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That's the first thing you've been right about - I'm not here to learn. I am also not here to teach. I am here to have conversations with other Christians, as equals. You should try it sometime.

Did you make this up yourself? The commandment is a prohibition on false prophecy. Basically - don't say "God said," when God didn't say.

I guess that's pretty clear cut, but Lot does NOT come off as a 'good guy' on first reading. His wife and daughters don't seem to have benefited from their time in Sodom, either. :E

Are we sure that Lot was accounted as righteous? To put it another way, are you sure this isn't a cautionary tale?

Why is Lot alternately righteous and creepy? He goes with Abraham on his journey... righteous. He goes to live in Sodom... creep. He shelters the angels that come to the city... righteous. He tries to pimp out his daughters to the men who come to seize the angels... creep. He flees the city...

Obama completely bungled socializing healthcare in America. Rather than fixing prices for medical care (which we do for our elder healthcare program already) and/or having payment come from government (again, we already do this for the impoverished)... Instead the legislation Obama put through...

Yes. The value of money in those days was based on weight.

You can't quote Calvin to refute Calvinism because, ironically... Calvinism wasn't started by Calvin. Calvinism came into being in opposition to the teachings of Arminius and his followers, the Arminians. This happened two generations after Calvin died in 1564.

That would seem to be the first indicator that they haven't attained maturity. I like this quote - "The more I know, the more I know how much I don't know."

Definitely not. Commandment 1 is "no other gods" - that's immediately invasive and not compatible with the idea of personal freedoms AT ALL.

Honestly, he might get better medical care at the vet. The medical establishment of today has been hijacked to a large degree by the pharmaceutical industry. There is very little of attempting to cure anything. It's all about learning to live more comfortably with your sicknesses.

It's not that weird. Most governments don't have hard and fast laws against all lying. In most places, John Stuart Mill's Harm Principle is followed - a person can do whatever he wants as long as his actions do not harm others. So unless a lie causes someone a demonstrable, measurable loss...

I don't see what you're angling towards, but I trust it's something. You always come up with the best topics. Honestly, it's a little weird seeing you take a strict legal interpretation.

Technically, yes - they violated the letter of the law. But they didn't violate the intention behind the commandment - that is, to rest one day a week. That is the point here, isn't it? That the intention behind each statute is more important than the command itself. Sabbath was introduced...

Depends on the lie, I guess. Speaking for myself - I almost never lie, but I don't always answer the question that is asked. It's often better to re-frame someone's question before answering it. E.g. "Do these pants make my butt look big?" If you're answering 'yes' OR 'no,' you're probably...

Yeah, I like Bobby Kennedy Jr. I had thought I would be voting for him in the Democratic primary, but now he's an independent. He seems to be a classic Democrat and already has enemies in Big Pharma, Big Food, and other key industries. One thing's certain, I won't be voting for Biden. What a...

The foundation is in Jesus' teachings in the gospels. Examples... In Luke 6 the disciples are accused of breaking Sabbath. Jesus essentially tells the Pharisees that the point of the commandment is rest, not religious observance, and that fixing themselves a snack is lawful as part of...

That's WAY outside of context. Just because that's an allowable translation of that word, doesn't make it the right translation for THIS verse.

First, lying IS prohibited. Not by this commandment... but elsewhere in the Bible. From a Jewish perspective, prohibitions aren't absolute. A negative commandment (DON'T DO X), is always secondary to a positive commandment (DO X!) when the two conflict with each other. So, lying is allowable...

Yes, I believe that's correct. I think you're asking the wrong questions, here. These questions seem to be aimed at discerning the legality of the thing. However, Jesus' interpretation of the Law is based on the idea that we should be concerned with the spirit in which the Laws were given -...