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A question about the love of god
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RE: A question about the love of god
(August 5, 2014 at 7:51 pm)Cato Wrote: What does it matter?
It matters because, if we don't know the disease and cause, then the boy may have been demon-possessed. Demon possession is of course cured by casting out the demon.
Quote:Boy was ill.
With what? Here's the verse in thirty translations. Note that only two use the word "ill." Most instead say that he suffered terribly or something similar.
Quote:Jesus removed demon. Boy was better. Surely I'm not taking something out of context here.
It depends. If that's the translation you usually use, then no, you didn't take something out of context, you just had a fringe translation of this verse. OTOH, if you did some translation shopping, then yes, you're taking it out of context.
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A question about the love of god - by Lemonvariable72 - August 2, 2014 at 11:46 am
RE: A question about the love of god - by vorlon13 - August 2, 2014 at 12:59 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by archangle - August 2, 2014 at 1:04 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Lemonvariable72 - August 2, 2014 at 1:16 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Ravenshire - August 2, 2014 at 11:16 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Drich - August 2, 2014 at 11:02 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Jenny A - August 2, 2014 at 11:07 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Lemonvariable72 - August 3, 2014 at 1:58 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Wyrd of Gawd - August 3, 2014 at 1:45 am
RE: A question about the love of god - by Drich - August 4, 2014 at 12:48 am
RE: A question about the love of god - by Lemonvariable72 - August 5, 2014 at 7:23 am
RE: A question about the love of god - by Drich - August 5, 2014 at 1:56 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Ravenshire - August 5, 2014 at 7:37 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by FlowingFlame - August 12, 2014 at 8:49 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by John V - August 5, 2014 at 2:08 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Cato - August 5, 2014 at 2:28 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by John V - August 5, 2014 at 2:55 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Cato - August 5, 2014 at 3:33 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by FatAndFaithless - August 5, 2014 at 3:34 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by John V - August 5, 2014 at 3:43 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by FifthElement - August 5, 2014 at 4:32 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Brakeman - August 5, 2014 at 7:40 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Cato - August 5, 2014 at 7:51 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by John V - August 6, 2014 at 7:52 am
RE: A question about the love of god - by Cato - August 6, 2014 at 12:42 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Lemonvariable72 - August 5, 2014 at 8:24 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Welsh cake - August 5, 2014 at 3:54 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Tonus - August 5, 2014 at 5:10 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Neo-Scholastic - August 5, 2014 at 10:25 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Jenny A - August 5, 2014 at 10:56 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by John V - August 6, 2014 at 10:21 am
RE: A question about the love of god - by The Grand Nudger - August 6, 2014 at 11:59 am
RE: A question about the love of god - by John V - August 6, 2014 at 12:04 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Crossless1 - August 6, 2014 at 12:06 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Brakeman - August 6, 2014 at 12:24 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by John V - August 6, 2014 at 12:38 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by The Grand Nudger - August 6, 2014 at 12:22 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by The Grand Nudger - August 6, 2014 at 12:29 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by The Grand Nudger - August 6, 2014 at 12:42 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by John V - August 6, 2014 at 12:50 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Cato - August 6, 2014 at 2:07 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by John V - August 7, 2014 at 8:07 am
RE: A question about the love of god - by Cato - August 7, 2014 at 8:42 am
RE: A question about the love of god - by John V - August 7, 2014 at 10:49 am
RE: A question about the love of god - by The Grand Nudger - August 6, 2014 at 12:45 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by John V - August 6, 2014 at 1:06 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by John V - August 6, 2014 at 1:19 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Tonus - August 6, 2014 at 1:29 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Tonus - August 6, 2014 at 1:34 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Welsh cake - August 6, 2014 at 2:36 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Thumpalumpacus - August 6, 2014 at 3:52 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by The Grand Nudger - August 7, 2014 at 10:37 am
RE: A question about the love of god - by The Grand Nudger - August 7, 2014 at 10:52 am
RE: A question about the love of god - by Brakeman - August 7, 2014 at 8:50 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by John V - August 8, 2014 at 7:13 am
RE: A question about the love of god - by Brakeman - August 11, 2014 at 12:37 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by The Grand Nudger - August 8, 2014 at 12:03 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by John V - August 10, 2014 at 7:11 am
RE: A question about the love of god - by Jenny A - August 11, 2014 at 9:29 am
RE: A question about the love of god - by John V - August 11, 2014 at 11:02 am
RE: A question about the love of god - by Brakeman - August 11, 2014 at 12:22 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by John V - August 11, 2014 at 1:37 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Brakeman - August 11, 2014 at 6:42 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by John V - August 12, 2014 at 8:12 am
RE: A question about the love of god - by Brakeman - August 12, 2014 at 12:34 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Zack - August 10, 2014 at 8:27 am
RE: A question about the love of god - by rexbeccarox - August 10, 2014 at 8:51 am
RE: A question about the love of god - by Tonus - August 11, 2014 at 9:10 am
RE: A question about the love of god - by The Grand Nudger - August 11, 2014 at 11:01 am
RE: A question about the love of god - by The Grand Nudger - August 11, 2014 at 11:12 am
RE: A question about the love of god - by The Grand Nudger - August 11, 2014 at 12:25 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by The Grand Nudger - August 11, 2014 at 12:27 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by John V - August 12, 2014 at 12:54 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by Brakeman - August 12, 2014 at 11:00 pm
RE: A question about the love of god - by John V - August 13, 2014 at 7:44 am
RE: A question about the love of god - by Brakeman - August 13, 2014 at 8:08 pm

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