Sometimes I actually forget people base their beliefs on this stuff.
So you're one of those that pick and choose from the Bible to suit you?
Quote from: Rocketman287 on November 29, 2014, 05:47:52 PMQuote from: Mad Max on November 29, 2014, 05:22:44 PMOh, so you're cool with gays now?I've been cool with the idea that they are free to make their own choices. I'm not here to order them around or condemn them.Does the Bible speak out against it? Yes. Does the Bible tell me to make people live Biblically by force? No.I'm supposed to love all sinners for I am one too.The bible speaks against it and for it. The was a gay couple that god really loved. Can't exactly remember their names... so someone else do that for me.
Quote from: Mad Max on November 29, 2014, 05:22:44 PMOh, so you're cool with gays now?I've been cool with the idea that they are free to make their own choices. I'm not here to order them around or condemn them.Does the Bible speak out against it? Yes. Does the Bible tell me to make people live Biblically by force? No.I'm supposed to love all sinners for I am one too.
Oh, so you're cool with gays now?
Quote from: Tackelberry on November 29, 2014, 05:58:15 PMQuote from: Rocketman287 on November 29, 2014, 05:47:52 PMQuote from: Mad Max on November 29, 2014, 05:22:44 PMOh, so you're cool with gays now?I've been cool with the idea that they are free to make their own choices. I'm not here to order them around or condemn them.Does the Bible speak out against it? Yes. Does the Bible tell me to make people live Biblically by force? No.I'm supposed to love all sinners for I am one too.The bible speaks against it and for it. The was a gay couple that god really loved. Can't exactly remember their names... so someone else do that for me.it was Adam and Steve.
what iz ur opinion on the dead sea scrolls and the like
Quote from: Jocephalopod on November 30, 2014, 04:46:57 PMwhat iz ur opinion on the dead sea scrolls and the likeWhat is there really to say about them? They're essentially the same.
I may not agree with you. But know that at the end of the day my faith or choices are not justified by telling you how to live your life, or whether something is right or wrong. You make your own choices, and I make my own as well. I can disagree all I want, but am I supposed to stop you from making your own choices? HECK NO! You live your life, and I live mine. I'm not here to judge you.I'm here to love you.
Quote from: Rocketman287 on November 29, 2014, 04:48:17 PMI may not agree with you. But know that at the end of the day my faith or choices are not justified by telling you how to live your life, or whether something is right or wrong. You make your own choices, and I make my own as well. I can disagree all I want, but am I supposed to stop you from making your own choices? HECK NO! You live your life, and I live mine. I'm not here to judge you.I'm here to love you.Great, wonderful, anything else you'd care to discuss or are you just here to tell me that you're not an ass?
If you read through the OP again you'll understand what I'm saying is much more than that.
Quote from: Rocketman287 on November 30, 2014, 07:39:18 PMIf you read through the OP again you'll understand what I'm saying is much more than that.You're entire OP was just you explaining that you are religious and don't use it as an excuse to be an ass, so I wouldn't say it was much more than that.
I should really pick up the Bible and read it all. I've only read bits and pieces. At the very least it would be educational
Quote from: Assassin 11D7 on November 30, 2014, 05:02:02 PMQuote from: Jocephalopod on November 30, 2014, 04:46:57 PMwhat iz ur opinion on the dead sea scrolls and the likeWhat is there really to say about them? They're essentially the same.it was more of a leading question into if the bible is seen as complete or not
It is complete. It was finished around 100 A.D, so many of the writers of the New Testament were still alive. That gives us something even better: verification.If a false gospel was being preached, the writers of the Gospels or those who read them could say "this isn't true" or "this is true". They could prove whether a text was authentic or not. You probably know about many of the "forgotten gospels" that aren't in the bible. Why aren't they considered Canon? Because they were either proven false by a New Testament writer or someone who knew the gospels, or its authenticity couldn't be proven or disproven but was simply in question.So we have a great sense of accuracy among the Gospels and New Testament books because the writers could call out anything false they came about. They could prove any text's authenticity that made it into the bible.
The books of the canon of the New Testament were written mostly in the first century and finished by the year 150 AD....The Biblical canon was the result of debate and research, reaching its final term for Catholics at the dogmatic definition of the Council of Trent in the 16th Century, when the Old Testament Canon was finalized in the Catholic Church as well.
OP says he loves and accepts everyone.Still gets criticized by the liberals LOLOLNothing will please them OP. Don't even try anymore.