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'Pray for Obama' Not What It Seems -- Sphere »

• GWH -
  
  "Claiming to be a Christian does not make it so."
  
  You are absolutely correct, which is why it is sad that ...

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• Even if they didn't intend for the verses that follow verse 8 to be included this is a sad choice of verses, because if you ...

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Psalm 22 - Passage Lookup - New King James Version - BibleGateway.com »

• Good post Cowboy. You know how Dio gets all wound up about his Greek and Hebrew "knowledge." It probably works in most of his arguments ...

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Seeing the Opportunity »

• Cowboy,
  
  Thanks for sharing that testimony.
  
  I think that the Gospels show Jesus' message being rejected by his hometown, friends and family ...

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Senator Holding Up Veterans Benefits - Clovis News Journal »

• Good comments CBG. More than a little hypocritical for a Republican Senator who no doubt "talks" about a strong military and veteran's rights during election ...

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Mental health of troops comes under scrutiny -- latimes.com »

• Earth --
  
  One of the more difficult parts of my Army time was accepting the fact that defending my country meant defending the right ...

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• Happy Veterans' Day to all my brothers and sisters who have served or are serving now.
  
  CBG -
  
  I completely agree with ...

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Does God Believe in Atheists? »

• tchef -
  
  I had the same experience growing up in the Catholic Church; I tell people it took me 10 years as an ...

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• Nice answer Cowboy.

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• We have free will because if we didn't we would simply be slaves. If God forced us to love Him, it wouldn't be love.

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• Smith --
  
  You can't really use Paul and Thomas for this particular issue; both were Jews who already believed there was one God. And ...

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• Because we have free will.

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• Absolutely, bubba. He loves all of us, but forcing us to love Him would not be love.

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• How about these as examples of faith, Smith:
  
  You eat in a restaurant, trusting that the chef isn't going to poison you.
  
  You ...

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• Thanks for the comments clarketelecom. I'm glad you are open enough to admit that you want a benevolent God to exist. Here are a couple ...

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• Don't be silly, Chuck. Santa knows there are no pixies, the elves know there is no Bigfoot, and God knows there are no atheists.

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• Wow Mystic,,,I could probably get a PhD in Religious Studies faster than I could answer all these questions. Do you already have the answers set ...

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• I figured it was a typo, especially given the context of the verse. Sometimes our typing can't keep up with our brains :)
  
  Have ...

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• Good comments Cowboy. I think I'm going to steal you car/mechanic analogy...never heard it put exactly that way before.

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• Thanks for the comments.
  
  The definitions I took for "atheist" and "agnostic" were from Webster's Dictionary. So using that, by your own definition wouldn't ...

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It Happened on Facebook…| Freedom »

• I'm sure his mother is proud. And his vitriol is exceeded only by his unbelievably pathetic grasp of world history, not to mention Biblical history. ...

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• Sad but true.

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1 Corinthians 5:1-13 - Passage Lookup - New King James Version - BibleGateway.com »

• Good stuff as always, Cowboy. Thanks for standing in the gap.

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Moses Wasn’t Charlton Heston »

• Smith...although we will likely continue to disagree on these points, I apologize for the jackass comment. It doesn't reflect well on Christ or Christians, and ...

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• True enough, Cowboy

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• Dio:
  
  Thanks...I think

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• Smith:
  
  Jesus is not "questioning" God. He is quoting Psalm 22, because at that point, with all of our sin cast upon him, God ...

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• Nice job pulling two lines out of an entire article and making an argument from it, and not a very good one at that. The ...

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A Place at the Table »

• Dio:
  
  Here's the verse I should have heeded before repsonding to you Dio:
  
  "Do not speak to a fool, for he will scorn ...

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• Dio:
  
  Here's a verse for you (Proverbs 23:9) that I should have heeded after your first comment:
  
  "Do not speak to a fool, ...

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• God always wins...I wouldn't bet too much on you, O Great Greek Scholar.

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• Yes O Great Greek Scholar. How has Harvard not snapped you up yet?

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• We only have your word that you even know what Greek looks like...and I can bet how much that's worth.

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• Or maybe you should just write your own Bible, since you obviously have major issues with what's in the one we have. I look forward ...

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• Well said Cowboy, even if Dionys won't admit it. You know how stubborn those world-famous Greek scholars can be :)

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• You have to keep beating that same "the translations are flawed" drum, because if not, then your position is untenable. I wonder why such a ...

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• You read into the article what you need to in order to continue to defend your flawed position...big surprise.

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• Good comments, Cowboy.

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• Your reaction is way out of proportion, unless you're under conviction. Looks like the part about vehemently defending homosexuality in a way that other sins ...

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• Interesting that when you disagree it makes me a bigot. You can try to make a sin you want to hang on to acceptable by ...

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The Attributes of God »

• It is actually Muslims who have a distorted view of Jesus (or Isa, as they call him). For instance, very few Muslims mention (and may ...

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Joel Osteen…Meet Job »

• Red --
  
  So glad you can quote it. If you had read the article the quotes are there regarding what Job said when ...

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• No one can know someone else's heart, and with regard to Joel Osteen I can only comment on his outward actions. You call for private ...

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• But this is not "every disagreement." This isn't a question of the form speaking in tongues should take, or the meaning of "husband of one ...

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• Red --
  
  I quote from the article:
  
  "Note that none of these verses condemn having money or possessions; the condemnation is for ...

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• You quote John, but ignore that he also called the false teachers "anti-christs," and we should do no less.
  
  Jesus said to his ...

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1 John 2:15-23 - Passage Lookup - BibleGateway.com »

• Great passage...thanks.

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The Unexpected Messiah »

• Learn to spell.

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Churches Turn to Innovative Internet Fund Raising? | Small Business Articles Directory »

• I checked out the site that was mentioned in the article, and to date they have paid out a total of $254.97 to users. Not ...

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