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Reformed, your reply draws attention to a fundamental challenge we Christians face when we disagree with each other on significant theological matters. Do we explore our disagreements as differences of opinion, or as products of decept…
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I'm not going to "take it somewhere else," reformed. Nine students and one teacher of a Texas high school because someone shot them. They didn't die of cancer, or old age, or congestive heart failure. They died because someone shot the…
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More from me to come later, CM, but for this moment I will note that those of us who believe the Bible teaches that Jesus was not God do not believe we carry "the Devil's water of doubt and unbelief."
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You're right, reformed. The millions of thoughts and prayers offered in the past have basically ended mass shootings as we knew them. I bet we can all remember a time when mass shootings in schools seemed to happen every couple of mont…
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You seem to be referring to a small set of Obama "lies" during his selling of the Affordable Care Act ("You can keep your doctor;" "Premiums will go down by $2,500") Trump lied more than that before his first inauguration ball dance wi…
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Whom do you propose Tillerson was talking about? Trump - the man Tillerson called a "moron," the one who forced his chief of staff to fire him because he couldn't do it himself - or some other president?
As for Obama's and Clin…
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There is only one president and one administration that could have prompted Tillerson's comments about the importance of truthful leaders: Donald Trump and his administration. NO president in American history has lied more often about …
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In my view, there exist "all over the New Testament" dozens of verses that make clear Jesus' and the apostles' view that Jesus was not God. How is it that dozens of verses must conform to a single verse? Doesn't it make more sense - st…
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With due respect, reformed, I contend that one impact of the president's lying is seen in your response. So accustomed to presidential mendacity have become many people, that they don't really care that he stretches, ignores, or blows …
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In my view, reformed, your claim that the president "has gotten more done than the last 4 presidents" is not at all supported by the facts. His only significant legislative achievement is a tax cut/reform bill that was and continues to…
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I insist on fact-based assertions of truth. So when a summary of the bill accurately reports its provisions, of course it's reasonable to make use of it. Inaccurate bill summaries, however, mislead their readers and contaminate the use…
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I'm thinking we're more alike than different when it comes to the things we post, reformed. I don't post as my beliefs things I don't believe; and I bet you don't either. So yes, I do surely believe that the First Amendment is an obstr…
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Thanks for the additional link.
It's odd to me that National Review chose not to reference the author's legal background in its bio at the base of an article that has legal overtones.
The fact that French is an attorney…
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In two posts, reformed, you have referred to the National Review's article's author as an attorney. According to the brief bio at the bottom of the article, David French is "a senior writer for National Review, a senior fellow at the N…
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No head-burying or implication ignoring on my part, reformed. While you've questioned my credentials and speculated as to the location of my head, I've quoted both the law in question and the article to which you linked, and drawn cle…
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I don't think a faith-based counselor's expression of an opinion about the sinfulness of homosexuality, on its own, would violate the proposed law, but for-fee counseling settings would likely introduce other issues.
But as for…
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I'm not an attorney, but I know how to read, to think critically, and to apply common sense. Neither of the scenarios the article's author provides withstand basic-level scrutiny, as I showed in my previous post.
Rather than li…
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I see nothing there about the forums' being a mission field.
As for your earlier question about the name calling, I don't think it's useful or helpful to do an autopsy on the posts of a person formerly active in these thr…
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Helping a gay person move toward celibacy - a change of the person's own choosing - is not a pursuit of a change of his or her sexual orientation, and would certainly be excluded from the ban..
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What's banned by the law are "...unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices undertaken by any person in a transaction." The Bible is not a method of competition, an act, or a practice. Neither is the Bible …
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The Bible does not and cannot undertake any act or practice; only people who read and respond to it can. Hence, the law does not and cannot apply to the Bible.
Reformed, where in the law do you find support for the view that it…
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Clearly, what's banned in the proposed law are business transactions - not books - whose purpose is to change a person's sexual orientation. That is, the law would ban therapists from such practices, but it would not ban any book whose…
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In my view, the Titus text refers to the local church, and not to the division of theological viewpoints natural and inevitable in multi-person discussion forums, whether online (these days) or in homes (as in those days). I don't cons…
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Thanks for the introduction, reformed, and welcome to the forums. It's a gift to know more about the people with whom we interact.
Life can get rough and tumble among these threads, so thick skin and deep reservoirs of
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I posted about my Christology only to add context and persona to the OP in this thread, one about which @reformed expressed curiosity. Having had…
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Because I'm a poster often described as one who denies the deity of Christ (and have likely described myself in those terms!) I feel compelled to note that for Wolfgang and me - the two "deniers" I know about in these forums - it's MUC…
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We disagree. To my count, the list of NT passages that distinguish between Jesus and God is dozens in length. Also in my view, as I have stated previously, for Jesus, "Father" is not a term of partnership, an address to a fellow Godhea…
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I claim that in the vast majority of relevant Gospel texts, Jesus makes a clear distinction between himself and God. Wolfgang and I have cited several in this exchange, but there are many, many others. Jesus calls himself the Son of Go…
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I disagree.
In the John 5 passage, Jesus refers to himself as the Son of God, not God (v.25), and defines that son as one to whom God (the Father) has granted authority (v.27). It's clear from the passage that …
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I disagree, reformed.
- John 5.25-30: Jesus says his life-giving power and authority to judge come not from himself, but from God. In fact, Jesus says, he can do "nothing" on his own; he can only judge as Go…
