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Oh. This post could be taken that way, my friend.

Yea, about that, A is A.

Understood. You disagree but offer no basis for disagreement. "Government" is more than State power. God delegates authority. See 1 Cor 11:3. The importance of condemning is central to having authority. When kids disobey parents, is your solution to call the State power government?

If there is a balance, then your statement is inaccurate, yes? The dividing line of condemning others, the balance is when you have AUTHORITY. In the Bible, we have authority over our subordinates, wife and children, public servants when we vote, etc. Many people do not have real AUTHORITY, so...

Certainly God's enemies, like @the.reverent.atheist, categorize him that way. It's more like we are inexorably heading over the cliff to our death in a waterfall of our own making. Our loving Creator sends his Son. He reaches for us and says, "Take my hand so I can save you." Those without eyes...

Juries should be abolished then, along with our entire system of justice?

More left-fieldism from you; Another A is not-A post. There is only one "the Spirit," by definition. (Gal 5:22 talks about the fruit of the Spirit, not the fruit of Jesus.) Have you had an encounter with the Holy Spirit? Or is that too self focused? I have and reject the claim that there is...

Another out from left field post. The topic of conversation in this thread is self - the individual Biblical scholars who leave Christ (Christianity). They do so not from sinful action but an intellectual, individual self. Regarding the Spirit being opaque; some things are just going to be...

It's a good point; comparing Biblical scholars to Pharisees of old, who know about God but do not KNOW him. A personal relationship is emotional, not purely intellectual.

Telling him to burn in hell is THE EXACT OPPOSITE of pulling them out of the fire, THE EXACT OPPOSITE Jack.

Agreed. Agreed. It's just why in the world would anyone read such a vile,* old book that so many in our society hate with a passion? I submit it is by divine appointment that one genuinely searches for the truth. That is, it is only AFTER one has encountered the divine that the seed of yearning...

Agreed. He needs to work on his thesis statement. His OP's read like a proto-thought, not quite fully developed. Old people like me are like that; "I want to tell you something important. It has to do with .... where was I going with that?"

Didn't read the whole OP or the rest of the thread but I say bunk. It is the Spirit of God that is the think, not parchment, not translation but the power of the living God + 0.

Agh, I love the smell of that brotherly love of Christian agape in the morning.

THEN you are abdicating the most important responsibility that God will ever give you. Agreed. The 10C do not say to honor your friend. Why honor parents? It is precisely because they cared for you enough teach you right from wrong after giving you life. :Happy: It's easy and fun to make...

What exactly is the good news that isn't good?

My point exactly. The point of sports is to build the person. First, the body. Then, over time, the character. It is not about how well you play the sport. It's about learning discipline. In High School, I used to run 5 miles before school. On days that I worked but did not run before school...

The People are lost. Being indoctrinated, they will repeat the talking points they've been taught as they board the train for the concentration camp, as they walk into the gas chamber, as their throat is sliced. It will only be after great and long time suffering will the truth penetrate their...

Agreed. I put the end at September 2028.

No. God hates evil. Evil deserves to be hated.