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Don't you think it all depends on the purpose of quoting someone who may have different belief than you?

Paul quoted three different pagans in scripture. I'll just cite one example here.

He quoted from a hymn/song/poem of praise to Zeus written by Aratus in Acts 17.

".....for in Him [God] we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’ Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man’s devising."

He didn't quote Aratus because he [Paul] wanted to agree that praise of Zeus was something good, but he quoted that line to help those people understand the Biblical point that we as Christians are God's children.

 

Tony jumped the tracks a long time ago

 

I'm not sure he was ever on the tracks.

 

I don't have to listen to the podcast. I and everyone else I know already knows and have known for years that he does not present God's truth.

As far as being on topic, you are the one in your original post who brought up quoting people. Everyone who has posted thus far has been on topic.

 

This thread, and the exchange in another that spawned it, is among the silliest I've seen (and believe me, I've seen plenty of silly threads here).

So I can't quote Jefferson (because he was a Deist) or John Adams (because he was a Unitarian) on the Declaration of Independence? I can't quote John Wesley about anything because he was Arminian? I can't quote Voltaire on anything, or John Hume, or Augustine, or, or, or ...

My signature is from Oliver Cromwell, and man of some strengths and many weaknesses who happened to put well a sentiment I agree with.

Silliness, silliness. I do not find it difficult to understand that you seem to have problems with everyone you come in contact with, either on the board or off.

 

That's the whole point - the quote and the OP of the thread in question were only secular conversations.

A thread was started asking why many members seemingly have not been here in a while - a very benign and secular conversation. It had nothing to do with doctrine or scripture or anything of that nature.

Atheists could have that same conversation about their own message boards. Where'd everybody go? So could plumbers, crochet fanatics, and Presbyterians.

So after the secular question was asked - a secular answer was given.

"I have decided not to let my time be used up by people to whom I make no difference while I neglect those for whom I am irreplaceable."

Secular question - secular answer.

And thus ensued the indignation.

 

Well, I'm not one for an attack thread but Tony is not exactly "Christ's servant" as if he is teaching orthodox Christianity. He has left orthodox Christianity behind for his own form of liberal theology.