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Of the butt floss kind? I'm sure we do, but I can't say that I've ever been to Bondi, or if I had, I'd have looked. While they and the 'budgie smuggler' may be somewhat famous in the swimwear department, there are just some things I don't need to see.

:D Sorry! Yes...this is true. Here in Australia 'thongs' mean...ah...flip flops? Casual, slip on shoes. Just a bit different. :p

Well, that is certainly a nice thing to say, even if I don't feel it most times. I'm not what you'd call "academic". I probably would have attempted seminary if I thought I had the chops for it. It's not necessarily my understanding that holds me back, I feel, but I tank at writting essays (the...

I don't see much harm in following US politics, especially as thier Country is usually where AU follows. But yes, the joy of our own election. Sigh. It sounds like you think as I do...like we have no good options at the moment.

Ah yes, thongs are a treasure. I wonder if there is an Australian home without a pair? Maybe we could send Trump a pair to wear with his suits? Hmmm....but he'd still have to figure out his tie.... Actually...I don't think he's that dumb! Not the greatest person in the world, probably not the...

Why do you assume I've BEEN to seminary? What I've learned, I've done so by extensive reading, listening and studying on my own. And yet, even avoiding these horrible places of "mens doctrines", I still think you're dead wrong. How about that?

Who...Trump's, or the AC?? :p

Oh, seriously? Nice attempt to throw that all back on me. You diss seminaries as little factories churning out false doctrines and made a point highlighting how the people coming out of them, like some of the Pharisees, were too afraid to 'go against the status quo' to preach the truth. All I...

Oh, for the love of....:rolleyes: Let's walk through "retaining wall" again, shall we? When someone builds a house on a sloping hillside, retaining walls are installed around the site to level the ground. They are not part of the house at all. In fact, they actually become part of the garden...

AGAIN with the missing of my WHOLE point! 70AD was only the aftermath of the real event, which was Christ's death. After their rejection of their Messiah, any continuing sacrifices in that Temple were pointless, empty and an insult to God. 70AD was God's rather emphatic way of rebuking them for it.

:rolleyes: Still doesn't make them parables. You can wish it and say it as much as you like. But biblical context stands against you. Actually...I'd say the 'meat' of the text stands against you too. But whatever. I'm done discussing it with you...if we cannot agree on how to read it, we most...

Sure I do...please see previous posts. Just because I disagree with your interpretation heartily doesn't mean I'm scratching my head in perplexity.

And while we play 'who's histories are more accurate', you manage to miss my point that by this time, the Romans setting up anything in the temple wasn't any more or less of an 'abomination' than continued Jewish sacrifices to a God who had just sent his Son for them...

It's swell you can work your Strongs. But when it comes to parables, it's more important to look at HOW they are used in scripture. In scripture a parable is used the setting of a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson. An analogy, however, is a comparison between one thing...

Hey....it's not just age that confuses things! I find sleep deprivation or lack of coffee play a big part in it too! I did know that Tim LaHaye had passed on. Don't you sometimes wish someone like that could drop a line to let us all know who's got it right? It might sort out the constant back...

He's clearly talking to his Disciples; who, sure, are Jews, but also become the first members of the Church; the first Christians. And unless we think Christ promises to take anyone other than those who believe in him to "be where he is", then I suspect that is the answer we are looking for...

So...you think Donald Trump is capable of being the most clever, deceptive, puppet master behind the great, that the world has ever seen? Don't most people think he isn't even smart enough to tie his shoelaces? :p

Quite possibly. But, as I've said before, it's so far from my wheelhouse, it's mostly guessing and speculation on my part!

I can't say that I've made any sort of study over this, or the history behind the more conservative understandings of "don't smoke, don't drink" etc....so I don't know that I'm in the place to comment too much. But, I suppose, based upon scripture and upon the new covenant freedom we have in...