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    Old Earth Creationism

    Your views are based on eisegesis, which is reading stuff into the Bible which is not there. The quote about a thousand years being a day to the Lord, does not refer to creation at all. Paul is referring to those who are concerned about the delay in the Second Coming of Christ, to show that...
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    Should we confess every sin to fellow Christians?

    My short answer is no. Let's look at the Scripture most used to support this doubtful practice: "This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do...
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    Did God really tell us to take up serpents?

    Where did I say that you didn't know the difference between figures of speech and literal meanings? I was commenting on the topic in hand, not your handling of it.
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    Did God really tell us to take up serpents?

    There is a group that handle rattlesnakes, and there is a video where a guy was bitten by one that he was handling, and I think that he died as a result. I don't think the reference in Mark referred to the deliberate handling of real snakes. It was more figurative language in the same way that...
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    How can you financially support a church whose finances are in a secret black box?

    I don't know what happens where you are, but in my country there are strict laws involving accounting standards in the use of public money. Our definition of public money is all income received from members of the public and donations from community organisations. We are required to keep...
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    How can you financially support a church whose finances are in a secret black box?

    In New Zealand, a church to be a Registered Charity, our Charities Commission requires a financial return every year, due 31 December. This enables the church not to have to pay income tax. If the church fails to provide the information, it could be taken off the Register, which may cause the...
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    How can you financially support a church whose finances are in a secret black box?

    I have been the treasurer of two churches, and the policy has been to submit the accounts to the Management Meeting every month. After the end of the financial year, the accounts are audited by a chartered accountant. Doing it this way ensures that the accounts are above board and there is no...
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    Dumbest Jokes of All Time

    Three women go down to Mexico one night to celebrate college graduation. They get drunk and wake up in jail, only to find that they are to be executed in the morning – though none of them can remember what they did the night before. The first one, a redhead, is strapped in the electric chair and...