@ LJMom - If I can only add something with honest intention. But there was something you siad that really seemed to me to be the cause for so many believers to be misguided. That is Truth is not relative. It's not 'one thing to one person and something else to another'; that's what makes it Truth.
Opinions are free, but they are not Truth. Opinions are based on personal experiences, they can be formed from learning the truth or be stirred up from out of a sinful heart; remembering that the very nature of 'man' is sinful. Which was cause for the only sinless man to be sacrificed for all.
Sorry, I didn't come in her to 'preach' and to be honest with you I don't really hold any harsh feelings for followers of other religions but rather the love of Christ for them, praying for them that the Truth be revealed to them and that they eventually find Him and receive Salvation. I feel bad for any one that won't make it into heaven.
Actually, I came here to say hello, because I too am from California. I currently reside in Texas, but I did a lot of my adolescent years in Vacaville and San Bernadino California. It's nice to have you hear.
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