Posted on 04/19/2015 1:56:33 PM PDT by ReformationFan
It boils down to, ‘is God the Author of Life? Or is He not?’
Stupid question.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
Simple answer: the Bible is the word of God. It is right. Local perversions are a passing fad, a filthy fad, but nothing with any future.
my words too.
What a dumb question.
Why is that a stupid question?
A passing fad? You mean like the mob lost in egypt? Yeah we haven’t seen their behavior since God led them out.
It’s a stupid question because it’s empirically demonstrable that Christian “sexual ethics” (or the same principles with another or no religion) produce a functional society, while alternatives do not. We’re talking about ideas like observance of contract, delayed gratification, financial responsibility, respect for life ... without those, you get chaos.
Nope sorry, those things are important but immaterial in the question of following God’s law.
Either the Bible is true and sufficient or its merely a historical book.
Yes.
the Church exists to preach and teach the Bible
not
what some of us modern day people might think “should” be taught because we, or others, or society, or the world, might be “better off”...or have a “easier time” with it
The Church can (and I’d argue should) be open, respectful, considerate, pastoral to the max.....welcoming always....
but the Church cannot change “its” teachings with each new fad or season
the Church is not an automobile manufacturer
No, no and no. Just look at where America is today. On the way to hell and not many seem to care. We are a decaying nation. We should be telling everyone every day that Christianity is the only way to a decent, loving and caring world.
Well, yes, but that’s a different question, imo. Really, the original question, “Must Christianity change ...?” implies that there’s a possibility of extermination. I don’t think that makes a difference, though. Death is just a materialist obfuscation.
It boils down to whether the scholars will accept the logic of of their criticism and try to understand what the writers of the books of the Bible meant when they wrote and be willing to change their views when the evidence shows that their research is driven by a blind faith in the scientific method. Trying to reconstruct the ancient world is a bit like trying to reconstruct the lives of the inhabitants of a grave yard by studying their bones and their tombstones. Buried in the text of the Bible is more information than can ever be decoded by science. If we could bring Ezra back to life, and “debrief” him we would probably discover that what we know about, say the life of the Persian world, is as fabulous as the average person’s knowledge of China in the 19th century. He might over a period of time be able to converse with an Orthodox Rabbi and convey to him his frustration at the inability of the scientist to understand the world in which EZRA actually lived.
The modernist mindset is anchored in the delusion of the Enlightenment that everything that happens is measurable and reducible to mathematical forms.
Christians need to stop publicly beheading homosexuals...oh, wait!
Well, it is a historical book, both in his composition and in its applications in societies that call themselves Christian.
Being any of those things pretty much wrecks society.
Do I think God thinks sex is bad? Nope. But if you are stepping out on your family, that doesn’t end well.
If sex wasn’t fun, people would not make babies. Duh.
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