But...Ed....
You're proposing to end the centruries-old theology war!
What will we argue about next?
Still Learning, keep learning. I've been here for a few years. There are two kinds of people around here:
1) Type "A" who comes in here with the attitude that they know it all and that they have been personally sent by God Almighty to come in here and straighten us all out. The Type "A"s don't last in here very long.
Type "A" logic goes like this: "Since there were no rollercoasters in the Bible, rollercoasters are evil."
Or my favorite "Jesus didn't turn the water into intoxicating wine because intoxicating wine is EVIL and Jesus wouldn't do anything that was EVIL. Therefore, the wine wasn't wine!!! Forget that the Greek word is oinos. My theological slant that I learned trumps what the Greek says!!!! How DARE you say my Lord makes wine! That is blasphemy! I WILL PRAY FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE WRONG!!!"
2) Type "B" folks come in here to learn. They have convictions, but they wish to debate and/or learn a thing or two. And they want to help people when they ask advice.
The sky isn't always blue. M'kay? Your avatar shows a gray sky. Sometimes the sky is blood-red. We must come together around Christ.
When you make ascertions, and people ask you to back them up with some sound logic and reasoning, they aren't challenging you nor are they challenging God's Word. They are asking for you to connect the dots. They want your thought process. And yes, h0m0s3xuality is a sin and God's Word says so. I don't need to think about it.
So please keep learning. Maybe some Calvinist will change your mind. Or some Arminian might change your mind. Or maybe after weighing the evidence, you might consider picking up a NKJV.
You're proposing to end the centruries-old theology war!
What will we argue about next?
Still Learning, keep learning. I've been here for a few years. There are two kinds of people around here:
1) Type "A" who comes in here with the attitude that they know it all and that they have been personally sent by God Almighty to come in here and straighten us all out. The Type "A"s don't last in here very long.
Type "A" logic goes like this: "Since there were no rollercoasters in the Bible, rollercoasters are evil."
Or my favorite "Jesus didn't turn the water into intoxicating wine because intoxicating wine is EVIL and Jesus wouldn't do anything that was EVIL. Therefore, the wine wasn't wine!!! Forget that the Greek word is oinos. My theological slant that I learned trumps what the Greek says!!!! How DARE you say my Lord makes wine! That is blasphemy! I WILL PRAY FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE WRONG!!!"
2) Type "B" folks come in here to learn. They have convictions, but they wish to debate and/or learn a thing or two. And they want to help people when they ask advice.
The sky isn't always blue. M'kay? Your avatar shows a gray sky. Sometimes the sky is blood-red. We must come together around Christ.
When you make ascertions, and people ask you to back them up with some sound logic and reasoning, they aren't challenging you nor are they challenging God's Word. They are asking for you to connect the dots. They want your thought process. And yes, h0m0s3xuality is a sin and God's Word says so. I don't need to think about it.
So please keep learning. Maybe some Calvinist will change your mind. Or some Arminian might change your mind. Or maybe after weighing the evidence, you might consider picking up a NKJV.
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