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| bio | website | verbally.flimzy.com |
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| location | Guadalajara, Mexico | |
| age | 33 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 9 months |
| seen | 19 hours ago | |
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I'm a full-time software developer, working from home for a company in Atlanta, GA. I from Wichita, KS but have been living in Guadalajara, Mexico for the last year, and will stay here until sometime early 2012.
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May 17 |
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Can I believe in evolution and still be a Christian? @mkiktas: I fail to understand your point. Clearly our understanding has changed. |
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May 17 |
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Multiple wives and concubines | male and female “original” intent @E1Suave: It may imply that, but I suspect that's reading our culture understanding into the text, more than reading from the text it's original meaning. I think, for instance, one could say "God created bonobos male and female", and their naturally promiscuous behavior would cause us to assume the statement is about heterosexuality or some other phenomenon, but not about monogamy. |
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May 17 |
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Can I believe in evolution and still be a Christian? @mpiktas: I think you're taking an overly strict interpretation of "few" :) If you honestly think my statement would somehow confuse someone, or steer them wrong, I will entertain suggestions for improvements. |
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May 17 |
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Multiple wives and concubines | male and female “original” intent The point I see Jesus making is not against polygamy, but against divorce. If the pharisees had asked "Is it lawful for a man to not get divorced, but get married again anyway?" the outcome may have been quite different. |
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May 16 |
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What is stopping Christians from having just one doctrine/interpretation? @Phelios: That is your answer. Not a reason there isn't an answer. |
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May 16 |
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What is stopping Christians from having just one doctrine/interpretation? @Phelios: Well it is true. Mormonism, for instance, does not believe in only one god. Even so, I don't see how that makes agreeing on an answer problematic. |
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May 15 |
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What is stopping Christians from having just one doctrine/interpretation? The question itself points to its own answer. Not all Christians (according to the site's definition) agree even that there is "only one God, one Jesus, one Holy Spirit." |
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May 14 |
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What is a Christian's justification for a legal prohibition of homosexual marriage? No, the question is about a Biblical or doctrinal justification for refusing legal status to homosexual marriage. If I was asking for legal justification, the question would have been immediately closed as off-topic. |
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May 14 |
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Where was Jesus before the events of the New Testament? Whether it's his actual birthday or not has little relevance to whether we're celebrating his birthday or not. It is a celebration of the birth of Christ. I think you are making a good point, though... You just used an invalid argument to make it. :) |
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May 14 |
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Where was Jesus before the events of the New Testament? But we do celebrate Jesus' birthday party. I think you're trying to draw a distinction between incarnation and beginning to exist, which is valid. But birth is not the difference (even for humans) between those two concepts. |
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May 14 |
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What is a Christian's justification for a legal prohibition of homosexual marriage? And welcome to our site! :) |
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May 14 |
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What is a Christian's justification for a legal prohibition of homosexual marriage? Thank you for the perspective on the 'group punishment' aspect of things. That's an argument that is easy to forget. |
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May 14 |
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What is a Christian's justification for a legal prohibition of homosexual marriage? @Jas3.1: So your analogy is for those who don't live in a country where they can vote? |
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May 14 |
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What is a Christian's justification for a legal prohibition of homosexual marriage? @Jas3.1: Every American with the right to vote has the ability to take actions that affect legislation in America. |
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May 14 |
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What did the serpent look like? Satan (within common interpretations) is also said to be the most beautiful angel in all creation. Maybe he was a beautiful dragon? |
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May 14 |
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What is a Christian's justification for a legal prohibition of homosexual marriage? I don't understand your Korean analogy. Are you saying that normal American citizens' only recourse is to talk about issues on which they have opinions? |
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May 13 |
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What did the serpent look like? I think it's a good question for the site, but needs some clarification on what types of answers you're seeking. Are you seeking answers from those who take a literal interpretation of Genesis, or those who take a more metaphorical view? The latter would probably say there was no literal serpent, per se, and that it was just a mythical story created to explain (among other things) why snakes have no limbs. |
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May 13 |
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What is a Christian's justification for a legal prohibition of homosexual marriage? @lulian: So you would support homosexual acts and marriage so long as they are done in "private"? |
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May 13 |
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Does New Testament accounting language have any Old Testament backing? I think to answer this question, we need to look at the actual words in the NT. Many are not financial terms at all. I know (because last week's sermon was on this topic) that one word for 'forgiveness' in the NT is the same word Christ used when he commanded his disciples to leave their nets and follow him. IOW, the word translated as forgiveness was already metaphorical--and of an entirely non-financial metaphor. (I'd post a link to the sermon, but my church's web site is down at the moment.) |
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May 13 |
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What is a Christian's justification for a legal prohibition of homosexual marriage? So are you saying Christians ought to oppose homosexual marriage, along with all other immoral behaviors, out of love for those who would choose to practice them? |
