Okay, do I get my $100 now?
God does not speak in riddles, couch commandments in ambiguous phrases, or employ "secret words."
Regards,
Posted on 02/18/2024 6:21:30 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Nope. Not a "demand." Rather, an eminently reasonable expectation! And a just God would never damn any of his children to Eternal Flames for violating an ambiguous and vague commandment.
As for your citations: They really "take the cake" with regards to ambiguity - if you are seriously claiming that they contain any injunctions against the use of condoms:
Deuteronomy 18:10
There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,
Isaiah 47:9-12
But these two things shall come to you In a moment, in one day: The loss of children, and widowhood. They shall come upon you in their fullness Because of the multitude of your sorceries, For the great abundance of your enchantments. 10 “For you have trusted in your wickedness; You have said, ‘No one sees me’; Your wisdom and your knowledge have warped you; And you have said in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me.’ 11 Therefore evil shall come upon you; You shall not know from where it arises. And trouble shall fall upon you; You will not be able to put it off. And desolation shall come upon you suddenly, Which you shall not know. 12 “Stand now with your enchantments And the multitude of your sorceries, In which you have labored from your youth— Perhaps you will be able to profit, Perhaps you will prevail.
Nahum 3:4
Because of the multitude of harlotries of the seductive harlot, The mistress of sorceries, Who sells nations through her harlotries, And families through her sorceries.
Wisdom of Solomon 12:2ff: Apocryphal!
Therefore thou dost correct little by little those who trespass, and dost remind and warn them of the things wherein they sin, that they may be freed from wickedness and put their trust in thee, O Lord.
Galatians 5:19
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,
Apocalypse [I take it you are referring to REVELATION?] 18:23
The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived.
Nope, not seeing any injunctions against the use of condoms.
Regards,
Your lack of competence in biblical languages is not my fault.
I told you that the secret word is “pharmakeia”. Did you just ignore that?
so?
Okay, do I get my $100 now?
God does not speak in riddles, couch commandments in ambiguous phrases, or employ "secret words."
Regards,
Just imagine if synthetic hormonal birth control were invented today, and proposed to be given to healthy young women for 30 years or more with no safety testing.
It could never have happened except when it did.
It seems you believe that the Bible was written in English. You’re really too ignorant to pursue this conversation.
Elon Musk said the same thing about contraption as Pope Paul VI (a real Pope and not Soros product), and all the things the Pope foretold about the destruction of human civilization have come to pass.
It doesn’t concern you that women on the pill have a three times higher suicide rate?
A small price to pay?
I know that you know that that isn't the case - so I must assume that you are not arguing in good faith.
A just God would not make my Salvation / my rescue from Eternal Agony in a literal "Lake of Fire" dependent upon my solving a conundrum or parsing the subtle shades of meaning of some poorly-worded, passing remarks appearing in apocrypha (which you cited).
You’re really too ignorant to pursue this conversation.
And you are really too self-righteous to lecture anyone about God's Plan.
I suspect that you are off your pharmakeia today.
Regards,
Interpreting the Bible isn’t your job anyway.
Am I at least allowed to read it?
Whose job is it to interpret the Bible?
And who appointed you the final arbiter of who is and who isn't allowed to interpret the Bible?
Regards,
no. it’s not my problem if someone doesn’t do research when her doc wants to prescribe meds.
There are other options beside having two dozen children or destroying your body with hormones.
The ignorant and unstable twist the scriptures to their own destruction. 2 Peter 3:15. If you have no knowledge of biblical languages, nor of literary and translation conventions, you are ignorant. Scripture itself is warning you that you’re way out of your depth and are not competent to deal with it.
You are the victim of a 16th century superstition, that the Bible is the Christian Owner’s Manual, containing everything true about faith and morals, and that every man is competent to interpret it for himself. Scripture itself contradicts this myth, but it’s highly attractive because it offers to release its believers from all religious authority. To his apostles, Jesus gave both authority and insight that he didn’t impart to all, but you have made yourself blind to the fact that you hear Jesus not by reading the Bible but by hearing the apostles and their authorized successors. You will probably reject this, because you enjoy being your own master. Jer 2:20.
Spoken like a narcissistic psycho.
yep that’s me. eyeroll.
I am truly amazed by your powers of discernment! You are able to determine all this, based on a few online postings, and then pass judgement on Internet strangers! I stand in awe of your ability to peer into the souls of your fellow men, and then point out their flaws!
Regards,
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