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  1. quietthinker

    Thou shalt not take the Lord's name in vain

    Thou shalt not take the Lord's name in vain The word 'name' in scripture refers to a persons character. Different ones in the record have had their 'names' changed to reflect a shift, like Abram to Abraham or Jacob to Israel.....the meanings of which if you are curious enough, you can explore...
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    When I read stuff like this adc, I don't blame secular society for being suspicious of 'Christians'.....they are liable to 'smash babies against the rocks' and give God the blame.......about as stable as plutonium!
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    New, Reluctant Agnostic, hope it's okay to post here

    Good on you LFG. Your few posts have not gone unnoticed by several of us. We look forward to getting to know you.
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    New, Reluctant Agnostic, hope it's okay to post here

    Not a problem Johann....I have no hard feelings.....so, chin up, soldier on!
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    Returning To A 19th Century Standard Of Living Soon?

    You might be interested in this Rita....for what it's worth. LIVE WORLD PREMIERE: WATCH THE WATER
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    New, Reluctant Agnostic, hope it's okay to post here

    hmmmm, didn't he come to seek and save the lost?......surely that applies to all? ....even the lost coin which didn't know it was lost? ....a part of the trilogy of Jesus story, the lost sheep, the lost coin, the lost Son. Luke 15:1-31 Yes, there are those that out you because you are judged...
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    You choose the image of God you want to have; you want to believe in. One will justify violence, domination and control, the other gains the ascendancy through submission, through long-suffering, through self sacrifice. The first one has in it the seeds of its own destruction, the second the...
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    Love cannot and does not play by the rules of hate. If it did, Jesus would have come down from the cross and whipped ar.se. Love is vulnerable to exploitation....a principle the opposition does not understand, nor can it. Hate on the other hand will use any checker on the checker board to...
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    ......in the end, they murder him. Here we have a window into the sophistry of the enemy....his ability to turn those who Jesus healed against him. You wanna see how close that is? .......Jesus' mates who hung out with him for 3.5 yrs betrayed and forsook him. To think we are exempt from such...
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    and it gets worse..... Luke 17:11-19 Jesus Heals Ten Men With Leprosy 11 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance 13 and called out in a loud voice...
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    it was authority of Jesus that the Jews questioned.....it is still the authority that many who claim Jesus as their saviour question. They don't trust his judgement!
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    there you have the authority!.....will you believe it over and above any others claiming authority?.....even the prophets?
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    Magical thinking keeps the multitudes in servitude while they clang their pot lids spruking of freedom!
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    God gives life and declares it good. The devil takes life and declares it good. Who are we to believe?
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    Thou shalt not take the Lord's name in vain

    to misrepresent him!
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    That is a wonderful piece of eisegesis devin. It definitely isn't the God Jesus revealed!
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    I s'pose you classify this as pure beauty? Psalm 137:9 Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
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    Why Are You A Christian?

    If you hold to the view that there is nothing better than how you currently see, it will be like that for you and you won't see even if it was handed to you on a plate.
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    On the mount of transfiguration Moses and Elijah appeared with Jesus. Moses being the representative of the Law and Elijah the representative of the Prophets yet the voice from the cloud said of Jesus 'this is my Son, listen to him' God's final word is Jesus bar nothing just as the writer of...
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    Why Are You A Christian?

    ...and so you are called to a better understanding!