tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239008642843986825.post1638424782386439350..comments2023-08-18T05:01:03.973-07:00Comments on Off the Shore of Orion: Why has religion been the source of so much violence and pain? Or: Why the gun-owning, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic Christian fanatics known as the Amish make for such lovely neighbors.New York Erratichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12910004748099284750noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239008642843986825.post-27764724160301128852012-04-07T12:48:19.427-07:002012-04-07T12:48:19.427-07:00:-) I like Joan of Arc's answer to her inquis...:-) I like Joan of Arc's answer to her inquisitors. Asked if she knew she was in God's grace, she answered: "If I am not, may God put me there; and if I am, may God so keep me."<br /><br />I don't know who or who is not in God's grace because, like it says in Isaiah 40:13: "Who can fathom the Spirit, Mind ans Will of God, or instruct the LORD as his counselor?"New York Erratichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12910004748099284750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239008642843986825.post-71015849211602310422012-04-07T12:42:38.508-07:002012-04-07T12:42:38.508-07:00I tend to agree. In some circles, I'm just not...I tend to agree. In some circles, I'm just not a very good Christian because I don't believe that others have to believe the way I do, lest they go to hell.Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.com