only a real Christian, i guess, so you are not affected, apparently
Ah. You're breaking my heart. And, who are you to decide who is a 'real' Christian? lsifjel
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only a real Christian, i guess, so you are not affected, apparently
They certainly have strong faith and practice what they preach even though they are undergoing such severe persecution.beautiful are the feet on steroids, or should be, right
but we could discuss moving boundary stones in this same context, also
i would assume a different frame, and recognize that our churches are in diaspora now
if you can't speak for the oppressed, don't expect anyone to speak for youAh. You're breaking my heart. And, who are you to decide who is a 'real' Christian? lsifjel
if you think about it, they were great places to re-enact the OT, and learn the law by the left hand first, which really is how we learn most everything right lolIf you mean they are 'outside' rather than inside ...I agree..they have lost the plot ...a long time back.
seems to have worked out fine for you, i notice for plenty of others too. Priests tend to be great philosophers, good at bouncing stuff (unrelated to doctrine, perhaps) off of imoI went the opposite way
then don't be surprised when you get scoffed at for complaining about your boundary stones being moved, i guesshmm, muslims are attacked and killed by their own people...other 'muslims'. hmmm. Which I have no problem with, understand. The more the merrier.
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seems to have worked out fine for you, i notice for plenty of others too. Priests tend to be great philosophers, good at bouncing stuff (unrelated to doctrine, perhaps) off of imo
or, they are invaders who move boundary stones in pursuit of their own mission, not in accordance with Scripture at all, regardless of their feelings or beliefs on the matter. Scripture says shake the dust off and leave, right. i had to do a...book report on missions in PR once, i don't have a very good feeling about wasp missions wadr.They certainly have strong faith and practice what they preach even though they are undergoing such severe persecution.
oh, i got the hint the first time lolI try to live meta....
Holding too tightly reduces any sort of meaning to nothingness
Deconstructing my well tumed BS meter and replacing it with faith is a priority, as well
oh, i got the hint the first time lol
time/place for everything
if you can't speak for the oppressed, don't expect anyone to speak for you
I wasn't referring to missionaries but to Christians who have lived in those areas for generations.or, they are invaders who move boundary stones in pursuit of their own mission, not in accordance with Scripture at all, regardless of their feelings or beliefs on the matter. Scripture says shake the dust off and leave, right. i had to do a...book report on missions in PR once, i don't have a very good feeling about wasp missions wadr.
ah ok, like who then, for example?I wasn't referring to missionaries but to Christians who have lived in those areas for generations.
For example, the Christians in Iraq. I've been reading news stories about Christians in the Middle East since the early 2000's. They would talk about the effect the wars had on them, they would ask for prayers, but many of them who survived had to flee to other countries like Syria.ah ok, like who then, for example?
on the run now, but as i kind of suspected you were almost going to have to invoke Christians in countries that the US has heavily influenced. Iow a case could be made that they got along fine before we got there?For example, the Christians in Iraq. I've been reading news stories about Christians in the Middle East since the early 2000's. They would talk about the effect the wars had on them, they would ask for prayers, but many of them who survived had to flee to other countries like Syria.
One thing that a Christian in Iraq said in one news story was that the Christians there felt like "a playing card" that outside forces can manipulate for their own aims." They also said that Iraqi Christians do not want to leave their country, but without the needed recognition and support of their rights, staying there is becoming a more difficult proposition.
The Christians in Iraq said that conditions for them were better when Saddam Hussein was in power because they said he protected Christians.on the run now, but as i kind of suspected you were almost going to have to invoke Christians in countries that the US has heavily influenced. Iow a case could be made that they got along fine before we got there?
I'm just now seeing your post.There is also little difference between Luciferians and Unitarian universalists.
Jesus is the authority on the existence of Satan.@bbyrd009 @pia
The two above posts on another thread brought this thing of satan to my mind. While I have seen and heard many arguments in favor of the existence of the external entity called by that name, I have long discounted his existence as a separate being. Perhaps someone could give me reason to believe that such this external or separate entity exists.
In school many years ago I was taught that darkness is simply the absence of light. Why would this not be so in the case of the Light? Does not Jesus say that He is the light of the world?
"As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world." John 9:5
With regard to this supposed creation named satan, when was he created or born?
Where was satan’s beginning?
“He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.” I John 3:8
Even as Judas and Peter were devils was not Adam also a devil, the first devil? Was he not the first man that committed a sin. He sinned from the beginning.
“And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.” Gen 1:31
Before Adam sinned everything God created was “very good”.
Even Adam was “very good”. But…God had given Adam something He had not given the rest of His creation: the ability to make informed choices.
Those choices included the ability to move into darkness, a place without the Light of God. Both Adam and Eve moved in that direction away from the Light and into the satanic darkness.
The serpent spoke to Eve or... was it the dark yearnings within her that spoke to her since it involved disobeying God and His Way of Light...