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To: Abathar
5When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. 6"Lord," he said, "my servant lies at home paralyzed and in terrible suffering."

7Jesus said to him, "I will go and heal him."

8The centurion replied, "Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and that one, 'Come,' and he comes. I say to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

10When Jesus heard this, he was astonished and said to those following him, "I tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. 11I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

13Then Jesus said to the centurion, "Go! It will be done just as you believed it would." And his servant was healed at that very hour.

Mathew 8:5-13

The church who put up the billboard should be sued for false advertising.

4 posted on 04/25/2007 12:08:13 PM PDT by The Blitherer ("What the devil is keeping the Yanks?")
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To: The Blitherer; AppyPappy; NYer

Not why you posted the section, I mean - I’m wondering why the billboard people thought it means what they say it means.

I haven’t caught one whiff of homosexuality, and I’ve read the passage four times now.

What am I missing?


53 posted on 04/25/2007 12:45:57 PM PDT by Xenalyte ("A cat can give birth to kittens in the oven. That don't make 'em biscuits." - Quanell X)
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To: The Blitherer
8The centurion replied, "Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and that one, 'Come,' and he comes. I say to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

Or as paraphrased in the words of the Tridentine Mass right before communion:

"Domine, non sum dignus ut intres sub tectum meum, sed tantum dic verbo et sanabitur anima mea."

What healing your body of sickness, or your soul of evil has to do with "affirming gay couples" is beyond me. Seems contradictory.
68 posted on 04/25/2007 1:03:09 PM PDT by Antoninus (I won't vote for a liberal, regardless of party....)
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