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There are episodes of Bugs Bunny cartoons that also have magic wands and spells. I remember one where a genie has to open a secret passage by saying "Open Sesame" but can't remember the word and says "Open Sassafras... no, Open Sarsaparilla." That Bugs Bunny cartoon is no more about "real"...

This is actually on topic, when you consider the meaning of the word that was translated "sorcerer." It is poisoner, like the Sackler family. Allow me to provide you a link. There are thousands of links available with a great deal of information about the OxyCotin poisoners, today's sorcerers...

If you truly believe that the responsibility for this crisis is entirely with the doctors and the patients, then you haven't read about what's been going on. The patients are the victims. The manufacturers spent decades fraudulently claiming that opioids were safe and non-addictive and bribing...

Most certainly not. Much medicine is, indeed, quite beneficial and necessary. What I am talking about, and what I believe was meant in the passage, was snake oil salesmen, and more dangerous things like we're seeing in the opioid crisis. These are literally our poisoners today.

Pharma companies bribe doctors who prescribe opiods in dangerous quantities and falsely claimed for decades that these drugs were safe and non-addictive.

Maybe it's because I haven't been in these forums for a while that I'm not used to the conversations I'm reading here. I have to say, I believe I lead a very different life than some of the people here. Because I can honestly say that never in my entire life have I met someone who told me that...

I agree with the person that said that the magic in fiction is fiction. There's another type of magic that's also for entertainment and not mentioned in the Bible: a guy on stage doing card tricks and pulling rabbits from hats. Harmless fun. Biblically, the word translated "sorcerer" is in...

I actually took a hiatus from Christianity not long ago, because of the rampant conservatism. I felt that by accepting political candidates that promoted war, that failed to care for the poor and the sick and favoring economic policies that favored the rich, they were washing the outside of...

I guess you must be researching. If you can find anything liberal about the Reformed Church's teachings (aside from the ordination of women) I'd be curious to know.

Actually, I thought of ONE area that the RCA may be thought (by some) to be liberal (to me it's just normal): ordination of women as ministers. I'm so used to it I actually forgot some see that as liberal. I see ordination of women (outside of Roman Catholicism which is its own thing) as just...

Cannibal Unicorns eat Unicorn on the cob.

Most elves that I've met have been Christian, but I think it's Santa Claus who is converting them and they were probably raised Jewish. Hobbits, on the other hand, are Buddhists. Dwarves are Amish, hence the facial hair on Grumpy, Sneezy and Doc. Alladin and his genie are Muslim. Why? Have...

That's... interesting. I generally understand liberals to be the strongest opponents of capital punishment and, most of the time, war, and conservatives to be the strongest in favor of both. In the United States, that's certainly the stance taken by the respective conservative and liberal...

I'll even give this example, although I'm embarrassed to admit this: Many in my congregation and in my denomination take a literal view of Genesis, and the story of Adam and Eve. That's embarrassing to me, because I personally consider literal Genesis to be an allegory. Is the literal...

Maybe a specific question would help. Is the RCA's interpretation of Christ's death and resurrection liberal? Yes, or no. If yes, explain. If no, please give me an example of a theological point in which they are liberal. "They're liberal because they're liberal and I stand by my answer and...

I'm not asking you to back down on any claim. I'm asking you to clarify, because i don't know what you mean. What do you mean that it is on the "liberal end of the spectrum"? What, in the theology, is liberal?

I will point out, for the record, that I, personally, am liberal. I wish what you are saying is true. My family has been in the Reformed Church for generations. My grandparents were founding members of our congregation. I am part of the church, despite their being conservative. I'm the most...

I'm not kidding. And you didn't answer the question. I'm not asking you to rank denominations from more- to less- liberal. I'm asking what aspects are liberal. Do you consider the RCA's interpretation of Old Testament prophecy liberal? Do you consider the RCA's view of Christ's death and...

What is liberal about the RCA, specifically?

I'm an elder in the reformed church. It's not a liberal denomination. Someone at a recent classis meeting hit the nail on the head. The Reformed Church in America started as an extension of the Dutch Reformed Church. Its expansion model was, new Dutch colonies came to the New World and...