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To: demshateGod
As for what you find believable, that makes you your own god.

I am a long ways from being my own God. I can't even lay claim to being the best human, indeed, I'm far from it.

But when I read things in the Bible like Paul's admonition that it's better not to marry, I strongly question whether that's God's word. In fact, I'm pretty sure it's not. I think that's Paul's word, not God's Word.

308 posted on 12/08/2009 7:45:42 AM PST by jimt
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To: jimt

After some introductory remarks Paul makes this declaration:

1Cr 1:1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

An apostle is a sent one to proclaim God’s message and the will of God is what’s driving him to write.

That’s the introduction to all that’s going to be said in 1 Corinthians. Then the passage you refer to is in Chapter 7. Look at the closing remarks of that chapter.

1Cr 7:40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.

There’s some evidence that Paul is giving his opinion in Chapter 7 but then puts that thought to rest by claiming he has the Spirit of God. Though it is Paul’s opinion, his opinion is shared by God.

But alas, you’re just trying to turn this into a debate on doctrine so these threads will be banished to the religion forum, so they’ll be censored, so Satan’s doctrine of evolution will no longer be challenged on FR.


310 posted on 12/08/2009 8:56:31 AM PST by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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