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RE: Know a christian by his fruit. How much fruit?
January 20, 2015 at 10:46 am
Spiritual fruit?
It never runs out, but it's not very filling.
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RE: Know a christian by his fruit. How much fruit?
January 20, 2015 at 10:51 am
Spiritual fruit? Like the Apple Absolut?
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RE: Know a christian by his fruit. How much fruit?
January 20, 2015 at 11:59 am
(January 20, 2015 at 10:12 am)Drich Wrote: I know you and several other's have tried to make a go of it based off your 'morality.' The problem is your 'morality' is not the measure the bible uses.
Yeah, the difference is that our morality doesn't advocate slavery and murder. You keep putting the damn word in quotation marks, but you're the fucker who bends over backwards to defend slavery, and prays for people to get AIDS. I think everyone can see where the best system is coming from here. 
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RE: Know a christian by his fruit. How much fruit?
January 20, 2015 at 12:03 pm
Anyone who needs to read a book to teach them how not to be a bell end must be a sociopath.
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RE: Know a christian by his fruit. How much fruit?
January 20, 2015 at 12:07 pm
(January 20, 2015 at 10:12 am)Drich Wrote: For that we need to look at Gal 5:22 But the fruit that the Spirit produces in a person’s life is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these kinds of things.
These are the Spiritual Fruit as defined by Scripture.
If there was an actual holy spirit we would expect that Christians would, for the most part, be more loving, peaceful, kind, good, gentle, good and have more self control just like the bible verse you quoted. That does not happen. Christians do not exhibit these traits to a higher degree than nonChristians.
You have assured us that you are a Christian, Drich but I don't see any proof that you are more gentle or patient, for example, than anyone else.
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RE: Know a christian by his fruit. How much fruit?
January 20, 2015 at 12:09 pm
In all fairness, I did know a Christian lady who had a lovely bunch of coconuts.... 
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RE: Know a christian by his fruit. How much fruit?
January 20, 2015 at 12:20 pm
I'd rather derive my morality from societal and cultural norms, not from some ancient, out-dated dogma. It's especially amusing that those who claim morality originates from their god have to engage in the most absurd mental gymnastics to explain and defend the immoral activities and admonishments presented as moral and right in the Bible and the Qur'an in particular.
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RE: Know a christian by his fruit. How much fruit?
January 20, 2015 at 12:26 pm
(This post was last modified: January 20, 2015 at 12:27 pm by Drich.)
(January 20, 2015 at 11:59 am)Esquilax Wrote: (January 20, 2015 at 10:12 am)Drich Wrote: I know you and several other's have tried to make a go of it based off your 'morality.' The problem is your 'morality' is not the measure the bible uses.
Yeah, the difference is that our morality doesn't advocate slavery and murder. You keep putting the damn word in quotation marks, but you're the fucker who bends over backwards to defend slavery, and prays for people to get AIDS. I think everyone can see where the best system is coming from here.
Actually it does advocate slavery and murder but only if you change the names...
Migrant worker/ sweat shop labor, Abortion/Terrorist.
Your 'morality' is based off what one 'feels' justified in doing. Which means anything and everything can be on the table.
If AIDS put you in a place to accept eternal life, how is it a bad thing? AIDS is not even an automatic death sentence anymore. So how is wanting to share a struggle that will ensure an eternity of Happiness a bad thing?
(January 20, 2015 at 12:03 pm)robvalue Wrote: Anyone who needs to read a book to teach them how not to be a bell end must be a sociopath.
What does it matter who or what does the teaching? in the end one is still 'taught.'
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RE: Know a christian by his fruit. How much fruit?
January 20, 2015 at 12:27 pm
I think any sort of moral conversation is absolutely worthless with Drich. The dude has literally said slavery is okay.
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RE: Know a christian by his fruit. How much fruit?
January 20, 2015 at 12:32 pm
(January 20, 2015 at 12:26 pm)Drich Wrote: If AIDS put you in a place to accept eternal life, how is it a bad thing? AIDS is not even an automatic death sentence anymore. So how is wanting to share a struggle that will ensure an eternity of Happiness a bad thing?
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