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Is this Bible verse about believers and poison to be taken literally?

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Dan Carroll
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Message 43 of 142 (203024)
04-27-2005 1:35 PM 		Reply to: Message 41 by PecosGeorge
04-27-2005 1:17 PM

Re: Metaphor
From the ludicrous to the absurd, Schraffie, from the snake handlers to the holy rollers, God loves them all. What he does not do is party with idiots, and drinking a harmful substance is idiotic and asking for it.
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Except that it's not simply drinking poison. It's reading God's word, in which it is stated that God will protect you, and trusting God to keep him promise.
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Is that trust idiotic?
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Dan Carroll
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Message 49 of 142 (203076)
04-27-2005 4:37 PM 		Reply to: Message 46 by PecosGeorge
04-27-2005 3:48 PM

Re: Metaphor
It's like swimming way out into the ocean without the means of getting back, then calling on God and saying 'ok, I'm here, now get me there'.
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Except that God didn't say "go ahead and swim out into the ocean; I'll pull you back."
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I see no reason or logic in drinking poison.
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It will convert Schraf, thereby saving her soul.
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Dan Carroll
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Message 77 of 142 (203366)
04-28-2005 12:04 PM 		Reply to: Message 72 by PecosGeorge
04-28-2005 10:36 AM

Re: Temptation
Drinking poison, throwing yourself off the temple, etc., comes under the same heading as tempting God.
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How so? God said, "knock yourself out, I got your back"!
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Here is Christ's response to the temptor who tempts him to tempt God.
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Wouldn't there be a bit of a difference between God saying "Don't worry, I'll save you" and the Devil saying, "don't worry, God'll save you"?
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