[Oyk]

Anyone reading your sentence can tell you're making a statement about OYK and not soliciting an opinion from me about him. The word 'definitely' that you used lends force to your statement in a way that's certain or clear that "OYK has definitely not lived up to his preach ..." If you had used the punctuation mark ? after your statement or a direct question, then you could say you were eliciting an opinion.

As I said, I wouldn't answer your rhetorical question and I also knew you would say you were not really expecting an answer from me. Answering rhetorical questions is hence a waste of time. Ditto difficult and loaded questions which most people tend to avoid answering. One question recently asked by OYK comes to mind. He questioned why some blasphemers of the Christian God were not chastised for their use of blasphemous language. His question went unanswered, and the deafening silence from sgtalkers drew silent accusations of a double standard. Needless to say, we all tend to be selective about the types of questions we'll answer, questions we feel comfortable with.

I announced lately that my philosophy of life - not modus operandi as I dislike its usage due to its association with crime - is to be non-judgmental as much as humanly possible. Judgement is God's, not mine nor yours. Since you want my opinion something fierce, I shall oblige just this once.

Assuming that me too hold that both Buddha and Muhammad are members of Homo sapiens and they're only flesh and blood. Like all ordinary mortals who have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, they surely need Christ, the Redeemer, to grant them absolution for their sins in order to attain eternal life and escape eternal damnation.

Is such a view correct? It's both yes and no, depending on where I stand. Yes - if I'm a devout believer. No - if I ain't. Is it correct to publicize this view and should I do it? Yes - if I wanna proselytize my faith and am not afraid of being persecuted. No - if I know there are people ready and waiting for me to make a careless remark. Once they've adjudged me to have blasphemed some god or religion, they'll make an issue of it with a big smirk on their faces. They'll then accuse me of offending religionists' sensibilities and pray I'll be called to account. These are the people who truly loathe me and are baying for blood. Well, that explains it!

One more.  There's one more.  Your last para didn't mention "Then hor, I will start a thread in SgTalk".

Having said that, I have the fullest respect for your guts when challenged.  More than that, it was your faith. There was no way for you to say "No, Buddha and Muhammed don't need the Blood of Christ." if you believe in the Gospel absolutely with no ifs and buts.  There was no way for you to say that I said the wrong thing.  You could only say, well, you'd be careful with peepur waiting to punch the wind out of you with a big smirk on their fat faces.

The Bible tells us that Christ came to this world to save mankind, not to fight with the Romans and liberate the Jews.  The Jews failed to understand the mission of the Messiah, and that a gulp of well water quenches thirst for a time, that could lead to death, but the Blood of Christ saves us for all time when Death has no more sting.  Hallelujah!

Christ needed not lead an army to fight with the Romans. As God in the flesh, He just had to say a word, and the Roman soldiers would all be lying flat on their belly liao.  But no, Christ also died for them, if they would repent and believe and accept the offer of Salvation.

Winning that war with mere mortals was not the purpose of the coming of Christ.  It was a spiritual war: Christ came to conquer Death itself!

And whoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.  The Gospel is for all men.  ALL MEN (and women)!

Instead of reading my post, which had been cut and pasted by lvlrsSTI aka Observer the troll, peepur should also read the posts I had written before and after in that thread to get the context.  And they would know that it was a conspiracy by evil Dan and his evil gang to try to destroy Oyk.

"There is a way which seems right to a man, but its way is the way of death." - The Bible.  Amen!