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So let's lock up a little. I say we're big enough men to make allowances for each other's convictions while holding on to our main common one about the ultimate importance of the character of God. ;) :hearteyes: .

If one were necessary it would be there. :hearteyes: .

I think a big part of what makes our friendship so enjoyable to me is that, while we've shared so much already, we still do have an awful lot to talk about, SS. I've been shut in with a health problem for the last two weekends but I think I feel well enough to catch Sabbath School today so I...

My pleasure :D And fair enough, all right, but God really only asked me to keep the Sabbath once, at least, to my way of thinking. Sure, it's still there in the Book, but I just kinda do it 'cause I love Him, nowadays. :hearteyes: .

Thanks, Sis. :hearteyes: But I can be pretty unruly at times. .

I'm just picking at your penchant for drive-by short bursts. But you can play the martyr card if it makes you happy. :P :hearteyes: .

Desperation to dispute must be pretty awful, too. You're on record as not caring what people believe and yet you can't even admit that what people believe apart from your own views does, in fact, come from the Bible. I freely admit that. Folks can make up any kind of belief system they want...

GO, JACKIE, GO!! (No, really—don't do that.) :hearteyes: .

@Aunty Jane Sis, you really can't cop to a little denom pride? I do it once in a while. I'm not proud (no pun intended) of it and I try to avoid the premeditated stuff, but Jesus understands. At least, I certainly hope so. :hearteyes: .

Hi, Aunty! :waves: Too bad this isn't the kind of thing I was hoping to provoke, I guess. It seems it would have worked. :hearteyes: .

I really appreciate your personal invitations to participate, my Brother. :) Usually when I get tagged, it's just to let me know that I'm a heretic or worse. I think friendship ought to be more common in a Christian community—even a virtual one. I have about a half-dozen friends here and...

Nearly every reason conceivable by a surface reading of Scripture has apparently convinced the ardent Sabbath objectors that there is no good reason to consider they may be on a misguided course. But look at how inconsistent the methods are to do away with something that would require a...

Colossians 2:16 doesn't mean the 4th commandment has been repealed like Prohibition in some worldly government constitution, Jack. You don't really believe that, do you? Come on. How long have you been a Christian? :) :hearteyes: .

You shouldn't quote texts to confuse people about their duty to God. That's going to be an awful thing to have to answer for. .

The double standard here is just so ridiculous. Is anyone accusing you of boasting if you say you don't murder, sleep around, rob banks, dishonor your parents, etc.? Do you avoid these things? If so, then you must be a legalist and an idolater, right? Give me a break. .

I often find myself drafting up long rebuttals of some of these heaping bowls of postmodern word salad and then, ultimately, I just can't bear to post them because it is the obvious literal act of the symbolic casting of pearls before swine which, of course, cannot be invoked without great...

What I THINK is if you move #3 to the top it reads almost like a poem. Or, better yet, a David Letterman Top Ten List (link). ("And if that weren't enough and, by gosh, dontcha think it outta be... Wake the kids; phone the neighbors: 'Stupid Pet Tricks,' ladies and gentlemen.") In any case...

What's the hold up? ;) :hearteyes: .

That was kind of a goof but I just didn't get around to fixing it. Eating these things on a regular basis could literally change a person's life. :hearteyes: .

Well then, the Bible writers aren't following your rules very well. .