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You're a theist against immigration?
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RE: You're a theist against immigration?
(June 29, 2018 at 11:40 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote:
(June 29, 2018 at 10:09 pm)JairCrawford Wrote: The lake of fire was not a taught theological concept during the times of the Old Testament writings. IIRC, that description is unique to the Apocalypse of John (Revelation), and New Testament teachings are very different in regards to following rulers. Rulers are not taught or described as appointed in the same way in the NT as they were in the OT. In fact Jesus simply states to "Render unto Caesar what is Caesars", which is much more nonchalant. Clearly He is more concerned with Kingdom of Heaven concepts than fussing over worldly rulers.

More to the point, the message of Christ is to love your neighbor as yourself. The debacle at the border is not a good indicator of this great commandment at all.
The only people Yeshua (Jesus) gave a fig about were the Israelites.  He never interacted with the Gentiles and he told his dummies to stay away from them.  He didn't say one word about any Gentiles getting into his kingdom of God.  Jesus was a bigot.

Actually Jesus didn't seem to like fig trees all that much so I could hardly see Him giving figs... ok, I'm sorry, that was terrible. I shall smack myself for that horrid attempt at humor.

That's an interesting theory accumulated from textual criticism I'm sure, but it is speculative. When it comes to the whole historical Jesus search, there are a lot of really interesting ideas and theories, but at the end of the day they are speculative.

Some say He only cared about Israel, others disagree. Some say He may have been an Essene, others say He was a Pharisee (who didn't play nice with the rest). Some say He was a miracle worker like the witch doctors of the time, others say He was purely an apocalyptic preacher who thought the end was nigh. All very interesting ideas, but all speculative.

I beleive He cared for more than just Israel. Otherwise why would He use the parable of the Good Samaritan?
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You're a theist against immigration? - by Paraselene - June 28, 2018 at 7:27 pm
RE: You're a theist against immigration? - by Angrboda - June 29, 2018 at 2:15 pm
RE: You're a theist against immigration? - by Succubus - June 29, 2018 at 6:25 pm
RE: You're a theist against immigration? - by Angrboda - June 29, 2018 at 9:19 pm
RE: You're a theist against immigration? - by JairCrawford - June 30, 2018 at 5:07 pm
RE: You're a theist against immigration? - by Minimalist - June 29, 2018 at 12:22 am
RE: You're a theist against immigration? - by Angrboda - June 29, 2018 at 1:46 pm
RE: You're a theist against immigration? - by Angrboda - July 4, 2018 at 9:21 pm
RE: You're a theist against immigration? - by Jackie - June 29, 2018 at 3:51 pm
RE: You're a theist against immigration? - by Kimba - June 29, 2018 at 5:01 pm
RE: You're a theist against immigration? - by Angrboda - June 29, 2018 at 5:05 pm
RE: You're a theist against immigration? - by Kimba - June 29, 2018 at 5:13 pm
RE: You're a theist against immigration? - by Angrboda - June 29, 2018 at 7:50 pm
RE: You're a theist against immigration? - by Angrboda - July 1, 2018 at 4:14 pm
RE: You're a theist against immigration? - by Drich - July 3, 2018 at 10:24 am
RE: You're a theist against immigration? - by Drich - July 3, 2018 at 1:04 pm
RE: You're a theist against immigration? - by Drich - July 3, 2018 at 2:37 pm
RE: You're a theist against immigration? - by Angrboda - July 3, 2018 at 3:20 pm
RE: You're a theist against immigration? - by Drich - July 5, 2018 at 11:02 am
RE: You're a theist against immigration? - by Angrboda - July 5, 2018 at 12:27 pm
RE: You're a theist against immigration? - by Drich - July 5, 2018 at 1:50 pm
RE: You're a theist against immigration? - by Angrboda - July 5, 2018 at 2:15 pm
RE: You're a theist against immigration? - by Succubus - July 4, 2018 at 6:13 pm

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