Posted on 01/04/2005 12:24:26 PM PST by Keyes2000mt
Good night,dear friend.
I would disagree with that and history would bear that out.
You said that "history" isn't scripture...or some such and no,it isn't.But neither is the Bible,after countless translations and being copied by the hands of man,absolutely 100% accurate.
If you do not believe the Bible to be the inspired word of God then we have no common ground to base a discussion on.
Then you should check again. If that was true, how did we get 8 years of Clinton? The fact of the matter is that zealots scare off a huge part of the population that would otherwise vote republican.
Any subset of the electorate can claim that their votes were the "difference makers". It just doesn't work that way.
How many of the politicians that were elected publicly endorsed hard core fundamentalist Christian beliefs? If Bush had said that divorce was a sin, he would have gotten about 30% of the vote.
I couldn't agree more.
Goodnight dear...sleep well.
me,me, too
So long as we understand each other, I think you're saying that a 20-something woman who flees, with her infant, from a drug-addicted, abusive, homicidal husband is commiting a sin.
That's your position? That's the position you see as consistent with the words that the whole of the law is "Love G-d and love one another"? Really?
Let me get this straight. Since I'm remarried, your understanding is that I'd have to abandon my wife, my children, my family in order to "go and sin no more"? You can't possibly be serious.
Congratulations on the new love of your life. We have seven age 4 to 20. Grandchildren are the most wonderful gifts in the world.
There is tons and tons and tons more choice--EVEN where there's been seduction etc. on the part of the victims . . . than there is with schizophrenia.
Particularly when one is talking about a lifestyle; a life orientation. We all have urges and temptations whether for another piece of cake; longer at the office; another computer game round; etc.
AND
I still say that--in at least 45 years of watching families closely--I have NEVER seen a son reared well who had a problem with homosexuality--regardless of everything else. The Bible is still true in this matter.
You do not sound like a mental health professional. What is your background, perspective, training that contributes to such thoughts and feelings on your part?
I think there are, must be some . . . particular reasons . . . for the fierceness of your position on this matter. Would you care to talk about those publically or privately?
Schizophrenia; severe depression and OCD all seem to have some serious physiological predispositions. Depression and OCD do have some environmental components that are significant. Schizophrenia is more complicated but also can have environmental contributions that are more than slight.
Oh, I don't know about that.
Provoking sobering thought can help some people.
Ni? Jindama? Blunt? Jinda!
You? Really? Blunt? Really!
LOL. Keep up the good work.
PLEASE READ
the book
ATTACHMENTS by Dr's Clinton and Sibcy. There are some redemptive prescriptions that would be of value to most anyone--especially someone who's been through such an ordeal--and even for those tending to cause such.
Basic definition here."We are all sinners." If you deny that you are such then you are either not a Christian or you are claiming to be J.C. Himself.
Humility, vulnerability and openness--even hereon--can be potent examples and redemptive for many types of people.
. . . both pro and con--as examples for and against.
Actually, an infidelity of the heart has already occurred where a spouse is selfishly, ruthlessly physically abused--and even where the abuse is gross neglect and emotional abuse.
God has always emphasized focusing on the heart attitudes in deciding an issue. And there's a hardness of the heart consistent with Jesus' comment about such.
I agree with you.
The letter of the law kills.
The Spirit brings liberty.
As Christ said.
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