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I’m about sick of believers excusing the evil of the world + having no grace for believers who stumble. What’s up with that?

What does the feast of Dionysus have to do with drag queens and rainbow colors? Also, the media is reporting uproar over Olympic mocking Last Supper. Is that reporting in error?

Thanks for this post, a nod to incrementalism. Most people are too busy with their own life to pay attention to the slow erosion of western civilization. Like a warm bath, we enter little by little and it is never shocking to the system - until suddenly it is. Critical mass. Tipping point...

Human nature. Much older than America. See Tytler Cycle.

Well, that is were you are incorrect. It was judged in context. The context was a sports event that is supposed to be, according to their own by-laws, non-political and despite claims of intention, it most certainly was political. I suppose the claim "taken out of context" has become its own...

You really are lost in irrelevant deconstructionist details, like supposed intention. Successful approaches that are different are the only ones where there is the potential to learn what works. Informed of deconstructionist irrelevancies, yes. Determining if something is morally right or...

I wonder what standard you'd embrace to conclude that it was a dig at the last supper.

Rita, Your opening reply is an example of a Strawman argument. I like to start with the conclusion, X was right or wrong. Deconstructionism obliterates the concept by analyzing tangential matters never arriving at the moral conclusion. Sure, they can reach all kinds of other conclusions but the...

Not an answer to my reading comprehension question. You who are complicit with calling the Apostle Paul, who wrote 2/3 of the New Testament, a hypocrite, is calling me rude?! That is rich. "Can" is a potential not actual. No one said the Spirit lacks the potential. I only pointed out the Spirit...

Yes, it does. Tacit admission of wrong doing. Now, how will they atone and make it right?

Philosophy. Some, like you, embrace deconstruction. Others, like @Debp and me, reject deconstruction. IF you are willing to first admit there is something morally wrong about the opening ceremony skit, the conversation will be less difficult. I don't mind analyzing and re-examining all the ways...

Do you want me to believe the elite on the Olympic committee or my lying eyes? I notice they never accidentally make it seem they are mocking Islam. Funny that. Watched a vid that included the Olympic charter. It specifically states they are not aiming to make political type statements. That...

I often rely on a thought experiment. Imagine if they did such a parody to some other demographic, such as Muhammad? Many in France would be killed by now. Arson would be commonplace. The Olympics, itself, might have to be cancelled. We all know this is true. So, why is it OK to do the parody of...

No, it's not. It perfectly characterizes what you wrote. Suit yourself. Agreed. Paul was a believer, attacked by @Zao is life. And Zac gaslights this attack, calling it "utmost respect" for Paul! I hope he doesn't have such respect for me to call me a hypocrite for doing the Lord's work.

Oy vey! Reading comprehension. Who did the telling? A. The Spirit B. They (the disciples) Many are confused by agency in the Bible, where many do things "through" another. The CEV translation renders the verse "The Holy Spirit had told them to warn Paul not to go on to Jerusalem." A warning is...

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. I'm reminded of the quip, it's not slavery, it's democratic slavery. Communism, by any other name, is evil and has 3 fatal flaws: Denies human nature. Communism appeals to the sin of coveting. People don't equally want material goods. As Aristotle...

This is a mischaracterization of the text. It was the disciples who told him not to go. It was the Spirit that told them what would happen. This does not mean the Holy Spirit told them to tell Paul not to go and he disobeyed. Acts 21:12 When we heard this, we and the people there urged him not...

The term gaslighting comes to mind ... You don't even have enough respect for Paul - or the readers of this thread - to admit to attacking an Apostle of Christ when you do it. That's gall! Your "objective analysis" is more gaslighting. You invent a standard designed to attack the Apostle...

Yea, since the tyrant Lincoln invaded the South and waged war against them. A master gas lighter, he was anything but an advocate of what he claimed. If he were, he would have peacefully reacted to the secession of the sovereign States who exercised such sovereign power. In his Masterpiece, The...

Reminds me of Isaiah, where things are upside down. Woe to those who confuse evil for good. The lawless are calling those who go by the law as lawless and the NPC masses uncritically go along with the day's talking point.