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I don't really mind when people discriminate against me for being a Christian. Unless they claim to be Christians. ;) .

Well, "more of" is a good way to put it, but "Imageo Dei" has a sort of Deistic ring to it that might preclude the kind of love that I believe God has for His whole creation. I don't mean to be in any way argumentative about it, but the picture I have in my mind of Christ looking over Jerusalem...

Hi, and thanks for your very courteous reply. I confess it's not the kind of thing that can be substantiated with a directly worded proof text. However, in 1 Corinthians 15, the parallel between carnal and spiritual life in Adam and Christ is not lost on me. We are all sons of the first Adam...

@TinMan Found a fellow mindreader, have we? :) .

...none of which changes the fact that Scripture teaches there are two ways in which a person can be considered a child of God. And only one of them ensures citizenship in Heaven and requires conversion. .

It certainly is. The Pharisees couldn't even bring themselves to say the word "Samaritan" in answer to Christ's question to them. Could you say "The conservative Christian" if you saw one help an LGBT child of God in need and Christ asked you who their neighbor was? I hope so. .

There are two senses in which one can be considered a child of God: 1) By birth, through Adam, the son of God 2) By rebirth, through Christ, the Son of God, the second Adam It's really not that hard to see this in the Bible. ...unless one is inclined to keep all who have not yet joined...

I won't trivialize your words here by presuming to apologize for what I could probably pretty accurately imagine you endured at the hands of these folks. I don't like to perpetuate the "those were the days"/"old fogey" stereotype, but there truly is a lot that could be done to improve the...

What other course could I possibly take as a believer in Christ? Even beyond that I was raised to be helpful to anyone I meet who's in need. Do you actually think you know me well enough to assume that I would do otherwise? Do you think there's a special DNA sequence that makes anyone who...

Hate cake has got to be a thing, though, right? :) .

o_O I would cheerfully do everything I possibly could to get them roadworthy and to safety and wouldn't charge them a dime unless it was obvious that they were well able to afford it, especially if they had a gay pride bumper sticker with a rainbow background. .

Not that I'm aware of .

Could you define "child of God?" I like your avatar pic too. :) .

@JohnDB I like your avatar pic. My family's from Harriman. :waves: .

All-or-nothing thinking and expression is rarely helpful in solving problems. :) .

2Ti 3:1-5 KJV 1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce...

You've got to be kidding me. All I did was click on "New Posts," post a comment, and there you are. . Hafa Adai! .

What if someone asked you to bake a cake for them to celebrate a murder they'd just successfully committed? For an overtly idolatrous ceremony, maybe? How about a successful bank job they'd just pulled? What happens when God-haters get bold and defiantly demanding enough (if they haven't...

hmmx1: Well, despite your accusations, I'm just here to counteract any influence that might discourage others from seeking out Christ as the Way to eternal life on an earth made new with no sin and suffering where Jesus walks around and talks to the people He created and died for, which I...

Because it's too late to be saved by our own commandment-keeping by the time we realize what sin is and that we need a saviour. And now I've made my own head spin. o_O He went away sorrowing, for he had many possessions. IOW: He was a BIG, FAT COVETEER! .