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originally posted by: Murgatroid
I think these guys would totally agree with you...
I haven't heard much truth coming from their direction either BTW.
originally posted by: Utnapisjtim
a reply to: Akragon
Now, the Torah is a weapon in the hands the unjust, but comfort in the hands of the just. It's like with a knife. A weapon in the hands of the villain and a tool for the carpenter. Just sayin' these books are rather capricious, thats all.
Anyway you put it, Jesus taught us to love our enemies. It's a test of wisdom after all.
originally posted by: Abednego
Same goes for the bible [...] Is all about the message not the messenger.
originally posted by: Utnapisjtim
Now isn't that a poorly hid accusation? For a prophet you sure have the hiss and bite of a serpent Ouch...
originally posted by: Utnapisjtim
originally posted by: Abednego
Same goes for the bible [...] Is all about the message not the messenger.
Indeed. Sure is. But Moses basically say that unless you follow his law, you will be stoned, nailed to a tree or similar. It's Jahveh who supposedly ordered this and Moses was his messenger. But as a sensible messenger, he did what he should have before he even stepped down from the mountain. He destroyed the law.
The ten commandments are good moral ideals to keep in mind and deed, but should we really kill those who break them?
Think for a minute and see if you can name one single person who has been able to walk through life without breaking one or all of the commandments.... You will soon admit, like all wise men and women understand, that we are all sinners, and like Paul said (I can't believe I am quoting him) the law can kindle evil in people and keep the sins alive in mind and deed. None of us deserves God's grace. I don't expect grace or forgiveness for the wrong things I have done. I can only hope that the gods may instead look at the rather good things I have done in life, and that they'll play the game fair and square and that they weigh the scales up straight.
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
Most government officials today claim that the bible is the Word of God and their religious influence is obvious. The bible and governments go hand in hand.
"Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand." ~ Benjamin Disraeli
“Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States
originally posted by: Abednego
What if the god in the OT is different from the god in the NT?
You are right we are all sinners. But salvation strive on recognizing that condition and do something to correct that condition.
PD: You cited Paul. You are already condemned.
The man who tells the truth is universally disliked by every person because every person has an agenda and is hiding behind a fantasy which the truth penetrates like an arrow and leaves him stripped naked before the whole universe, and he does not like that." ~ Milton William Cooper