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And there's the common reply when theology fits certain verses but not the others. I find the Psalms quite troubling at times, because they sound mean, vengeful, and often melodramatic. That said, are there not legitimate grievances espoused in them? At what point do we pray that God will set...

Perhaps I'm looking for the most heinous thing your line of logic would compel? I mean that's pretty typical argument technique. It's called reductio ad absurdum. I'm pretty certain the technique has been employed once or twice before in history and has some precedent in debate. That said...

Well, let's see, the two situations are analogous in that two involuntary connections would require a religious person to carry out an action which they would find offensive. They are analogous in nothing beyond that, but my goal was nothing more than to simply show that consistent logic would...

When you say scripting, do you mean Javascript or what other language? Reason I ask is that it depends. ;)

I really wish you would grow up beyond this ridiculous level of argumentation. It reflects just as poorly on you, because I've already stated I'd bake the cake. However, you listen to nothing, spouting the intellectual equivalent of "na-na-na I can't hear you!" drivel in all of your arguments...

http://www.faithstreet.com/onfaith/2015/04/28/why-are-americans-so-uptight-about-religion/36752 Okay, so let's get the fundamentalist boogeyman out the way, but in fairness you see this in Mainline, Atheist and other camps as well. I'm not sure it's just those darn fundies again. Good article...

I'm intrigued to know that the stance of a single 20th-21st century issue will define pretty much everything when it comes to the great throne judgment. I had no idea we had such an all-or-nothing God when it comes to grace!

Now you're just playing absurdities. If your fashion tastes equate with your religious doctrines, then you have much larger issues at play. No, they're asking to practice what the church has maintained for some 2,000 years of its existence. A church discriminates in one sense of the word in...

Were the Psalmists, likely including King David, in error then?

Of course, this single issue defines the lives of everyone on the other side for you. I'm happy to see such complex and well thought-out views at work on both sides.

While I understand the legal distinction, precisely what is the point of having a view if you cannot carry out the accompanying action my dear? Seriously, do tell me! This is all part of the narrative that you have bought full sinker that it's okay to be religious, but you just better not...

<Edit> Have to retype, the post feature borked on me!

The author beings by discussing the Psalms, and how many of them contain prayers of vengeance and petitions for God to destroy an enemy. As I watched AD:The Bible Continues last night, the episode with Ananias and Sapphira stirred my heart to think along these lines: have we lost the OT picture...

These vices lack organized support advocating for their acceptance, and suing individuals for not baking them cakes. To be fair, none of these groups have advocacy organizations of any size, and there are simply not pushes for porn viewing clergy groups or adulterous conferences of bishops. I...

You've discussed and re-discussed this issue. There is no need for additional topics on the matter with several already ongoing.

Interesting how someone who has not posted in anything but threads about homosexuality also relates it to the decline of Christianity? And yet those nasty Conservative Christians are the ones so obsessed with what happens in the bedroom? Methinks thou doth protest too much. There is clearly...

This is enabled by default, but you can go here to change it: http://www.christianityboard.com/index.php?app=core&module=usercp If you were online and saw offline, likely it was just between the x minutes the software updates a state.

Brakelite, I think you were on to something about worship being a "surrendered life." I would merely add specifically to the God of the Bible for clarification outside of some Christian circles, because there are lots of folks who worship things that appear Christian or even just good. It's easy...

Negative, ghostwriter. The seeds for the American Revolution were first sown in what's called the Radical Reformation. I'd recommend one do the digging, but you can see how the early Reformers like Luther, Zwingli, and others favored state-sanctioned faith. Then come the Calvins and others who...