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Re: Tolerance

From:P. M. Arktayg <pmva@...>
Date:Thursday, October 16, 2003, 22:19
Paul Bennett ta nugatu-r:

> For example, the Jehovas Witnesses believe there is only room in heaven > for 144,000 people. This leads me to wonder facetiously whether it's wise > for them to encourage greater numbers of people into their faith to > compete for those few spaces, but that's another question entirely.
It is obvious that you do not know their faith. They believe in an eternal life *on Earth*, a physical life, that is, they do not believe in existence of an immortal soul. The heaven is for the choosen ones only. A Roman-Catholic could call them _saints_. -- /\ P. M. Arktayg pmva[na]avenned.com /\ \/ "rubba s.idqin ka:na ?akd_aba min kid_bin" \/ \/\/ 'często prawda jest bardziej kłamliwa niż kłamstwo' \/\/

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