Ah, the ole innuendo and deflection again. Colour me surprised...
Then from Art Brain's perspective, what is the true definition of love?
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Ah, the ole innuendo and deflection again. Colour me surprised...
Or perhaps that's you? Look, if I were a parent and locked up my child with no chance of escape then who's responsible for the kids isolation and torturous loneliness? It would be me right? Therefore I'm the tormentor as I'm the one imposing that suffering onto the child. If you can pick that apart then go right ahead. If you're just going to make drive by remarks because someone has an opposing argument and doesn't fall into line with your own view after a few exchanges then that's hardly very impressive, or honest frankly.
You remind me of a really good friend of mine
You remind me of a good friend too. Do we know each other?
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God hasn't change and you know it, or at least should.
This kind of stupid comment in not surprising come from you.
The SIN is NOT the sinner. Although, in your case there may be an exception.
NOT the point as I clearly said it was about physical torture, but apparently you just like to equivocate.
The torment is because of the one who sinned, not the person who holds them accountable for their sins. Again your VERY limited human understanding does NOT make God bad, just you ignorant.
Torture is torture whether it's physical or mental and I don't recall you specifying only the physical variety. In fact I recall you centring more on the psychological sort after my contention against aCW's 'literal burning hell' if you remember? The same principle would essentially apply both to your notion and his as they're both states of suffering from which there is no escape.
I may be a human with limited understanding but that same would apply to you by the same token. Having qualms regarding a doctrine of eternal torture of any sort doesn't make one ignorant of the matter either. Your belief in what hell or the lake of fire consists of is far from the only one.
You jest cain't get away from those dad-blasted pesky gays...
Franklin Graham, the media preacher who inherited his father's (Billy Graham) organization had a post on FaceBook (I call it MyFace). It grabbed my interest:
https://www.facebook.com/FranklinGraham/posts/935913996464782
Graham had his money in Wells Fargo but a recent television commercial from them showed a gay lesbian couple with a deaf daughter.
Of course, this set him off and he moved all his money into a bank called B B & T. Come to find out, their advertising is really gay.
Next stop, er, some other bank I guess...
You jest cain't get away from those dad-blasted pesky gays...
Franklin Graham, the media preacher who inherited his father's (Billy Graham) organization had a post on FaceBook (I call it MyFace). It grabbed my interest:
https://www.facebook.com/FranklinGraham/posts/935913996464782
Graham had his money in Wells Fargo but a recent television commercial from them showed a gay lesbian couple with a deaf daughter.
Of course, this set him off and he moved all his money into a bank called B B & T. Come to find out, their advertising is really gay.
Next stop, er, some other bank I guess...
Again, if you can't or won't understand what I post then I won't post just to fulfill some bizarre desire in you to equivocate about. Torment and torture are NOT the same thing. Read my last post or go to an online dictionary.
I don't have to KNOW, I have faith in what God says. YOU want to know in order to give mental assent, when in fact you don't have the ability to judge God. That you continue to call it something it is not only shows your bias and inflexibility to think outside your very limited box.
I just don't see it happening.One would have to look very hard to find a corporation that hasn't sided with the goose-stepping child molesters of the LGBTQueer movement these days.
In the future I would suggest that Reverend Graham look at the HRC (founded by accused pederast/child rapist Terry Bean) "Corporate Equality Index" for information.
http://www.hrc.org/campaigns/corporate-equality-index
Of course if homosexuality were recriminalized, this insanity wouldn't be occurring.
If homosexuals were criminalised then there would be no gay parades or clubs or Dan Savages tempting you away from being straight. lain:Of course if homosexuality were recriminalized, this insanity wouldn't be occurring.
I just don'tsee it happeningwant it to happen.
Sorry to be blunt but that's what seems to be going on.
There are a few holdouts like the Muslims and most Christians, but I think they are circling the wagons. But the battle is over.
Just my view--and I can easily be accountable for being mistaken.
I don't know the mind of God totally.
How specifically, do I not understand the "optics."Their money, their choice. You not understanding the optics isn't the issue.
Don't you think that hammering down any nail that threatens you is a bit like a tyrannical dictatorship?Fixed that typo for ya.
To me Jesus is the standard for seeing God on earth.You can only mock God for so long before He gets really really mad.
I expect nothing less.Mark my word, you will be held accountable for your views.
It's not my vision of God. I don't hold to the tradition of a jealous Creator that demands a blood sacrifice for justice.Based on your defense of a behavior that He detests, I would safely say that you don't know Him at all.
How specifically, do I not understand the "optics." And more important, what the heck ARE "optics"?
I understand all too well
Don't you think that hammering down any nail that threatens you is a bit like a tyrannical dictatorship?
To me Jesus is the standard for seeing God on earth.
"The Father makes his sun to shine on both the good and the evil and sends his rain to fall on the righteous and unrighteous alike."
I expect nothing less.
It's not my vision of God. I don't hold to the tradition of a jealous Creator that demands a blood sacrifice for justice.
There are other traditions and theologies--plenty to choose from.
And they are often contradictory--sometimes within a single verse!
I try to follow the unique teachings of Jesus, not the theology that grew around him after his resurrection.
To uphold what God has deemed just, and to fight what he deems unjust, and you get a pretty good idea of what's important to him in these passages from the prophet:What is the role of a righteous government as seen through the Eyes of God?