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07-31-2010 10:14 PM 		Reply to: Message 194 by pelican
07-31-2010 10:11 PM

Re: The Parable of the Talents
Personal responsibility.
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Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar
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11-07-2010 11:03 AM 		Reply to: Message 200 by Phat
11-07-2010 10:33 AM

Re: Next Parable: The Shrewd Manager
Did you read the line "I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings."?
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Is it set as a contrast to what went before?
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Can worldly friends offer eternal dwellings?
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Could it mean that you are to use worldly wealth here to help others?
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Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar
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11-07-2010 11:38 AM 		Reply to: Message 202 by Phat
11-07-2010 11:15 AM

Re: Next Parable: The Shrewd Manager
So you say that the last line should be discarded and that the parts before that last line justify your behavior?
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Is that not simply taking things out of context as was done to find Biblical support for slavery, segregation, denying equal rights to same-sex couples, destroying other religions, desecration of other religions sacred sites, Manifest Destiny ...?
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Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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