is, so everyone is guessing anyway, and God is just a fairy tale like Santa Claus, tooth fairy, or the Easter bunny.
>
> So as to what god is being talked about, it depends if you are speaking historically or currently.  I believe if you do the research you will find that for most of the history of the United States you will find that the God being referred to is the God of the Holy Bible.  Currently, it's a whole different ballgame for a lot of people.
>
> Regards,
> Clyde
>
> Bill Ballard wrote:
>
> > At 5:08 PM -0500 10/22/01, Avery Todd forwarded:
> > >>"God"
> > >>"God We Trust"
> > >>God is in our pledge,........ If God offends
> > >>you......... because God is part of our culture and we are proud to have
> > >>Him.
> >
> > Help me out here, which god are we talking about, Allah, Jaweh, the Christian God, Ma (the Creator), the Great Spirit? Or is this another conversation where everyone uses the name "God", and each thinks that it that it's their own god being referred to. (Modern religions insist that there is only one God and if anyone else has a different name for God, it's only because they haven't learned the one true name and switched churches yet).
> >
> > It's a big country with as many different churches as political parties.

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