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“We must obey God rather than men.“ (Acts 5:29b) The Bible is full of prophets criticizing their government. So does the Lady who’s applauding this post of yours. Whether her criticism serves God rather than men can of course be questioned. What you have written here makes me question the...

Well, ideally politics are based on scientifically proven facts (that one may of course draw differing conclusions from concerning the actions that are required). Alas, more often than not politicians will put self-interest before the common good and will even go as far as to completely deny...

I hear you and I agree that this is abuse of power! But do you actually believe Durbin's salvation is in some Bishop's hands rather than just God's?

I’m a little surprised you reference somebody who’s a proponent of the historical critical method, which most ‘Bible-believing’ Evangelicals shun. If you want to go down that way, you’ll be disappointed though: Albright is a little outdated. These days most of his colleagues will tell you that...

Seeing that there’s one feeling in particular that seems to annoy you, may I give you the sisterly advice to remember what is the one great commandment Jesus gave us and to reread 1 Corinthians 13. You may want to top it up with 1 John 3:16-18 + 1 John 4:7-19. Having done that you may want to...

Jay, if you had an understanding of the complexity of the issue you wouldn’t throw words such as “demonic attacks coming out of the Islamic world” around. Instead you would be aware of the fact that most Christians who fled from the ISIS have been given refuge by majority Muslim countries. They...

Yes, quite obviously “this woman” has an agenda: she tries to be a disciple of Christ and to encourage others to do the same. As a disciple of Christ one does not subscribe to a particular political side. One tries to follow the Lord’s great commandment, which sums up all others, including that...

Many people including myself would have loved to see Bush and Co. stand trial at the Hague. Alas, US-Americans can’t stand trial there, the USA never ratified the Rome Statue which founded the International Criminal Court. American exceptionalism, you know. A bit sad what became of the US ever...

Indeed Acts 17 would not have been the first bit of scripture entering my mind when talking about refugees. But with what Platt wants to say – that the refugee crisis is a chance to bring people to Christ - it makes perfect sense to choose Paul’s speech in Athens. Remember, I’m mostly just...

Yes, I’m aware of the “Table of Nations” and how your interpretation of this passage was once popular amongst slave-owners in the US. Of course their interpretation was as bogus as that of others’ centuries before them who ascribed Noah’s curse to whichever population they deemed to be...

Sure! Thing is: if I was blamed for victim blaming in one of my posts, I’d sit down and wonder how on earth I may have given that impression. Of course you don’t need that, because your interpretation of prophetic scripture is impeccable, including passages like these "but the present refugee...

I guess you never considered the possibility that Obama did that because terrorists are generally not given the status of legal combatants in a war. And if those detained in Guantanamo had been given the legal status of prisoners of war, the USA would have quite obviously violated the Geneva...

That God is even over suffering is already implied in this verse which talks about God’s almightiness. But Platt did indeed further illustrates this point by adding a reference to the Book of Job in which the Satan is only able to afflict Job in as much as God allows it. The case he’s trying to...

The Book of Genesis speaks of European and northern white people, Palestinians and Africans? In a white supremacist’s head maybe, but certainly not in the text.

Thanks. That wasn’t big news over here. Probably because European media agreed with this statement of Obama: “"The truth of this matter is that this is an issue that has been sort of manufactured". Apparently Obama didn’t call ISIS “radical Islamic terrorists” for the same reason that one...

Francis Collins is a pagan? How so? What's evolution to do with paganism? Throughout history Christians have held notions of "accomodation", i.e. that the Bible reveals Divine Truth on a level that can be expressed and understood by the text's original authors and audiences. But you think...

I'm sorry you feel personally attacked. IMHO weird isn't necessarily bad. Victim blaming is bad, but I gathered that your intent wasn't.

Didn’t you see my explicit “yes”? The rest was just additional explanation as to how God created the races, i.e. “from one blood” (Acts 17:26). I’m not surprised you don’t agree with what science has to say about that. It’s certainly easier to accept the findings of modern anthropology when one...

May I ask what is your Point? I think Platt's point is that everything that happens is driven, controlled or planned by God. While he finds sufficient proof for this in Acts 17, he goes on to give other Biblical examples of God scattering people for his own purposes: “at His appointed time God...

Well, for the past ten years I read the newspaper almost daily, but of course it’s possible that I missed out on some vital news there. So care to enlighten me then what event you were referring to? I should think the Ontario Human rights code covers all religions. However schools don’t need to...