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Message from discussion Are you a good cardiologist? Or do you know one?
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Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD  
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 More options Jan 18 2004, 6:16 pm
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From: "Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <and...@heartmdphd.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 23:07:11 GMT
Local: Sun, Jan 18 2004 6:07 pm
Subject: Re: Are you a good cardiologist? Or do you know one?
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Jim Chinnis wrote:
> "Tiger Lily" <m...@privacy.com> wrote in part:

> >i can publicly state that as a practicing Christian i am mortified at the
> >antics that get "blessed as truthful and Christ-like" in this newsgroup

> >gack!

> Christianity--as any other class of religion--comes in many different forms.

Incorrect.

> All of them were laid out by men, not by God.

Incorrect.

> Those who claim to know the only
> way to please God and who claim to know what God wants and then use those
> "gifts" both to justify the abuse of others and to relegate good works as
> unimportant as compared with their own "salvation" are both frightening and to
> be pitied.

Rather complicated sentence.  Are you an attorney, Jim?

Let me break it down for you:

(1) Christians do believe that Christ is the only way to salvation.

For Jesus says as quoted in John 14:

From John 14:

    6Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the
Father except through me..."

(2) Christians do believe they know what God wants.

For Jesus commanded as quoted in Matthew 28:

    18Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has
     been given to me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing

     them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and
     teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with
     you always, to the very end of the age."

(3) As for using God's "gifts" to justify the abuse of others.  If you are
referring the use of the "gift" of truth discernment to reveal the untruthfulness
of others.  That is God's purpose for this "gift."  It is regrettable that the
untruthful feel "abused" when they are thusly exposed.  Nonetheless, Christians do
believe that such "gifts" should be used for God's purpose.

(4) Christians do believe that all the good works one does in a lifetime will not
erase the inherent wickedness of men.

For it is written in the Holy Bible in Romans 1:

     18The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness
     and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19since
     what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain
     to them. 20For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his

     eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood
from
     what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

In conclusion, you, Jim Chinnis, fear Christians as you have confessed.  This is
understandable because what you glimpse in Christians is a very tiny
(infinitesimal) part of God.  Yes, you should fear God.  After all, He did create
everything with just a thought.  And as easily as He made you, He can unmake you.

On the other hand, your claim that you pity Christians is clearly an untruth.
This is where the "gift" of truth discernment has it's utility according to God's
purpose.

Picture a cockroach that is about to be stepped on.  The cockroach fears the man
than is about to squash it into a paste on the floor.  Now imagine the cockroach
taunting the man with the words "I fear you but I also pity you!"

Understandably, at this point you feel wrongfully abused.  Truth has this effect
on the untruthful.

> I would like to see Dr. Chung continue to post here and I have said before
> that I oppose the off-topic and often juvenile rantings of those who "oppose"
> him here as much as or more than Dr. Chung's own pathetic displays.

Thanks for blessing, Jim.

For Jesus teaches in Matthew 5:

    11"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all
     kinds of evil against you because of me. 12Rejoice and be glad, because great
is
     your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who
     were before you.

> Without
> the attention and nonsense of others, the proportion of his posts that are
> off-topic would dwindle and the discussion of cardiology would be vastly
> improved.

Satan and his workers do not give up that easily, Jim.

> --
> Jim Chinnis   Warrenton, Virginia, USA

May you accept Christ as your Lord and Savior someday.

You remain in my prayers, neighbor.

Humbly,

Andrew

--
Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Board-Certified Cardiologist
http://www.heartmdphd.com


 
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