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Author Topic:   Between A Rock & A Hard Place
anglagard
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Message 16 of 67 (514792)
07-12-2009 9:55 PM
Reply to: Message 7 by Peg
07-12-2009 2:52 AM


Product of the Times Should be Subject to Recall
Peg writes:
Find out what the original words actually meant when they were written, study study study and Pray for guidance. And if you find a difference between the two, trust the bible first and foremost because that is where Gods truths are to be found.
If the commands of the Bible are to be obeyed before civil law, why aren't you stoning WalMart shoppers to death for violating the Sabbath? Why aren't you doing the same to adulterers, homosexuals, and wiccans for violating the laws in Leviticus?
Is your head covered in church? do you believe all forms of child abuse up to and including murder are justified? Are you an advocate of slavery? animal abuse? misogyny? racism?
Essentially everyone here knows you are hypocritical in such advice, except evidently you.
Perhaps it is you who should actually read the entire Bible (pick at least one out of the thousands of versions) instead of telling others what it is all about.
Perhaps then you might understand the difference between the map and the territory instead of IMO using both as toilet paper.
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Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider - Francis Bacon
The more we understand particular things, the more we understand God - Spinoza

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anglagard
Member (Idle past 837 days)
Posts: 2339
From: Socorro, New Mexico USA
Joined: 03-18-2006


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Message 19 of 67 (514795)
07-12-2009 10:57 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Phat
07-11-2009 10:06 AM


Read the Sig
From what I know of you from posts and chat, I would say you have a simple and indeed almost childlike faith in the basic tenets of Christianity. In your case I find it not only non-threatening but even somewhat charming.
Does it not say in the Bible something to the effect that you will know them by their fruits?
So who is more apt to provide the best counsel, those who have at least one version of the Bible permanently burned into memory (Purpledawn, Dr. Bill, and even Brian or Coragyps here among others or the formidable Ringo, Arachnophilia and jar at Dreamcatcher) or is it those who claim superior knowledge of the Bible to all and yet have to be continuously corrected (no names needed, we all know who they are except themselves).
You have some platitudes and some great advice, some shit and some shinola. Just use critical thinking and your own inner voice (whatever the source) and I'm sure things will work out into a reasonably cohesive view (even if there are a few things accepted yet are unprovable matters of faith).
Just remember that if the map conflicts with the territory, choose the territory because the territory was created by God (to those religiously inclined) and the map was made by men. And if you can't accept that advice from the likes of Purpledawn, jar, or Ringo then read it from Spinoza, who says the exact same thing.

Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider - Francis Bacon
The more we understand particular things, the more we understand God - Spinoza

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