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heyitsthatguy
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Posted: August 09 2008 at 21:30 | |||
some people follow religion
some don't |
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The T
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Posted: August 09 2008 at 21:59 | |||
Seldom have I seen so much wisdom
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stonebeard
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Posted: August 09 2008 at 22:01 | |||
Well, somebody's gotta clean up the mess. |
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The T
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Posted: August 09 2008 at 22:10 | |||
Thank GOD!
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WinterLight
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Posted: August 09 2008 at 23:51 | |||
Yeah, but there's no fun without conflict... |
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johnobvious
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Posted: August 10 2008 at 13:54 | |||
About a dozen of these Froot Loops were in front of my church in Omaha this morning. Saw a couple of 3-5 year old girls as well there with their kook parents. Saw signs like "the world is doomed," "Priests Rape Kids," "it is too late for prayer" and the obligitory "God hates Fags" among others. I'm sure the effort went a long way in advancing their "cause," whatever the hell it is.
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: August 10 2008 at 14:21 | |||
I really can't understand their cause, they say the saved people is predetermined before birth, and that only people from their "Church" can be saved.
What's the point of this cruzade if the ones to be saved are already chosen by God?
Who in hell can still believe this guys are a Church if they write phrases like:
They thank God for the suffering of people....IS THIS CHRISTIAN?
What God is that? Not mine, my God said:
See Matthew 22:36-40: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments. Have this morons read the Bible. how can they rejoice in the death of people? This guys are sick bastards.
Iván Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - August 10 2008 at 14:50 |
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WinterLight
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Posted: August 10 2008 at 14:48 | |||
Yes, but the Bible is rife with self-contradictions; for every injunction on love, compassion, selflessness, etc. there's always another characterized by the most sanguine of barbarisms. In fact, one doesn't need to refer to the Old Testament to uncover such examples but can remain quite comfortably within the Pauline portion of the text. |
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: August 10 2008 at 14:52 | |||
Winter Light, there's not a single word of hate in JESUS teachings, that's enough for me.
Iván
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johnobvious
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Posted: August 11 2008 at 10:03 | |||
They were at three different churches here in town. I didn't see anything on any local news channels which is good, because these freaks are just lapping up any free publicity they can get. I don't know if they will go away if we ignore them, but the less people see of them the better. I'm sure they love to get their claws into teenagers who are more impressionable and maybe have a rebellious streak in them who will jump on any cause just to piss off their parents.
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WinterLight
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Posted: August 11 2008 at 11:28 | |||
That's literally untrue as evidence to the contrary is readily discovered with a perfunctory glance at a concordance. Luke 14:26 is one verse amongst many in which the word "hate" appears: "If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple." The interpretation of this verse does remain, I admit, somewhat controversial, but is not wholly unlike others. Taking a less literal approach one still finds Christ's tacit approval of human antagonism, if not hate: from Luke 12:49 we see that he asserts "I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?" and later he asks "Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law." Edited by WinterLight - August 11 2008 at 11:29 |
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: August 11 2008 at 13:18 | |||
Your interp´retation is not accurate and it's explained everywhere.
As you know the Bible is translated from seceral sources with digfferent linguistic influences, in this cae the word hate comes from the Greek.
The Greks use the word in a similar way talking about how people should hate their family when they have to serve Greexce, in this case as in the Bible, Hate is used as a synonympus of giving pre-eminence.
In other words if you wanted to be an apostle, you hhad to give preeminence to God even over your own family.
Matt 10: 37: The one who loves his father or mother more than me isn't worthy of me, and the one who loves a son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me.
It's clñear that the word hate is used in wrong copntext due to the translation
This is the reason why Catholic priests can't marry, so they are not placed in the circumstance to choose between God and their families.
Of course he came to bring fire, he questioned Jewish precepts, like the Talion law for non violence.
Of course the families will be divided, some will choose to follow the old Jewish laws and others will follow Christ.
It's easy to analyze the Bible and missinterpret Jesus words if you don't have a theological background, that's the reason why there ae so many Christian Confessions (More than 30,000), because each one understands something different.
Iván
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: August 11 2008 at 13:34 | |||
When it comes to biblical translations, you really have to go back to the original languages (Hebrew and Greek) and not the many variations of English interpretations which where often severely altered by the interpreters to match what they believed at the time.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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WinterLight
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Posted: August 11 2008 at 15:05 | |||
Sorry, but theology isn't exactly quantum physics, although it is difficult, I admit, to avoid drowning in the mire of backward superstition. Of course, such tomes are susceptible to misinterpretation not because of insufficient wisdom (i.e., indoctrination) but rather because it is metaphorical at best and often outright unintelligible. In any case, you could not be more incorrect in your implication that I haven't a theological background: not only was I baptized a Catholic, I attended a Catholic school for several years, and I've studied, albeit informally, the Bible (which I've read in its entirety six times) as well as other signal texts of the major world religions. In fact, this is my greatest sin: I endeavored to make sense out of my faith, and as a result, renounced it. |
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: August 11 2008 at 18:05 | |||
Theology is a SCIENCE that involves:
I studied both Laws and Theology, and believe me, Laws was a joy ride compared to Theology. BTW: Theology has no relation wih indoctrination, saying that reveals a total lack of knowledge about Theology, This science doesn't study ONE religion, studies all the religions.
That's why I laugh when I see so many self titled Doctors talking on TV because they studied in a Biblical School, that's only one very small part of Theology.
For example, when a miracle is apparent, the Vatican starts a trial, with the Devil's Advocate as a DA and the Deffender, who is a Theologist who also studied laws.
Teams of experts in all the fields are sent, for example the Saint Genaro Miracle which happens for centuries, is not accepted by the Church, because the chemical composition of the blod doesn't fit the parameters.
If a text is found, you need a team of Theologists, experts in ancient languages, chemical experts to study the composition of the documents, geo-political experts to study the circumstances of the determined country and experts in history who verify if the historical background is correct.
So, it may not be Quantum Physics, but is much more complex than any career. I didn't finished Theology because it was hard, too time consumming and honestly I would require a career to pay a hobbie, because I'm not a Priest and rarely would be called to verifuy a miracle or a canonization.
Your background is exactly as mimne before I started to studu Theology, I am baptized, studied in a Catholic School, studied in the Catholic University, but Biblical knowledge means nothing:
Can you compare texts in Greek with texts in Latin or Arameic? Do you know the geo-political situation of Israel in 0 - 33 AD? Do you have any knowledge of Canonical Law? Do you know what kind of behavior was politically accepted? Eo you know why some apocriphal documents are rejected? Do you have a decent knowledge of heresies?
You as I (even after studying four semesters of Teology), are only scratching the cover, most theologists are above the 50 years old, because it takes a lifetime of exclusive studies to know something.
Iván
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: August 11 2008 at 19:32 | |||
I did a bit of Bible study growing up. There's a lot of interesting stuff in there, particularly when it comes to prophecy. I'm still amazed how many self described Christians depart from it, particularly when it comes to holidays, foods, the sabbath, etc. But let's face it, the Bible is a real mixed bag.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: August 11 2008 at 20:36 | |||
Of course Startibast fast you’re right, the Bible mixes: 1. Different Religions: Old Testament is mainly the Torah, a Jewish Holy Book, Te Gospels are a transitional period, where Jesus creates the base of a New Judaism and the Acts of the Apostles represent incipient Christianity. 2. Different Eras: The Bible comes from before Bronze Age to almost the 160 or 170 AD if the Apocryphal Books are counted. 3. Different perspective: The Old Testament is a tough Book, is very vindictive, hard rules for a hard time, and the message of Christ contrasts with the previous, then the 4. Different cultures: The Jewish culture of the Old Testament is very tough, all crimes are paid with life, is a closed Religion, only for Jews, at the end, they are the chosen ones. The New Testament is open for everybody, instead of killing your enemy, you have to love him instead of an eye for an eye, you must not return the aggressions but place the other cheek. Now mix all this in one sack, allow the early Popes, Kings and Chronologists to alter what they don't like....You got a mess. That's why I trust more in the New Testament than in the old one, because it's 100% written and even the apochrifal books have strong similarities with the 4 Gospels.
. So, it's hard to keep a coherent understanding of the Bible if you don't study all those eras and cultures.Plus, the translation from oral tradition, to ancient languages, to Latin and to English, have a consequence......A lot of the original message is lost. It's very complicated. Iván |
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: August 11 2008 at 21:16 | |||
^ Now that's an encyclopedic answer, and quite good.
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WinterLight
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Posted: August 11 2008 at 23:17 | |||
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: August 11 2008 at 23:57 | |||
Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - August 12 2008 at 00:11 |
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