Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: I. Ben Hib Mortise Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Quantum Computers Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2015 18:31:02 +0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <3f9d4c86-53ee-430a-9255-db3cbece8e80@googlegroups.com> <54e0167a-2c0a-4cfc-8a00-83cfc3c3375f@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="451d67796bf6fcf36587c3e0e2ac5633"; logging-data="4187"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19fnODUSFl4SamFATfwNsem" Cancel-Lock: sha1:uR7pko+tIKtvfuDc4xJzwZOFXFk= Xref: aioe.org alt.folklore.computers:148225 On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 11:06:39AM -0700, Rick C. Hodgin wrote: [snip]> > Jesus will save ALL who come to Him. The only reason a person will > wind up in Hell is because they would not receive His free offer of > salvation, because they were not looking for the truth, but rather > were pursuing their own lusts, their own wants, their own ideas, and > in so doing, will perish in eternity, because they are not in pursuit > of truth. Is it just me, or is this last paragraph a bit much? It pretty much asserts that the only activities worth pursuing are religious activities. Secretly, I think, he has written off the great mass of those involved in creative and/or productive commercial industry. They must certainly be destined for hell since they cannot devote all of their being to a proper spiritual existence. Once again, it seems only the elect will reap Heaven's bounty.