1 posted on
07/17/2017 5:57:12 PM PDT by
Gamecock
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To: Gamecock
I partially agree with him - you can read it literately in order to get to the correct literalness - context is everything.
I've had folks tell me it's a sin to smoke and/or not eat right because the Bible tells us the body is our temple - they totally ignore that that phrase is about sexual impurity and has nothing to do with step aerobics and salads.
27 posted on
07/18/2017 3:33:47 AM PDT by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
To: Gamecock
I’ll go with Franklin Graham on this one....
“... prompting evangelist Franklin Graham, among many others, to brand him a heretic...”
28 posted on
07/18/2017 6:01:03 AM PDT by
faucetman
(Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
To: Gamecock
Wow....the dude has lost it.
29 posted on
07/18/2017 6:41:47 AM PDT by
ealgeone
To: Gamecock
Why doesn’t Bell just come out and admit he’s an atheist?
30 posted on
07/18/2017 7:51:46 AM PDT by
dragonblustar
(I love reading Trump tweets in the morning.)
To: Gamecock
This is why lots of people want nothing to do with the Christian faith. They see it as an endless list of absurdities and inconsistencies and they say, Why would I ever want to be part of that?
Well naturally they do, what did he suppose?
31 posted on
07/18/2017 8:42:45 AM PDT by
ravenwolf
(If the Bible does not say it in plain words, please don`t preach it to me.)
To: Gamecock
Properly understood, Bell argued, the Bible was written to unite, not to be weaponized to further your side over and against anothers.
If only more people tried that approach.
32 posted on
07/18/2017 8:45:53 AM PDT by
mad_as_he$$
(Not my circus. Not my monkeys.)
To: Gamecock
In my opinion, it’s very easy to stray from a straight up point in the bible by being a slave to a method of understanding culture, history, grammar, life of the writer, etc.
Those things are important but not as important as simple reading comprehension.
The old adage is helpful: “When the plain sense of Scripture makes common sense, seek no other sense;”
35 posted on
07/18/2017 2:51:40 PM PDT by
xzins
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