From: Pele@yabbs
To: Cat@yabbs
Subject: Your question
Date: Fri Jul 22 12:14:20 1994
Ok...How do we know that God is God and not Buddah?  It has to do with the 
uniqueness of our situation.

First of all, What separates christians from other religions is not God 
but Jesus, his son.  You see...I am resigned to agree that Jehovah, Allah, 
Budda (Budda was a man, not a God), Brahma and the rest of them are the 
same.  That is, the names are different and perhaps the doctrine has 
minute differences but the overall effect of God remains the same.  In 
other words, it's not what you call him it that you believe in him in some 
way or anther.  It'
s not a competition to see who has the best religion.

Now...what separates christians. I can only tell you what mad me become a 
christian as opposed to a Muslim or something like that.  It has to do 
with faith.  I grew up in a Christian home but I never really believed on 
God or anything.  I understand where you are coming from because I was 
feeling the same way.   At some point, however (I don't know the date) I 
started to listen and I found some wonderful things out.  

-No matter what you do...it's forgiveable, even if you don't forgive 
yourself.

-Jesun died and was resurrected.  No other religion in the world has that
 claim.  That also reasures us that we too will die and be resurrected.

It is that hope, and that faith that we too will live forever with God 
that makes Christians (at least this one) want to praise his name all day 
long!  Thanx for asking...I needed to tell someone so that I could tell 
myself (I often find myself doubting my beliefs).

NO matter what you believe...believe in God.  He loves you like a father 
loves a child....only infinitely more.

God Bless you!

-Pele-