Posted on 05/09/2017 11:20:14 AM PDT by BJ1
Um, ever hear of risk/benefit analysis? That's what the 'risky' refers to in my statement, while there's possible benefit, it is far from guaranteed and, as others have observed (ref: why pay for the cow…
), a lot has been stripped away by society.
Heck, just watch this video and pay attention to the part where he gets to the topic of authority.
“I guess you wouldn’t, unless your children were of that cohort. Which mine are.”
I would so love to be pleasantly surprised. Good luck to all of us.
The Soviet Union doesn’t exist anymore.
So, who is brainwashing them? Who is demoralizing them?
Furthermore, why are you so lacking in compassion for them?
Wasn’t Jesus’s mission to Earth to bind up the broken[-hearted] and heal them? To proclaim freedom from captives?
And isn’t it the goal of the Christian to be like Christ?
Isaiah 61:1 — The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,
Psalm 147:3 — He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
It seems to me like you’re failing at “Rejoicing with those who rejoice, weeping with those who weep.” (Romans 12:15) — You’ve already admitted that they’re the victims of a great wrong, so why do you further wrong them? Nothing you’ve said about millenials has been encouraging or uplifting.
Thanks for a great summary of the society I remember in early 1960s Detroit.
$20K. Per year.
Wow
I know a lot of people who like the idea of getting married. But, you're not marrying an idea, you're marrying a person, and will be with them for the rest of your life. It has to be the right choice.
“You seem to confuse the term “adultery” (marital infidelity) with premarital sex. The former is indeed a sin. The latter isn’t.”
What? Lol, dude, have you read the Bible or are claiming to be a Christian? This is basic knowledge and saying what you said is an egregious error. Sexual immorality is what it is normally called.
1 Corinthians 7:2 - But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.
(Acts 15:20; 1 Corinthians 5:1; 6:13, 18; 10:8; 2 Corinthians 12:21; Galatians 5:19; Ephesians 5:3; Colossians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; Jude 7). The Bible promotes complete abstinence before marriage. Sex between a husband and his wife is the only form of sexual relations of which God approves (Hebrews 13:4).
Great resource for exploring the Bible and questions of such nature: https://www.gotquestions.org/sex-before-marriage.html
“Indeed, which means you were incorrect when you tried to say Christ ordered us to get married.”
Wrong, absolutely wrong. In Matthew 19 Christ not only condemns homosexuality but also confirms marriage. This is because when asked by the pharisees He confirms what was written in the Old Testament. The last verse, 12, Christ states about marriage that only those that can abstain from sex should not be married, and so all others with sexual attraction should be married: “The one who is able to do this, let him do it.”
He said to them, “Have you not read that He Who made them in the first place made them man and woman? It says, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother and will live with his wife. The two will become one.’ So they are no longer two but one. Let no man divide what God has put together.” - Matt. 19: 4-6
“Mark 3:29... The Bible leaves “blaphemy against the Holy Spirit” undefined.”
Also note true, although this is not understood by most people. All you needed to do was read Mark 3:30 to find out what it means.
Matthew 12:31 states that the only unforgivable sin is that of blaspheming the Holy Spirit. Mark 3:29 also states the same thing, but there is clarification in Mark 3:30: “He said this because they were saying, ‘He has an impure spirit.’” So the sin of the Pharisees was that of accusing Jesus of being Satan. They were literally exchanging Truth for a lie (Romans 1:25).
“Christ states about marriage that only those that can abstain from sex should not be married”
You’ve just contradicted your own argument. Christ did not command everyone to get married, as you have just admitted.
“So the sin of the Pharisees was that of accusing Jesus of being Satan.”
Ah, I think you’re right there, but this is completely different than the man-made definition that was being spouted.
“Perverting forgiveness into permission - and teaching others to do so.
Good luck with that.”
Where did I do that? I think you’re confusing your posters now.
No... I never said “everyone” has to be married. I only said that Jesus did say we are to be married.
To point out what the other guy said: ‘Abstinence or Marriage, that is the choice.’ Sexual immorality is not an option God gives us which is what several have proposed on this forum.
(If he said it is everyone’s civic duty, then that is wrong.)
“Christ didn’t tell anyone to enter into the modern American legal contract known as marriage. He didn’t tell anyone to get a license from the state. Stand up with a woman you love on front of a holy man. Mumble promises, be faithful. Love her. Have kids. But skip the American legalism known as marriage.”
Whereas I used to agree with that sentiment in my early 20s, I don’t so much now in my late 20s. Its true, I don’t like the meddling US government, bloated federal power, or the way women can destroy your life.... but as Christ said “render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s.” If we want our marriage to be valid, don’t we still need to follow the laws we are under?
Food for thought: Romans 13, 1 Peter 2:11-25, Mark 12:13-17
>>So, who is brainwashing them? Who is demoralizing them?
The same folks responsible for your reading comprehension skills?
What’s the difference between forgiveness of sin in the body of Christ, His bride which is the Church — and permission to sin manufactured by those operating in the spirit of anti-Christ who covet and seek to defile the bride of Christ?
>>Um, ever hear of risk/benefit analysis?
“OUR LIVES, OUR FORTUNES, AND OUR SACRED HONOR”
America’s founders weren’t risk analyzing poosies.
“No... I never said “everyone” has to be married. I only said that Jesus did say we are to be married.”
Except he didn’t. His statement was conditional, and to say “we are to be married” is unconditional.
“Sexual immorality is not an option God gives us which is what several have proposed on this forum.”
I haven’t said that, so leave me out of it.
I’m not really interested in this question you keep spamming the thread with. You originally were spamming some other poster with it and now decided to start spamming me with it for some reason, but I’m not taking your bait.
>>Almost all creatures balance the benefits of seeking the best mate and reproducing as often as possible
Actually what they balance is relative fitness of reproductive strategies.
The reproductive strategy of higher primates is governed by social structure - with a social investment of reproductive resources in offspring.
Quite amusing to observe the females in a troupe of Western Lowlands Gorillas alert the silver back when an adolescent male is attempting to dip his wick without permission.
In the context of the social order prescribed for humanity, it’s not surprising you’re unable/unwilling to articulate the difference between permission and forgiveness.
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