(May 22, 2014 at 1:00 pm)alpha male Wrote: You're right that you shouldn't accept it on my word. You should accept it because it's a clear and reasonable interpretation.
Well that's weird....cause I think that my interpretation is clear and reasonable. And i'm pretty sure the 4000 other denominations think their interpretations are clear and reasonable.
(May 22, 2014 at 1:00 pm)alpha male Wrote: I attempt to follow the rules which apply to Gentile Christians. For instance, murder is prohibited before the law and in the epistles as well as in the law, so it seems applicable to all people. OTOH, eating shellfish is only prohibited in the law, so it is only applicable to Israel.
But you don't have to follow them because you aren't part of gods chosen people. But what is the point in following them if there isn't any punishment for not following them? I mean, gods chosen people have the threat of hell looming above them if they don't follow the rules, but apparently you don't. So why bother?
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
