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Sure, but He is also the same one who declared a New Covenant.

I don't see how communism denies spirituality of any sort, on conflates those of multiple sorts. A commune must meet the physical needs of each type of person, which are (save a few differences/dietary restrictions) essentially identical. The spiritual needs are personal and can be personal. You...

From where is this footnote cited? I'd like to see their reasoning for this translation. Again, I don't mean this as an argument, I just want to see where those with whom I might not agree are coming from.

I, for one, see no reason not to try it. As I said, I don't believe Paul was saying what most others seem to think he was, as a result of my interpretation of Paul's words from the Greek in which they were written. The relationship might not work out, and neither party may be saved any heartache...

"Therefore,if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations— “Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle,” which all concern things which perish with the using—according to the commandments and doctrines...

My apologies, I thought you mentioned that with the intention of providing information which could guide or aid my study, not to argue with me after I specifically said I did not wish to debate that particular issue. [Edited to remove discussion of the scripture. There is no point when my words...

Oh, sure enough. I don't know what made me think 2007 was the most recent budget publicly available just because it was the most recent I found. I should've known that wasn't the case.

EDIT: Well, the post that was originally here is a little bit outdated, I guess. As I said above (admittedly with regard to the opposite conclusion, but it's as applicable to both), not everything in life is easy or pleasant, and that's especially true of things that are worth doing. To use...

My only point is that a lot of the complaints of persecution we all remember were made before that change and should be taken in context of such. You still haven't really explained to me how Christian practices are being restricted. Nobody's ever told me I can be a Christian, or even openly be a...

From your response, I take it you know classical Greek? If so, could you refer to the passages to which you're referring in the Greek? I don't remember seeing the Greek word for "homosexuality" anywhere, but I suppose I could have missed other terms that refer to homosexual activity in other...

If you put social security and Medicare together, yes, but they're funded separately and are separate portions of the budget; each one makes up 21% of our budget, while the military makes up 22%, as of 2007. "Defense and security" is the largest single portion of the budget, the way it's...

I'm pointing out that the change was relatively recent. Plenty of people still alive, in fact, the majority of homosexuals, knew and experienced that persecution in their lifetime. Many of us here also witnessed the laws in place and the protests against them, which make those protests relevant...

I don't think aspen meant to imply that you were part of any denomination, merely that Sola Scriptura ("by Scripture alone") was, at its inception, a specifically protestant doctrine.

Okay, so, in how many towns is it illegal to pray or go to Church? In how many of those are those laws enforced? In America, I don't know of any. Secondly, it's not a "small number of towns," sodomy laws were statewide bans in at least ten states before being overturned by the supreme court in...

Honestly, these days, I'm not sure just what to make of "dating" anymore. I think most of the time, it's more the sexual component and the element of commitment that differentiate it, but if you're not planning on having sex, both of those get a lot more blurry; I don't think most girls (maybe...

I quoted the classical Greek translation of the OT because the NT was originally in Greek; I'm noting that word Paul uses in the cited NT passage also occurs in the classical Greek translation of of the old testament, and since it's an unusual word, and the passages are quite similar, it seems...

All the references to homosexuality in the new testament are from the Greek word for "male prostitution," (except for a few which, as I recall, use the word for those who would purchase them but I think these are usually translated as such) not directly to homosexuality, for which there exists...

My principles aren't determined by the weather, either; my point was that, regardless of who is renting the property to whom, discrimination against the tenant is prioritized because the tenant needs to live someplace, while the landlord chooses to rent the property. In essence, it is your right...

I think the story of Nehushtan is important, here. If one worshiped the brass serpent, then the act was idolatry, but to recognize His power behind it was to Glorify Him and receive healing and salvation; this is shown in the parallel Christ draws between himself and the brass serpent. This...

I'm not saying divorce never happens, but statistically speaking, divorces and "break-up"s of homosexual life partners are proportionally a lot less common than in married couples. Arguing same-sex marriage is included in the fourteenth amendment is actually pretty logical and reasonable, given...