Taike-

Mr. G. isn't forcing anyone, certainly not either of us to believe as he does. He's encouraging, advising, hoping, threatening, cajoling, etc. but no one's forcing any beliefs upon us.

I think G is sincere. I doubt he stands to make a nickel off of you or I and whether we join him. I find him to be genuine...

You know me well enough to know that many of your points resonated with me as well. It too stumps me that while I'm generally pre-programmed to hold Christian beliefs, I acknowledge that if at birth, I had been adopted by a Jewish family from Israel, or a Muslim family from Saudi Arabia, my beliefs would be just as heartfelt, but quite different.

Perhaps it was God's plan that I was born in Pittsburgh PA and not elsewhere, but who can say?

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Bill in Dayton


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