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    Biblical Errors?

    I'm not telling you anything about where you can post, I'm just clarifying that I'm going to limit my responses in this thread to the topic of this thread. If you'd like to talk about other issues, I'd be glad to do so in the thread designated for that topic. I'm sorry you feel that way about me.
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    Questions For A Catholic

    Assuredly, I need to repent, just as you and everyone else in this thread needs to repent. None among us is perfect, and each among us must ask forgiveness for something. At least in this, I hope we can agree. God Bless.
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    Biblical Errors?

    What about those who see the Word of God differently than you? Of course, you believe yourself to be right, but my point is others could take the Word to mean different things than you do. From their perspective, just as you are from yours, they are agreeing with the Word of God, and, in fact...
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    Questions For A Catholic

    The words have different meanings. Worship is the "reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage," while to venerate is " to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference." Essentially, worship is exclusively for divinities like God, while veneration is simply a sign...
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    Questions For A Catholic

    I interpret "bow to" as a metaphor for worship, not a strict, literal command. It simply doesn't make sense to me that bowing in any one place is somehow sinful when it is not sinful to bow in other places. Furthermore, one does not bow to the statue, as has been made clear, one bows to the Lord...
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    Biblical Errors?

    Yes, as I said, in your belief, you know that to be true. Others may not agree and do not have to agree. Who is right is irrelevant, the fact that the scripture can be used to support the mutually exclusive interpretations is, however, the issue at hand. Depending on the translation one reads...
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    More Astonishing Bible Proof - (Warning -Athiests- This Is Adult Sensitive Material)?

    Considering that "a day," refers to the amount of time it takes the Earth to make a full rotation with respect to a star, the interpretation that a day was "twenty-four hours" as we understand it, before the sun was even there, is pretty much just as arbitrary. I've heard a few Hebrew linguists...
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    Questions For A Catholic

    None of those things are worship. One is not to worship false idols. Worship is entirely in the heart of an individual, and you really cannot look into another's heart and say what drives his or her actions.
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    Biblical Errors?

    Um, no. I don't think we necessarily do know that, which is my entire point. You feel you know that, because you believe the "homosexual" interpretation is correct. Perhaps others believe that the "child abuser" interpretation is correct, and thus that it is not homosexuality, but child abuse...
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    Biblical Errors?

    Or even "not always," rather than "always not," but yeah, essentially. Basically that translating the same word two different ways with functionally different meanings means that at least one translation can't really be correct.
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    Biblical Errors?

    Actually, what I said here was that homosexuality wasn't even in some translations, but was in others, which means that some of the translations must be wrong. So I'm acting like you misunderstand me because, in this thread, you misunderstand me. I repeatedly refused to make any claims as to...
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    Biblical Errors?

    I'm curious as to what that has to do with my post, whatsoever. This is a thread about the possibility of errors in the bible, and I'm noting that two different translations can be produced, meaning that one must be in error. The point isn't the word being translated, just that its various...
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    Silence Of Women

    I'm afraid I don't follow what you mean.
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    Questions For A Catholic

    I, in fact, did apologize for any of my words which were misconstrued as judgments. In case that was not clear, I did not intend any words I said to judge you, personally; my comments were directed at your arguments, not you as an individual. If you felt I judged you, my apologies for being...
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    Questions For A Catholic

    When have I personally attacked you? If my words have been taken that way, I apologize. I've merely been trying to get everyone in the thread to keep the debate civil, and focused on the issues discussed. Venerating a dead body isn't the same as venerating death. I am quite serious about...
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    Cults

    The Nicene Creed was written by the first ecumenical council in 325, as I recall. I believe it was later revised somewhat. As for cults, semantics. For the most part, it is a pejorative label people like to hurl at those with whom they disagree. I suppose if I had to define it, it would have...
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    Questions For A Catholic

    People do this. My friend Lara's family has her grandfather's skull as a reminder that even in death he is with them still. (No, this does not mean she worships her dead grandfather or whatever.) How do you know what someone else venerates? You can look at pictures, but you can't look into...
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    What Is Communist Socialism?

    Well, you're welcome to stay a capitalist, but I don't have any intention or desire to fight you on it.
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    Silence Of Women

    So you're saying that no-one who is morally imperfect can ever be used as an exemplar of any single idea?
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    Biblical Errors?

    I have no problem with doing your work for you, actually. In fact, I already did so once in this thread. If you look up and read the post referenced by the one you quote, you will see the translations given of the passages. There are several versions with no direct mention of homosexual conduct...