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God sent his Son to redeem, not to condemn. No doubt that's because threats of condemnation don't persuade, or change hearts for the better. Many in the Christian family continue not to understand this.
Paul Claudel, the Roman Catholic mystic poet, once tried to convert the freethinking Andre Gide, a leader of French liberal thought. Claudel was unsuccessful. A few days after Gide died, in the early 1950s, on a bulletin board in a hall of the Sorbonne, in Paris, a telegram appeared bearing Gide's signature. It read: "Hell doesn't exist. Better notify Claudel."
Paul Claudel, the Roman Catholic mystic poet, once tried to convert the freethinking Andre Gide, a leader of French liberal thought. Claudel was unsuccessful. A few days after Gide died, in the early 1950s, on a bulletin board in a hall of the Sorbonne, in Paris, a telegram appeared bearing Gide's signature. It read: "Hell doesn't exist. Better notify Claudel."
