[Celerity]

One of my favorites is from Alfonzo Rachel:

“You either believe the bible, or you don’t.”

[Mr. Douglas]

One of my favorites is from Alfonzo Rachel:

“You either believe the bible, or you don’t.”

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I’m a strong supporter of that statement. However, what I’ve found is that what many people mean when they say that is “You either believe my interpretation of the bible or you don’t.” And by that they mean that if you don’t believe their interpretation, you don’t believe the bible.

A simple case in point: Romans 6:23 says that “The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is immortality.”

OK, I believe the bible. It says sinners will die and those that receive the gift of God will be immortal. But not so fast! Many people think that is heretical thinking. They believe that “death” is a metaphor for spending eternity in conscious torment in hell*. And the argument begins...

*Many argue that Jesus talked of hell a lot. He didn’t. Not once. He talked of Gehenna, which is a real place with a real history. He used it as an example of what would happen to the lost. But “hell” was invented as an euphemism used to this day to represent something else.

Gehenna:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehenna

And after reading that, you have a hard time swallowing this: http://www.theopedia.com/gehenna

The writer there makes assumptions and precedes them with “obviously”. But John F. Walvoord’s assumptions are dead wrong. They are complete fabrications, especially when one knows the actual Jeremiah reference to Gehenna. But he is speaking to those that only read what he and others like him write and don’t know the REAL history of the valley, nor the personality of God as described in His word.

[MHGinTN]

He has uttered many wise opinions. Sadly, most black people will refuse to listen to his wisdom. ... and many non-blacks could use a dose of his macho-sauce.