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"The bible test" Answered.
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 (December 6, 2013 at 9:12 pm)Godschild Wrote: Good job Drich, they're afraid to take you on, they beg for answers and when you give them answers they run and hide just like scripture described over 2000+ years ago. They are living proof of prophecy.So why hasn't Drich the Giant Killer responded to my latest post, where I pointed out that much of the Old Testament reads like a manual for the Taliban? 
If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people — House
RE: "The bible test" Answered.
December 7, 2013 at 4:52 pm
(This post was last modified: December 7, 2013 at 5:28 pm by xpastor.)
If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people — House
 (December 7, 2013 at 3:15 pm)xpastor Wrote:(December 6, 2013 at 9:12 pm)Godschild Wrote: Good job Drich, they're afraid to take you on, they beg for answers and when you give them answers they run and hide just like scripture described over 2000+ years ago. They are living proof of prophecy.So why hasn't Drich the Giant Killer responded to my latest post, where I pointed out that much of the Old Testament reads like a manual for the Taliban? You believe that because you have never experienced God and His truth. GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
(December 7, 2013 at 6:03 pm)Godschild Wrote:In other words, you have no answer. No one can know what I experienced, certainly not you who have never met me.(December 7, 2013 at 3:15 pm)xpastor Wrote: So why hasn't Drich the Giant Killer responded to my latest post, where I pointed out that much of the Old Testament reads like a manual for the Taliban? Going by externals, when I was a Christian, I sacrificed far more than most Christians ever do. I entered a three-year seminary program at the age of 36 with a family of a wife and two children, paid all my own costs, and tithed on my income such as it was. As for the Old Testament passages ... if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. Murdering babies, stoning people who change their religion, cutting off hands, forcing a young woman to marry her rapist, you tell me how to distinguish this from the Taliban. And telling me that it is printed in a book with black covers and gold lettering which someone told you is the word of God doesn't amount to anything.
If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people — House
  RE: "The bible test" Answered.
December 7, 2013 at 8:29 pm
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 RE: "The bible test" Answered.
December 8, 2013 at 2:51 am
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The Bible Test?
meh, the Bible failed my test Aractus Wrote:In short, Jesus is teaching that the ruler lacks love for his neighbour - not that he lacks love for God. He loves his wealth and riches more than his neighbour, and that's why he wouldn't when asked sacrifice his riches for the good of his neighbours. This is a strange argument from silence, that since Jesus does not quote the table of the law applying to God, he accepts that the young man obeys these commands, but since he does quote much of the table applying to fellow men, he is saying that the young man lacks love for his neighbor. Seems like tortuous logic to me. The fact is the young man says that he has obeyed the commands to love his neighbor and Jesus does not contradict him. Neither does Jesus imply, as you seem to suggest, that the Scribes and Pharisees came close to fulfilling the law, but no one can fulfill it so perfectly as to deserve eternal life. On the contrary, he says that they did a very bad job of fulfilling the law: they were very good at the minor details but ignored the major duties: "You pay a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faith. These things should have been done without neglecting the others." He does tell the young man to sell all that he has and give it to the poor. That's quite an extreme demand, but by your logic total sacrifice to help your neighbor is the only way to obey God's law.
If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people — House
 (December 7, 2013 at 3:15 pm)xpastor Wrote:(December 6, 2013 at 9:12 pm)Godschild Wrote: Good job Drich, they're afraid to take you on, they beg for answers and when you give them answers they run and hide just like scripture described over 2000+ years ago. They are living proof of prophecy.So why hasn't Drich the Giant Killer responded to my latest post, where I pointed out that much of the Old Testament reads like a manual for the Taliban? Because drich has a life wife and family to care for, and decided to spend the weekend with them. Maybe Monday. |
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