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Praat gerus saam oor die volgende stellings.
“The vast majority of people say they believe in God. But it’s abundantly clear in the so-called Crhistian nations of the Western world that professing belief in God and allowing that belief to make any discernible difference in your life are two entirely different things.
As obvious as this lapse of logic is, few seem to notice it. To believe in an all-powerful supreme being to whom you owe your very existence and yet to live as if you are the one in control doesn’t appear strange. In fact, it feels normal.” (Jan Hettinga, Follow Me, 1996:22).
“Ons word geroep om al meer gelykvormig te wees aan die beeld van hierdie ewige, selfopofferende, ontfermende, gemeenskapstigtende, lewegewende, omgee-vir-die-ander God. Maar ook in ons dag en omgewing is selfopoffering ter wille van die ander; is ontferming, barmhartigheid en geregtigheid; is gemeenskapstigting, solidariteit en behoort-aan; is lewe-gee en lewe-gun en lewe-skenk en lewe-bevorder; ja, is omgee-vir-die-ander nié die waardes waarna allerweë gestrewe word nie, nie die soort mensbeeld wat ons graag aan onsself en ander voorhou nie. (D Smit, Neem Lees! 2006:179).
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