Re: Shades of gray?

"Ed Chait" <edchait4remove@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to send" <mmeahan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
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Su wrote:

If a person's beliefs are strong enough, you can't destroy them. You
might get them wondering about things for a bit, but they'll come right
back to what's in their heart.


Not always. Sometimes their hearts change.


But not in response to someone who is attempting to "destroy" their
beliefs. All that does is hurt and alienate people.


Which is precisely why missionaries need to stay out of other countries,
like Iraq, and let those of the Muslim faith continue to be Muslims ... and
not have their belief "destroyed" so they can be converted into Christians.


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