10 things God won't ask email I received from a GOP'r

Danieljay

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Thu Jan-05-06 01:54 PM
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10 things God won't ask email I received from a GOP'r

I received an email recently with a powerpoint that was pretty cool although being a progressive I had to send a response including another 10 things God wouldn't ask. I received a reply from an address of Lovegop@XXX.com (protecting privacy). Seems he was a good GOP'r and took issue with my responses. here's the original...and the ones I sent back, his response...and my response for your reading pleasure. Its long but some of you may enjoy it.

TEN THINGS GOD WON'T ASK
1...God won't ask what kind of car you drove, He'll ask how many people you drove who didn't have transportation.
2...God won't ask the square footage of your house, He'll ask how many people you welcomed into your home.
3...God won't ask about the clothes you had in your closet, He'll ask how many you helped to clothe.
4...God won't ask what your highest salary was, He'll ask if you compromised your character to obtain it.
5...God won't ask what your job title was, He'll ask if you performed your job to the best of our ability.
6...God won't ask how many friends you had, He'll ask how many people to whom you were a friend.
7...God won't ask in what neighborhood you lived, He'll ask how you treated your neighbors.
8...God won't ask about the color of your skin, He'll ask about the content of your character.
9...God won't ask why it took you so long to seek Salvation, He'll lovingly take you to your mansion in heaven, and not to the gates of Hell.
10...God won't ask how many people you forwarded this to, He'll ask if you were ashamed to pass it on to your friends.

MY REPLY (10 MORE things)
1. God won't ask you your political party. He'll ask if you supported policies that promoted all His children.
2. God won't ask if you fought against stem cell research. He'll ask if you did everything you could to help the sick.
3. God won't ask if you voted the way your pastor wanted to. He'll ask if you voted the way He wanted you to.
4. God won't ask if you went to church every Sunday. He'll ask how you acted on Monday through Saturday.
5. God won't ask if you had blind faith. He'll ask if you examined the issues carefully and found the answers He placed in your path.
6. God won't ask if you hated Bill and Hillary Clinton or Al Franken or Michael Moore... He'll ask why you didn't love your fellow man.
7. God won't ask if you supported the war or the troops. He'll ask why you did not support peace with His children.
8. God won't ask if you've picketed an abortion clinic. He'll ask how well you raised your own children.
9. God won't ask if you protected marriage from gays. He'll ask if you passed judgment on them.
10. God won't ask if you forwarded e-mail about him. He'll ask if you led by example.

His Reply: Must be written by a liberal

WELL LETS TAKE THE TEN QUESTIONS:

#1 THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE CONSERTIVE MOVEMENT SUPPORTS ALL HIS CHILDREN RICH AND POOR.

#2 FIGHTING STEM CELL RESEARCH IS THE VIEW OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH,GOD WANTS US TO PRAY FOR THE SICK...

#3 THE ACLU,LIBERALS AND SOCIALIST HAVE TAKEN GOD OUT OF GOVERMENT TO THE POINT WHERE THE PRIEST OR PUBLIC SCHOOLS CANT SAY ONE THING ABOUT THE POLICIES FOR FERR OF BEING SUED

#4 A CAFETERIA CATHOLIC MAY THINK THAT WAY......

#5 YES, AND THATS WHY IAM A REPUBLICAN WHO READS AND LISTENS TO THE ISSUES

# 6 HAVE YOU EVER READ A BOOK BY CLINTONS,AL FRANKEN,OR MICHAIL MOORE? THEY ARE FULL OF HATE LIES AND UNTRUTHS,COULD I LOVE THEM? AH NO

# 7 SUPPORTING PEACE THROUGH A STRONG DEFENSE,THE TERRORIST WANT TO KILL US BECAUSE WE ARE CHRISTIAN,THEY DONT CARE ABOUT PEACE,GET IT?

#8 WE HAVE RAISED OUR CHILDREN TO BELIEVE THAT ABORTION IS MURDER,AND TO FIGHT IT ANY WAY WE CAN..

# 9 WELL GOD PASSED JUDGEMENT ,AND I BELIEVE IN GOD...

#10 THATS WHAT IAM DOING NOW, IF YOU DONT STAND FOR SOMTHING YOU WILL FALL FOR ANYTHING

My Final reply:

As a former student of seminary and ordained minister, I understand where your logic comes from. Let's examine a few of your statements.

#1. Are you truly implying that if you are in the Democratic Party or a liberal/progressive that you somehow don't support the rich and the poor. There are poor conservatives and rich liberals my friend, and neither have sole claim to God.

#2. God wants us to pray for the sick? Is that all? Have you read the book of Matthew lately? "For I was hungry and you fed Me; thirsty and you gave me a drink; I was a stranger and you received Me in your homes; naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you took care of Me; in prison and you visited Me." It goes way beyond prayer my friend. Read James: "What use is it, my brethren, if a man says he has faith, but he has no works? Can faith alone save him? Faith without works is dead.

#3 Taking God out of government? Give me a break, my friend. God can't be taken out of anything; schools, government, etc. I don't know what God you worship but the God I worship is Omnipotent and Omnipresent. "Taking" God out of government as you put it is impossible, its semantics and means nothing. And as far as the ACLU? They sure came in handy when your hero Rush Limbaugh used them to defend the privacy of his medical records. Be careful...you might just need the ACLU to protect your right to worship freely. Have you seen religious freedom legislation supported by the ACLU? It guarantees YOUR rights to worship. Did you know that the ACLU vigorously defends peoples’ freedom to choose the religious symbols of their choice? The right of each and every American to practice his or her own religion, or no religion at all, is among the most fundamental of the freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. The Constitution's framers understood very well that religious liberty can flourish only if the government leaves religion alone. The free exercise clause of the First Amendment guarantees the right to practice one's religion free of government interference. The ACLU will fight for this right FOR you.

#4 A cafeteria Catholic? Shame on you. "If two or more are gathered in my name, I will be among you". Jesus said that my friend. And it didn't meant only on sunday or in a church, OR a cafeteria. While I'm not a Catholic I find it appalling you would pass judgement on them.

#5 My question for you is do you listen objectively to all sides? Or do you simply re
gurgitate what you watch on television or are told by someone else without regard to your brethren? God has given us a brain and a heart. When you aren't sure, go with your heart. Let God alone be the judge of men. Again, I refer to our Sacred Text. Read Romans chapters 14 and 15. When Paul admonished us "to be of the same mind with one another" he is not telling us that we have to agree. He is telling us we must ALL agree that we will not let "doubtful disputations" arise out of our differing opinions. He said that we MUST accept each other dispite differences of preference and opinion. Only when we accept each other (liberal or conservative, Christian, Jew, or Muslim, Gay or straight) can we "with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."

#6 Yes, I have read books by all three. I have also read books of the right side of the political spectrum. Have you? I still love my brother and sisters though I might disagree with them politically. Do you?

#7 Supporting Peace through a strong defense? Absolutely. Thats NOT what is currently happening. We were attacked by 15 SAUDI ARABIANS who trained in AFGHANISTAN. I supported our efforts there. Bush then took the offensive in Iraq and while ruled by a Dictator, had NOTHING to do with 911 and even Bush said this. Was Saddam a bad guy. Yep. Add him to the list of bad guys. Difference is? Other bad guys don't sit on one of the worlds largest oil supplies. I support our men and women in uniform and I support them now. I DON"T support this mission. It had nothing to do with the war on terror. Peace through war is an oxymoron. He who lives by the sword dies by the sword. Micah: .... "nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more". God abhors violence and brings peace through understanding. They DON'T kill us because we are Christian. That is an outright LIE. They DON"T kill us because of our freedom either. They KILL us because of our foriegn policy. Do the research. For God's sake my friend, 2 of Saddams chief officials were Christian.

#8 Fight abortion any way you can? Does this include blowing up clinics, shooting doctors, and terrifying children with images of aborted fetuses? Is that what Jesus would do? No. Its not. Abortion is a tragedy but its not stopped by hate, its stopped by understanding, education, and by all means: Love.

#8 AND #9 "Judge NOT lest ye be judged". Believing in God means we leave God as judge. We are ALL guilty of falling short in the eyes of God. Missing the mark (SIN). No sin is greater than another my friend. In humility we must all remember that without the grace of God, each one of us is capable of any sin. If we have been spared knowing this sin or that, it is the grace of God alone which has protected us, not any virtuous excellence of our own character. We are all flawed. We all make bad judgments. We all make decisions in haste, ignorance, and confusion. We all have made bad decisions based not on moral reflection, but on the basis of emotions such as fear and despair.

#10 Standing for God has nothing to do with political affiliation. Who do you stand for? the G-O-P or the G-O-D? I stand for the latter, and His Liberal son.