(DAVE 12/4) Rhonda: That is a fair point - my analogy was only referring
to "good" being the taste of the meal. Getting poisoning, botulism etc. are
all examples of eating "tainted" food - that IS what will happen if you
digest the wrong thing, or if you digest the right thing the wrong way.
Case in point.
Rhonda
What would you
>think of that seemingly good meal after you've spent hours in the
>bathroom vomiting and suffering from cramps and diarrhea? What if you
>suffered permament disability or even death from botulism that you got
>when you ate that meal? Regardless of how satisfying and delicious the
>food was at that time, would you still call it a good meal?
(DAVe 12/4) Rhonda: "Good" being tasty, yes. Lasting results being "good"
- no. It obviously wasn't ALL good. In the same way, we can consider
pleasures of our life "good", but in the end result, they just cause us
botulism etc. What we need is to find a true, and eternally "good" meal.
What is that for you, Rhonda, in your life?
Rhonda
>It's the same with Christianity. I did 'eat' of it, quite deeply and
>completely, and after suffering the poisoning of my mind and mental health
>caused by it, I know that no matter how tempting it looks and no matter
>how 'good' it may have tasted going down, there is no way I would ever
>'eat' of it again.
(DAVe 12/4) Rhonda: Then you should try a different restaurant - there's
nothing wrong with the meal.
>
-Regards. Dave.
>
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