Do you have any questions about the Bible?

[helium3]

now we are talking some sense, we are all going to hell lol.

really it doesnt matter how strict we follow the bible or any other religious text, we are all still recking the planet one way or another, and for that we should either burn in hell or make it right.

[magic32]

Not to mention the incest.

AN ACCEPTABLE AND VERY NECESSARY ALLOWANCE WHEN STARTING WITH ONLY TWO. IT WOULD ALSO FALL UPON GOD TO DILUTE THE GENE POOL...A SMALL TASK FOR A CREATOR.

not that I believe in the literal adam & eve story, mitochiondrial DNA can explain this.
http://www.actionbioscience.org/evolution/ingman.html
Recent DNA studies of several populations suggest that modern humans:
- originated in Africa
- appeared in one founding population
- evolved around 170,000 years ago
- migrated to other parts of the world to replace other hominids

A BRILLIANT ANSWER TO SWIFT'S QUESTION.
HOWEVER, HAVING SUCH KNOWLEDGE AND BEING UNABLE TO BELIEVE IN THE POSIBILITY OF AN ADAM AND EVE, IS SOMEWHAT OXYMORONIC. IS IT REALLY MORE PALATABLE TO BELIEVE THAT IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS A TRIBE OF SAY 6 MEN AND 6 WOMEN? WHY IS TWO SO INCOMPREHENSIBLE?

[magic32]

now we are talking some sense, we are all going to hell lol.

really it doesnt matter how strict we follow the bible or any other religious text, we are all still recking the planet one way or another, and for that we should either burn in hell or make it right.

Come on Helium, would you punish a child for playing with a toy that you gave them? Playing, using, living on or in causes wear. Or were the owners of all cars in all the junkyards of the world, bad owners? Physical things, bodies included simply weren’t meant to last forever, and I’m sure God acknowledges this, and maybe even built it in, to help with moving on.

Now I’m not saying we (humanity) were great stewards of the earth, but poor the stewardship of the planet is never mentioned in the Bible as warranting Hellfire.

[Tock]

WASTING TIME WITH SCOFFERS IS UNWISE AND MOST WASTEFUL

Especially if you're not up to responding to critical analysis of the Bible.


1) The first 5 books of the Bible are anonymous; nobody knows who wrote them. (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)

2) Everybody likes the 10 Commandments, thinks they ought to be displayed in schools, courtrooms, etc. But, nobody knows that they say:

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
And in Exodus 22:20, it calls for the death penalty for anyone who breaks this rule. 20: He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
And if you say something that someone considers to be blasphemy, then you're gonna be put to DEATH: Leviticus 24:16 -- And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.



Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth
And just look at all those engravings on those paper dollars in your wallets. Each and every one violates this Commandment.

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
How many times a day does the average American do this?
Who really cares?

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work

Exodus 35:02 requires DEATH for anyone who transgresses this Commandment: Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
Does anyone take this seriously? Not really. So, if you're not going to take this part of the Bible seriously, why take any of it seriously?

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Cool, no problem here, so long as your father and mother didn't horribly abuse you. No sense in honoring sexually abusive parents. But if you don't, brace yourself for the consequenses given in Leviticus 20:9 -- For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
Again, if you support the Ten Commandments because they're in the Bible, then you support DEATH for kids who curse their abusive parents, because that's in the Bible, too. Unless, of course, you champion "Cafeteria Theology," where you "pick and choose" what parts of the Bible you decide to follow.

Thou shalt not kill.
No problem here.

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Depends on what you call adultery, I guess.
The Bible allows for polygamy, within limits. Leviticus 20:14, for example, says you can have a harem, but you can't have both a mother and her daughter: And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
But it clearly calls for DEATH to anyone who commits adultery: (Leviticus 20:10) And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.


Thou shalt not steal.
Again, no problem here. Don't take my stuff, and we won't chop off your hand.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Ya, lying against your neighbor isn't cool.
Only problem is, this doesn't cover folks who live across town, or in a foreign country. IMHO, it doesn't go quite far enough.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
Wanting what your neighbor has is the major reason why we work long hours, and is the major incentive for Americans to contribute to our national economy. Stop Americans from coveting, and the economy will collapse, and we'll go back to an agrarian subsistance economy. Lots of people think this is a good idea, by the way, but how about you?



Ya, the Ten Commandments come from the Book of Exodus. Is that a sacred text that everyone should obey? Yes? Then it might interest you to know some other "sacred" texts also found in that book:
Exodus 22:18 -- Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
Exodus 21:16 -- And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

But, if you look long enough in the Bible (as in most any book, I suppose), you'll find useful things, like Leviticus 15:19, where menstruating women are required to go away for one week -- And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. and Ephesians 5:22-24 requires wives to be submissive to their husbands:
22: Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23: For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24: Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Why? It's because women are the weaker sex, according to I Peter 3:7--
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
and as such, women can not have any authority over men, as the Bible says in I Timothy 2:12 -- But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
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Sure, the Bible says lots of things. But do they make sense? Not really. Conservative theologians will tell you that the Bible is the Word of God because of what it says in II Timothy 3:16 -- "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness" But, is that particular verse "Inspired Scripture" just because the writer says that it is? If that's the way you differentiate between "True Scripture" and general BS, then keep watch for the "Gospel of Tock." It'll be a doozy.

Anyway, beleive what you want. But you may as well know that not everything that you might beleive in, is true.

[Tock]

Here's some more interesting things to look up in the Bible . . .
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/kjv.browse.html

Deuteronomy
22:12 -- Must sew tassels on your clothes
15:1-3 Must cancel all debts every 7 years
22:5 Women are not to wear men's clothing
23:1 Eunuchs can not go to church
23:2 Neither a bastard nor his descendants can go to church
23:28-29 Adultery resolved by paying the woman's father $$$
25:5-10 A childless widow's brother-in-law must marry and impregnate her
21:10-14 How to dispose of captured women as wives
25:11-12 If a woman pulls on a man's "secrets," then cut her hand off.
13:5 Death to anyone who interprets dreams
18:20-22 Death to anyone who makes an inaccurate prophecy

Leviticus
19:27 Must not trim your sideburns or beard
11:6-10 Must not eat rabbit, ham, bacon, oysters, clams, or shrimp
14:35 Got mildew in your bathroom? Then you must call the priest
19:13 Got employees? Then you must pay them at the end of every work shift
19:26 Must not eat rare steak
19:28 Tattoos are sinful
25:25-28 Every 50 years, all real estate reverts to its original owner.
12:1-8 Childbirth is a sin, but giving birth to a girl is twice as bad as giving birth to a boy

I Corinthians
11:14 Men may not have long hair
11:15 Women may not have short hair
11:4 Men must not wear hats while praying or prophesying
11:5 Women must wear hats while praying or prophesying
11:7 Men are the image and glory of God, but women are only the glory of men
14:34 Women are not to speak or ask questions in church, but must wait until they get home and then ask their husbands.

I Timothy
2:9 Women are not to braid their hair or wear any jewelry (see also I Peter 3:3)
2:14 The disobedience in the Garden of Eden was entirely Eve's fault

Exodus
21:7 Fathers may sell their daughters into slavery
21:1-11 Male slaves must be set free after 6 years, but not female slaves
21:20-21 A slaveowner can beat and kill a slave, but only if the slave dies a slow and lingering death.
21:32 Slaves are worth 30 coins
22:2-4 Sell poor theives into slavery

Judges
11:29-40 Jephthah the Israelite engages in human sacrifice (offers his own daughter)


Jehovah approves of Sawing people in half, while still alive:
II Samuel 12:31
I Chronicles 20:3
Hebrews 11:37
3: And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.


This is the book that is held up as a model of good behaviour, as a beacon of morality. IMHO, it is a horrible book.

[Tock]

So . . . what else do you want to know?

lol . . .

[Logan13]

Here's some more interesting things to look up in the Bible . . .
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/kjv.browse.html

Deuteronomy
22:12 -- Must sew tassels on your clothes
15:1-3 Must cancel all debts every 7 years
22:5 Women are not to wear men's clothing
23:1 Eunuchs can not go to church
23:2 Neither a bastard nor his descendants can go to church
23:28-29 Adultery resolved by paying the woman's father $$$
25:5-10 A childless widow's brother-in-law must marry and impregnate her
21:10-14 How to dispose of captured women as wives
25:11-12 If a woman pulls on a man's "secrets," then cut her hand off.
13:5 Death to anyone who interprets dreams
18:20-22 Death to anyone who makes an inaccurate prophecy

Leviticus
19:27 Must not trim your sideburns or beard
11:6-10 Must not eat rabbit, ham, bacon, oysters, clams, or shrimp
14:35 Got mildew in your bathroom? Then you must call the priest
19:13 Got employees? Then you must pay them at the end of every work shift
19:26 Must not eat rare steak
19:28 Tattoos are sinful
25:25-28 Every 50 years, all real estate reverts to its original owner.
12:1-8 Childbirth is a sin, but giving birth to a girl is twice as bad as giving birth to a boy

I Corinthians
11:14 Men may not have long hair
11:15 Women may not have short hair
11:4 Men must not wear hats while praying or prophesying
11:5 Women must wear hats while praying or prophesying
11:7 Men are the image and glory of God, but women are only the glory of men
14:34 Women are not to speak or ask questions in church, but must wait until they get home and then ask their husbands.

I Timothy
2:9 Women are not to braid their hair or wear any jewelry (see also I Peter 3:3)
2:14 The disobedience in the Garden of Eden was entirely Eve's fault

Exodus
21:7 Fathers may sell their daughters into slavery
21:1-11 Male slaves must be set free after 6 years, but not female slaves
21:20-21 A slaveowner can beat and kill a slave, but only if the slave dies a slow and lingering death.
21:32 Slaves are worth 30 coins
22:2-4 Sell poor theives into slavery

Judges
11:29-40 Jephthah the Israelite engages in human sacrifice (offers his own daughter)


Jehovah approves of Sawing people in half, while still alive:
II Samuel 12:31
I Chronicles 20:3
Hebrews 11:37
3: And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.


This is the book that is held up as a model of good behaviour, as a beacon of morality. IMHO, it is a horrible book.

Is it a "horrible book" because it does not approve of your lifestyle?

[Logan13]

So . . . what else do you want to know?

lol . . .

If satan were real, would he approve of homosexuality?

[Tock]

Is it a "horrible book" because it does not approve of your lifestyle?

Isn't it enough that it demands death for

adultery
homosexuality
witchcraft
blasphemy <-------- ya, let me decide what blasphemy is . . .
interpreting dreams
sabbath-breaking

???

Wouldn't you think so?

And there are lots more reasons to consider it a horrible book.

If satan were real, would he approve of homosexuality?

Satan is about as real as your question.
Wanna try again?

[magic32]

Especially if you're not up to responding to critical analysis of the Bible.

Only if it is because of seeking, not if it's merely throwing stones.

And as for your review of the Ten Commandments, they were actually God's way of showing man that he COULDN’T keep His law...be righteous/perfect before Him. Anyone whose even vaguely familiar with the New Testament would be aware of this...it's the reason for Christ's sacrifice.

The same goes for all the laws you listed, they were essentially a "Good Faith" measure by which man could show that he was trying.

We are saved by the blood, not by trying to keep the law!

Thought you would have known something so rudimentary.

[Logan13]

Satan is about as real as your question.
Wanna try again?

I think he would approve..........

[magic32]

If satan were real, would he approve of homosexuality?

God's disapproval, answers this question by default!

[Tock]

We are saved by the blood, not by trying to keep the law!

Why, then, do so many anti-gay Christians quote the anti-gay laws from the Old Testament?

Thought you would have known something so rudimentary.

I am familiar with that little Theological Twist. It usually comes up whenever all those rediculous Old Testament Laws come up, and a defensive Pharasee wants to rationalize why they don't matter anymore. Ya, the anti-gay rules matter, but not the Commandments about killing Sabbath-breakers and adulterers; is that what you're saying?


But tell me this --> what do you think of the New Testament laws, like the ones I mentioned in I Cor. 11 (Men may not have long hair, Women may not have short hair, Rules about wearing hats while praying) or I Tim. (Women can't braid their hair or wear jewelry)? Seems to me the Cranky Old Pharasee who wrote that part of the Bible was in the same cranky mood when he wrote those anti-gay verses in the first chapter of Romans.

Seems to me that if you're gonna say that Faith in Jesus is enough for salvation, even for a human riddled with imperfection, then it really doesn't matter what those imperfections are, whether they be homosexuality, or if they be any other sin.

Christians who say that some sins are worse than others forget that any sin is enough to keep 'em out of Heaven. They can be 99.9999% pure, but that last .0001% of imperfection is enough to condemn them to Hellfire & Brimstone, languishing in unspeakable torment for unfathomable thousands of billions of centuries.
It seems to me that an application of Christian Fundamentalist theology, unbiased by homophobic BS, would declare that John 3:16 (For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotton son that WHOSOEVER beleives in Him should not perish but have everlasting life) covers not only Christians who smoke, tell the occasional "little white lie," or drive 50 in a 45 mph zone, but also covers Christians who are gay with spouses. It seems that way to me, but I'm sure it won't seem that way to other Christians. I'm sure that other Christians will not be able to give up their self-righteous self-assurance that their own minor sins are not as vile to God as someone else's homosexuality, and therefore God must not consider gay people capable of being as forgiven as they themselves are.

Ah, yes . . . those are the people Jesus had in mind when He said, "how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?" (Matthew 7:4)

Tsk tsk tsk . . . Don't you know your own Theology?

Ephesians chapter 2:
"8": For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
"9": Not of works, lest any man should boast.


IMHO, it seems to me that only a Christian with the sensibility of a Pharasee would have the temerity to declare who God has forgiven and who He hasn't. Especially when the founder of your religion has made the qualifications for salvation so easy.

Keep in mind -- John 3:16 says,
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
not,
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that heterosexuals who believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

[magic32]

As we all know, just because you claim to have a Biblical standard of morality (or even if you actually do), that doesn't mean that you're any better than anyone else.

Take for example:

All those wretched Christians who burnt heretics at the stake between 1300 AD and 1850 AD in the Inquisition.

All those wretched Christians who complied with the Biblical rule, "Thou shalt not permit a witch to live."

TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart, who spent years on nationwide TV bewailing "sexual immorality" but was discovered in a cheap Louisiana motel patronizing cheap whores.

Rev. Terry Hornbuckle of Arlington, TX, who on Aug. 22, 2006, was found guilty of drugging and raping three women. Two of the three women were members of his church.

An "ex-gay" Christian counselor was recently found guilty of sexually assaulting another man -- http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=315164

A pastor was accused of raping a woman in order to cast out her demons -- http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=314581

The San Diego Catholic Diocese agreed to pay $198 million to settle 144 child abuse claims -- http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=314074

Religious polygamists kick out teen-age boys so that there will be plenty girls to go around to the Christian old men -- http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=314123

A Christian and anti-gay US Senator (Larry Craig) was arrested for soliciting gay sex in a public rest room -- http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=312948

Republican US Senator David Vitter caught doing business with prostitutes -- http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=307916

Baptist preacher calls for DEATH to anyone who criticizes his tax-exempt status -- http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=311965

Senseless deaths in stupid exorcism -- http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=309945

Republican National leader caught performing oral sex on youth -- http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=310882

Republican National leader admits raping a girl -- http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=310891

You can't be serious???

I don't believe you took the time to reference this garbage. You obviously haven't been paying attention.

This has nothing to do with the Bible. Just because someone claims to be a Christian doesn't mean they are, thus their actions are immaterial. And even if they are Christians, using the great televangelist scandals, they are still men and STILL flawed.

We don't look to man, as our model, we look to Christ. And please don't pull out that illegitimate Christ had sex with Mary and Martha crap. That would be beneath you.

[magic32]

Why, then, do so many anti-gay Christians quote the anti-gay laws from the Old Testament?

OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE SUCH LAWS ALIGN WITH THEIR AGENDA/MOVEMENT.

But tell me this --> what do you think of the New Testament laws, like the ones I mentioned in I Cor. 11 (Men may not have long hair, Women may not have short hair, Rules about wearing hats while praying) or I Tim. (Women can't braid their hair or wear jewelry)?
I’LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BUT THEN LISTEN TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY, BECAUSE IT IS THE CUSP OF YOUR ISSUE.


IN PAUL’S FIRST LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS, HE DID ADDRESS BOTH HATS AND HAIR IN I COR. 11:14&15, BUT HAD YOU ACTUALLY READ THE LETTER YOU’D UNDERSTAND ITS CONTEXT. NAMELY, THE CHURCH AT CORINTH, THOUGH LAW FOLLOWERS, WERE DISORDERLY.

• 1Cr 11:18For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

THE WOMEN WERE DOMINATING, AND THE MEN WERE SLACK IN THEIR CHARGE OF AUTHORITY. NOW SOME MIGHT SAY, WHAT’S WRONG WITH THAT? IT’S UN-BIBLICAL!
GOD IS A GOD OF ORDER AND HE CREATED MAN TO GOVERN THE EARTH NOT BE GOVERNED BY WOMEN AND CHILDREN. NOW WOMEN’S LIBBERS DETEST THIS, BUT THE CREATOR HAS EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE HERE, SO TAKE IT UP WITH HIM. GOD MIMICKED EARTHLY ORDER AFTER HEAVENLY ORDER:
1) GOD THE FATHER – FATHER
2) GOD THE SON – MOTHER
3) GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT - CHILD

AS SUCH PAUL STARTS THE LETTER BY DOCUMENTING THE ORDER OF AUTHORITY:

• 1Cr 11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman [is] the man; and the head of Christ [is] God.
  
• 1Cr 11:8 For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
• 1Cr 11:9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man

.

THEN GOES ON TO LIST SOME OF THE SIGNS OF A LOSS OF ORDER/REVERENCE. AND AGAIN YOUR QUOTE WAS INCORRECT, HE WASN’T SAYING SHE HAS TO LIVE WITH HER HEAD COVERED HE SPECIFICALLY REFERRED TO WORSHIP AND PRAYER.

• 1Cr 11:13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?

AND HE DIDN’T SAY A MAN MUST HAVE SHORT HAIR, BUT IT BLURS THE MALE/FEMALE LINE BECAUSE A WOMAN’S LONG HAIR IS HER GLORY.

• 1Cr 11:15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for [her] hair is given her for a covering.

YOU ARE AN INTELLIGENT PERSON, AND I BELIEVE THAT A PART OF YOU REALLY WANTS THE TRUTH, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON YOU DENY YOURSELF. GOD WOULD HAVE YOU EITHER SEEK FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEING CONVERTED OR TO LEAVE HIS WORD ALONE AND ENJOY (AND ‘YES’ IT IS PLEASURABLE, BUT SO BRIEF) THE SINFUL LIFE. HERE ARE HIS WORDS ON THE MATTER:

• Rev 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
• Rev 3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

Seems to me that if you're gonna say that Faith in Jesus is enough for salvation, even for a human riddled with imperfection, then it really doesn't matter what those imperfections are, whether they be homosexuality, or if they be any other sin.
EXACTLY!


It seems to me that an application of Christian Fundamentalist theology, unbiased by homophobic BS, would declare that John 3:16 (For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotton son that WHOSOEVER beleives in Him should not perish but have everlasting life) covers not only Christians who smoke, tell the occasional "little white lie," or drive 50 in a 45 mph zone, but also covers Christians who are gay with spouses. It seems that way to me, but I'm sure it won't seem that way to other Christians. I'm sure that other Christians will not be able to give up their self-righteous self-assurance that their own minor sins are not as vile to God as someone else's homosexuality, and therefore God must not consider gay people capable of being as forgiven as they themselves are.
EXACTLY!
NOW YOU’RE BECOMING REDUNDANT, THIS WAS ADDRESSED IN POST #222 AS A RESPONSE TO YOU.


IMHO, it seems to me that only a Christian with the sensibility of a Pharasee would have the temerity to declare who God has forgiven and who He hasn't. Especially when the founder of your religion has made the qualifications for salvation so easy.

Keep in mind -- John 3:16 says,
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
not,
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that heterosexuals who believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

TRUE BUT TO CONTINUE IN SIN IS EVIDENCE OF DISBELIEF, AND THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH. REMEMBER, GOD LOOKS INTO THE HEARTS OF MAN, SO THERE’S NO FOOLING HIM.

• 1Ki 8:39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, [even] thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men
• 2Ch 6:30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men
• Pro 21:2 Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

Ah, yes . . . those are the people Jesus had in mind when He said, "how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?" (Matthew 7:4)

Tsk tsk tsk . . . Don't you know your own Theology?
MAKES NO SENSE, BUT SEEMS TO EMPOWER YOU SO HAVE IT.

IN THE FUTURE I WILL ONLY SPEAK WITH YOU ABOUT MATTERS OF SALVATION, AS FOR THE REST YOU SHOULD READ THE WORD "IN CONTEXT" BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER CONTROVERSIAL SEGMENTS. I'M SURE YOU'LL UNDERSTAND THEM THEN, ALSO YOU HAVE LOGAN AND THE FELLAS.

[Machdiesel]

THere are tons of religions and beliefs, so this means that everyone is wrong and you are right??? kinda sketchy if you ask me

[magic32]

THere are tons of religions and beliefs, so this means that everyone is wrong and you are right??? kinda sketchy if you ask me

No, it means that the One True God is right and all others are false gods (lowercase "g").

This thread has very little to do with me, it's about clarifying what the Bible says...see the title! My subjective feelings and opinions are virtually immaterial.

[Tock]

Republican US Senator David Vitter caught doing business with prostitutes -- http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=307916

Baptist preacher calls for DEATH to anyone who criticizes his tax-exempt status -- http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=311965

Senseless deaths in stupid exorcism -- http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=309945

Republican National leader caught performing oral sex on youth -- http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=310882

Republican National leader admits raping a girl -- http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=310891

You can't be serious???

I don't believe you took the time to reference this garbage. You obviously haven't been paying attention.

This has nothing to do with the Bible. Just because someone claims to be a Christian doesn't mean they are, thus their actions are immaterial. And even if they are Christians, using the great televangelist scandals, they are still men and STILL flawed.

Christian Evangelicals and Republican leaders hold its Christian leaders up as an example for others to follow; they contrast their "right living" with the depravity exhibited by many Democrats. People who allegedly follow the Christian standard of living are supposed to be morally better than people who do not.
What I've done here is demonstrate that that assumption is not true. Perhaps someday all those televangelists will admit that they're no closer to God, that they're not a whit better or holier than you or I am.

[Tock]

Keep in mind -- John 3:16 says,
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
not,
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that heterosexuals who believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

TRUE BUT TO CONTINUE IN SIN IS EVIDENCE OF DISBELIEF, AND THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH. REMEMBER, GOD LOOKS INTO THE HEARTS OF MAN, SO THERE’S NO FOOLING HIM.

No need to shout, mon ami . . .

Anyway, you say, "To continue in sin is evidence of disbelief." Are you telling me that you are not going to sin?
Are you telling me that you are going to observe ALL of the 10 Commandments; that you will never covet anything that your neighbor has? You will never break the Sabbath? You will never lust in your heart? You will never commit any other sin, ever?

C'mon, Magic. You're every bit as big a sinner as I am. You depend 100% on Jesus for your salvation, because, as you'll find out at the Last Judgement, your list of chronic sins is every bit as long as mine. The only difference is I screw guys, and you have some other "secret sin."
Heterosexual Christians who declare themselves morally superior to Gay Christians, and say that they are more pleasing in the Eyes of God are full of BS.


Seems like our disagreement here is that I say that a person can be a Christian and be gay (in a loving gay relationship) at the same time. You say that is impossible, because gay sex is a sin.
Well, if that is true, then by this General Principle, a person (like you, for instance) cannot be a Christian and ever commit any sin. If this is true, then you may as well give up your religionizing, because it won't ever do you (or anyone else) any good.

IMHO, from my reading of the Bible, you have no more chance of getting into Heaven than a gay Christian does.
I'm sure you will disagree.