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I I know nothing about Greek. I googled the snide quote you posted. Like it or not, the Bible is open to interpretation. I'd suggest your obsession with scholarly pedantry isn't helping your relationship with God. Maybe Stephen could have phrased his opinion better about orthodox doctrine...

Dude, there is no need to be a jerk. The OP is merely stating his beliefs and I at least find his perpective interesting. Romans 1:22 Parallel Greek Texts

I say ban the tobacco companies from selling it. Let people grow their own and farmers grow it to be sold in raw form by small vendors under strict regulations.

I have decided that I don't want to go. I am a bit turned off by the realisation that churches have members and that there is a process to becoming a member. That seems more like a club to me than the body of Christ. I also have fears of being rejected. The "stand", "sing", "pray", "sit"...

I could count the times I've worn a suit on one hand. Currently I don't possess one. I did have a really nice lightweight wool Zegna in charcoal, but it got stolen in the Vietnam post a while back. But really, wearing a suit is all about sucking up to those in authority.

This meme was bought to you by the good Christian conservatives at the Southern Baptist Convention. Literally. Hahaha.

I find it curious that a large proportion of conservative voters come from working and lower middle class backgrounds and demographics. These seem to be people with the strongest views on controversial social issues, which I guess are an outlet to express their alienation and unhappiness. Add...

Oh, come on. A drunken brawl caused by conservative Christians is hardly a case of "bad stuff that happens to others".

To be precise, tabloid reading conservative Christians are completely nuts. Bile spreading conservative Christians are just nuts.

She's nuts. Col Allan, the editor of the New York Post, is nuts. Anybody who reads the Post is nuts.

It is hardly surprising that somebody is ridiculed for a public display of prayer. Even Jesus said to pray in private. Sorry. Matthew 6:6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will...

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It sounds like you want stir up some Muslim bashing. Isis is as representive to Islam as the Klu Klux Klan is to Christianity.

I'm very skeptical of that notion. I certainly don't feel God is pleased about me posting on this forum calling out other Christians for their attitudes. Maybe you'd have a change of heart, if a child of yours was gay.

This is a non story. Only the Murdoch tabloid, the New York Post, and the Fox network have reported this.

It is the opposite for me since I returned to Christ. I've worn long jeans, collared long sleeve shirts and shoes in Asia's tropical heat and conservative society because it conformed to what locals wore and it differentiated me from backpackers who nearly always seem notoriously insensitive to...

It is not about embracing or even accepting sin. It is about loving and not judging our neighbours. How many times does this have to be repeated before conservatives realise their agenda is diverting them from the teaching of Christ. This obsession with the sin of others is completely out of...

Completely different. Carrying a gun, pepper spray, learning self defence, etc etc, are not passive actions like the instances you list above, which are passive actions- apart from calling the police. Those impassive actions indicate a mindset at odds with the teachings of Christ.

"Provocative" and contradictory. He wants to "return hatred with love" and then goes off on an anti gay agenda. Why this obsession with homosexuality? Is it really that important, except to a very vocal minority?

I find it ironic that the author in link writes about modesty, yet uses his doctorate as his title. It is just so tacky, immodest and impractical to use the "Dr" when you aren't a medical doctor IMO. As for the subject, clothes are purely for man. Is a man in rags any less than a man in a suit...