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Interesting take on linguistics. Which English you reckon God created?
Hence "god" and"dog", right?
You don't say!
I still lean toward the Korean version.
So I've heard.
There's a shocker.
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What?
Depends on how hard they're trying to make a spurious"point".
I'm sure they were somewhere, by someone. Superstition we will always have with us.
Citation, please. I think perhaps you're dealing in disinformation here.
Right.
Is this up there with the "bowing down" thing" again?
That one we've been over. Nothing to do wirth Christmas trees, reasonably more to with ornate furniture. But don't let the truth interfere with a good story, right?
Both.
The Santas in Korean churches are particularly hilarious. For one, they're all Korean, their costumes are dragged out once a year so they're always sort of bedraggled and ill-fitting, always knows who "Santa" is, little kids seem to delight in pulling his beard down, and in general "Santa" can't ever seem to take it at all seriously. It's great fun.
For most of my life, "Santa:" was a Korean "jipsah", aka deacon. (Yeah, that's where my handle comes from.)
That's what it's such a monster for foreigners to learn. I've tutored Korean kids for a great many years, and the ones who learn it fastest are those who learn quickest to rely on their ears and not worry about the rules too much.
This discussion actually falls into another topic I cannot talk about. Meaning, my freedom of speech is restricted. So your out of luck in my explaning this.
Uh, what do you think happened when Jesus just quoted Scripture with the devil?
The devil did exactly the same thing, he quoted Scripture, so who are you emulating?
I reread Jeremiah 10, and I read it in both the KJB and a Modern Translation. It does sound like you can read it as referring to an idol statue that would look like a human of some kind. That said, there is Deuteronomy 16:21-22. Verse 21 talks about not planting any tree near the altar of God, and verse 22 says not to set up an image that the Lord God hates. This sounds like one can read Jeremiah in a similar way in that it can refer to how one is not to even cut a tree down and decorate it with gold, etcetera. We are told not to follow the traditions of the heathen. The secular version of Christmas is originated from the practice of Saturnalia according to Catholic sources. Christmas exists today as a secular worldly holiday and is celebrated by atheists, agnostics, religionists (non-Christians), and Christians. This tells you that it is more of a worldly practice because everyone partakes in such a practice. There are elements in this practice that take on a religious component regardless of whether one is religious or not. The decorated trees, lights on the home, the Santa mythos, gift giving among loved ones, a grand feast, advent calendar. It is a national recognized holiday. Even donut day is recognized as a holiday although it is not as popular unless one wants free donuts or something. Nowhere in Scripture are we encouraged to engage in national holidays celebrated by all people. Christians are to be holy and separate from the world.
Yeah but you on the other hand offer lots of your own personal commentary rather than just quote scripture verbatim. And you probably know that, and if so you're being deceptive. Unless you think all your personal commentary is tantamount to scripture. Which wouldn't surprise me. There's a guy on usenet who thinks all of his personal commentary is from the Holy Spirit, and if you argue against anything he comes up with, you've committed blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. You kinda remind me of him.
Actually, it was a newly created rule which was coincidentally implemented at the same time I alone was passionately defending such said topic. But in either case, may Jesus get all the glory.
Actually, the devil misquoted Scripture and he did not speak God’s Word as his authority as Jesus did. He actually challenged Jesus’ claim that He was the Son of God, and he desired Jesus to worship him. In the Garden, the devil actually boldly questioned the veracity of God’s words. Today, many do the same thing.
This reminds me of what Jehovah's Witness says. No mother's day, birthdays, doughnut day etc.
Elevating one translation in one language denigrates God's Word in other languages and does not glorify God.
The devil quoted Psalm 91:11-12 in Luke 4. How did he misquote Scripture?
So you believe it is deceptive to quote Scripture verses alone or are you saying it is deceptive to quote Scripture with commentary?
Uh, no. I am not like that. There are things in the faith that I can disagree on with other believers that would not be a fellowship issue, and there are things that would cause me to break fellowship over. It depends on what that particular thing is.
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