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RE: Shouldn't there be more Christians with eye patches?
February 1, 2014 at 5:48 am
(February 1, 2014 at 1:40 am)Drich Wrote: Who better to speak to the nebbish than a nebbish person?
Just so long as you admit that you presume to speak for god. 
Not that we needed more evidence of your ego. 
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RE: Shouldn't there be more Christians with eye patches?
February 1, 2014 at 7:00 am
(February 1, 2014 at 1:40 am)Drich Wrote: How do we know Christ was speaking of The church and not mameing ourselves? We do not have any example of people physically putting out eyes or cutting off hands, but we do have examples of people being put out/not being allowed in of the Church. (Even by Christ.)
Nah, I'm sure it actually means that God wants you to take a power drill to your right eye.
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RE: Shouldn't there be more Christians with eye patches?
February 1, 2014 at 7:08 am
(January 31, 2014 at 8:41 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: Matthew 5:29
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out,
and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for
thee that one of thy members should perish, and
not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Well, since Christ usually speaks parables in the Bible, one should probably know that this wasn't meant to have a literal meaning. Else, Peter should have had cut out his tongue, before he could deny Christ a second time.
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RE: Shouldn't there be more Christians with eye patches?
February 1, 2014 at 7:42 am
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Eye patches, horse blinders, hood winks....doesn't much matter. Christians can't 'see' all that well to being with.
That being said, I think most Christians regard the scripture in question as metaphorical. I've worn a patch over my left eye socket since I was 17, and not a single person has looked at it and said, 'PRAISE JESUS!!'
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RE: Shouldn't there be more Christians with eye patches?
February 1, 2014 at 10:43 am
(February 1, 2014 at 5:48 am)Esquilax Wrote: (February 1, 2014 at 1:40 am)Drich Wrote: Who better to speak to the nebbish than a nebbish person?
Just so long as you admit that you presume to speak for god.
Not that we needed more evidence of your ego. Anyone, who claims the mantel of Christianity has been given the task to speak where the bible speaks and to remain silent where the bible is silent. In doing so we Speak for God.
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RE: Shouldn't there be more Christians with eye patches?
February 1, 2014 at 11:06 am
(February 1, 2014 at 12:40 am)Drich Wrote: (January 31, 2014 at 8:41 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: Matthew 5:29
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out,
and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for
thee that one of thy members should perish, and
not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
The 'body' refers to the members of the Church. or the various forms of faith that make up the body of Christ.
I always kind of took it as this. Surely there weren't people mutilating themselves all the time at some point in history.
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RE: Shouldn't there be more Christians with eye patches?
February 1, 2014 at 11:44 am
Pirates were the most Christian Christians I guess.
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RE: Shouldn't there be more Christians with eye patches?
February 1, 2014 at 11:56 am
And to think, I use to like pirates.
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RE: Shouldn't there be more Christians with eye patches?
February 1, 2014 at 12:17 pm
(February 1, 2014 at 11:06 am)Chad32 Wrote: (February 1, 2014 at 12:40 am)Drich Wrote: The 'body' refers to the members of the Church. or the various forms of faith that make up the body of Christ.
I always kind of took it as this. Surely there weren't people mutilating themselves all the time at some point in history.
It would have been a death sentence. either through infection or not being able to work.
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RE: Shouldn't there be more Christians with eye patches?
February 1, 2014 at 1:20 pm
(February 1, 2014 at 12:17 pm)Drich Wrote: (February 1, 2014 at 11:06 am)Chad32 Wrote: I always kind of took it as this. Surely there weren't people mutilating themselves all the time at some point in history.
It would have been a death sentence. either through infection or not being able to work.
Lol. Jesus condemned many to death by saying that washing your hands was silly.
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