Caleb

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I am a scripting language connoisseur, regular expression aficionado, network geek, general lover of Linux and a frequent contributor to open source software. I transitioned to programming from other work because I was too busy automating my own work environment to actually do the other work. I have a hobby interest in cartography. For more see my personal site. Most importantly, my life is defined by the grace of God given to men through Jesus Christ. It is my ambition that everything I do would reflect His glory and point people towards Him.

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Sep 13	awarded	Synonymizer
Sep 13	reviewed	Approve suggested edit on Does Acts 15:21 assume new believers would learn and follow the law from synagogues on sabbath?
Sep 13	answered	Do 'Bible Christians' find paraphrasing the Bible distasteful?
Sep 13	reviewed	Approve suggested edit on bible-translation tag wiki excerpt
Sep 13	comment	Do 'Bible Christians' find paraphrasing the Bible distasteful? Can you give us some examples of what you're worried about? Are you asking about paraphrase translations or quoting loosely from memory while in conversation or what?
Sep 13	comment	Why is rape not in the 10 commandments? @ashansky: I did :) See the note in the answer about envy. I only elaborated on the last one in comments because Paŭlo asked what the justification was for that one. I'll be honest with you, I couldn't remember the word "covet" when I wrote this. I could only think of "imrenmek" and "göz dikmek", the Turkish words used in various translations and was trying to come up with what the English was while typing on my cell phone in a bus :)
Sep 13	comment	Why is rape not in the 10 commandments? @PaŭloEbermann: Yes this is a broad interpretation, but I think it's warranted. In fact the first commandment is often considered to be the foundation and that it is impossible to violate any of the others without also violating the first. I'm not the first to hold this interpretation, many theologians have espoused this understanding. There is a famous quote from Martin Luther stating exactly this but he was not the first. Jesus himself both summed up the whole of the law and stated the most important commandment by saying "Love the Lord your God", and that everything else follows this.
Sep 13	comment	Why was it necessary for Mary to be a virgin? Ok I see how the grammar goes now ... but my question still applies. Why could the covenant not be renewed with Jesus himself by conceiving him without sin? Why go a generation up? And if you do have to go a generation up, why don't you have to go all the way back to Adam?
Sep 13	revised	Is an action morally good because God commands it, or does God command it because it is good? added 67 characters in body
Sep 13	comment	Why is rape not in the 10 commandments? @PaŭloEbermann: Sure. Think of it this way. If I lend you a screw driver and you wantonly use it as a crowbar, your disrespect of my property is an offense against me, not just the tool. Every woman is created in the image of God and belongs to him. Secondly, God's commandment to men is that they should lay down their lives in love, care and sacrifice for and in order to purify women. Rape is an offense against the Lord (not honoring to him) because it abuses his property AND because it disobeys his commands.
Sep 13	asked	Are our consciences trustworthy?
Sep 13	awarded	Nice Answer
Sep 13	revised	Is an action morally good because God commands it, or does God command it because it is good? added 85 characters in body
Sep 13	comment	Why is rape not in the 10 commandments? Many of the commands given through Moses were for an orderly society, but the ten commandments were definitely a code that has everything to do with ethics. They are far more reaching than just setting a particular community apart, they are a code that ALL people are to use to determine was is right and wrong in the eyes of God. Lastly, the culture of the time did not write the commandments, God did and the culture having a particular issue would actually be more reason to include a specific commandment, not less.
Sep 13	comment	Is there Biblical basis for unitarianism? In short, while there are a lot of verses that are ambiguous or unclear and could be constrewn either way, that text in particular is not a credible way to LEAD an argument for Unitarianism.
Sep 13	comment	Is there Biblical basis for unitarianism? The word your translation here has rendered "through" is in fact the same Greek work translated hundreds of times in the NT as "by". Further evidence of this meaning can be found in the same wording John 1:2-3 where there is an extra explanation that makes it much more clear that this wording makes him the creator. Also "first-born" can even be used of people who were not actually eldest children (Psalm 89:27), and the mirrored usage in other places in reference to Christ help us see the meaning is in fact a very distinguished thing.
Sep 13	revised	Why is rape not in the 10 commandments? added 53 characters in body
Sep 13	revised	Is an action morally good because God commands it, or does God command it because it is good? Expand cell phone typed answer into real answer.
Sep 13	comment	How could Jesus get followers so easily? Obviously we cannot rule OUT the miraculous, but given the culture of the time where Rabbis always had a following and it was considered a prestigious thing to be such a follower, it seems like it wouldn't actually take a miracle for some dear-in-the-headlines uneducated fishermen to go "who me, really?" and get up a traipse along after anybody with a little education who spoke with authority.
Sep 13	comment	Why was it necessary for Mary to be a virgin? I don't see how your statement about Mary follows from the one you quote from Pope Pius IX. His statement indicates that Jesus was free from the stain of original sin. This I can agree with. Your statement goes on to say that therefore Mary had to be free from said stain as well. If you follow that line of reasoning wouldn't you need an entire family tree from Adam and Eve to Mary that was free from sin?