#44,

Where have Christians such as the Falwells, Dobsons and Huckabees stated they speak for other Christians and what electioneering laws were broken and by whom? Does the claim that one isn't running for PotUSA or that one isn't prove they speak for other Christians? I'm not running for PotUSA and that hardly proves I speak for other Christians. I know a great many Christians who aren't running for PotUSA and they don't speak for other Christians? I fail to see how one equates with the other, perhaps you can explain, please?

Takuan,

I promise neither to burn nor bore you, however, you are the one who must decide if something is of little or no importance which might bore you.

non-nutty, non-far right Christians!!!

I'm not sure what a 'far-right' Christian is since the term 'far-right' has been defined in many different ways. Usually it's whatever someone who is not a Christian doesn't like about someone who is a Christian or, in this case, what an unbeliever has determined is nutty, coming from a non-Christian perspective that is, or is it a non-Christian far-right unbeliever's perspective? In the 60s we used the term 'far-out' to describe anything we thought was nutty, only to discover later in life it really wasn't so nutty, just disagreeable at the moment.

One of the most common myths a non-Christian believes is that whomever claims to be a Christian must really be one. Now, I'm not saying that person isn't but if it is so easy to believe one is a Christian simply because one says he/she is, why then does the same person NOT believe what the Christian states concerning sin and repentance?

I've no doubt many who are Christians (and some who just claim to be) are more willing to believe what another Christian says merely because of the notoriety of that Christian, that is to their shame, no one else's. However, that does not mean all who are Christians do this and it is wrong to paint all Christians guilty with such a large stroke of the brush. Also, the phrase about dogs and fleas works in both directions. I haven't always been a Christian and I've had more than my share of fleas.

Christians such as the Falwells, Dobsons and Huckabees never claim to speak for others but others allow Christians such as the Falwells, Dobsons and Huckabees to do so and that is to the shame of the individual who allows another to think for them (this also works in both directions). Christians are not immune to being affected by sensationalism, and then again, neither are those who are not Christians.

RAJ77,

No apologies necessary. I didn't want you to think I was ignoring your question if it was directed toward me. I see that you were probably asking Mad Madmartigan about the radiator but since I (and others) mentioned Hell I wasn't sure if you were asking me if I had knowledge beyond Scripture of the nature of Hell. However, the answer to that question would be no. Any extra-Biblical knowledge concerning a Biblical concept must be met with great scrutiny. The concept of Hell is not given to us by private revelation (personal opinion) or in Nature, although man's conscience is endowed with limited and certain knowledge of the existence of God proven by the existence of Nature and all things created.

RAJ77,

To whom are you addressing your question?

Takuan stated, I see Christianity can't arise until a civilization develops central heating. Takuan, central heating has been around since creation, it's called the Lake of Fire, sometimes referred to as Hell.