Posted on 04/01/2015 7:52:00 AM PDT by Lady4Liberty
The owners of a small pizzeria in Indiana were seemingly the first business to say they would publicly deny service to LGBT couples in the wake of Indianas new and controversial Religious Freedom Law.
Shortly after Memories Pizza owners agreed in a local newscast that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act allows them to deny service to LGBT people who wanted their pizza at a same-sex wedding, 1-star Yelp reviews rolled in denouncing the business.
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[[Romans 5:8 :But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.]]
Yes libs, I know most of the verses which ‘seem to indicate’ ‘God loves everyone’ however after years of study, it has become clear that ‘us’ might very well mean ‘His Own’ (IE the elect). For God is very specific about those Who He doesn’t love, and Christ was specific about those Who He didn’t pray for
I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours. And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them.
I do not pray for these alone, (Those who would believe in Him THEN) but also for those who will believe in Me through their word;” (Those In the future who will believe in Him)
Our discussions right now is to establish whether or not you believe Christ is God or not- The issue with the elect can wait
Thank you,
I never called Christ a liar- please stop insinuating I did- I believe Jesus IS God the Son- Now, will you answer my question or not? Is Christ God or not?
Was he lying all those times he said he was the Son of God or not? And praying to his father God.
You keep on saying he's not. That is calling him a liar.
[[RE:[[Romans 5:8 :But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.]] I know most of the verses which seem to indicate God loves everyone however after years of study, it has become clear that us might very well mean His Own (IE the elect).
Thank you,]]
you’re welcome. Now, Is Christ God or not?
Matthew 27:45-46,
My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?
( Jesus praying )
This was a set-up.
When have you heard of a wedding where they had pizza catered in?
[[You keep on saying he’s not.]]
No sir, I’m afraid you are the one not telling the truth, I never once said Christ wasn’t God the Son
For there are three who testify in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. I John 5
[[And praying to his father God.]]
Again- I tried to point you in the direction of hypostatic union to explain how He could ‘pray to His Father’ and yet still be God Himself
[[Matthew 27:45-46,
My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?
( Jesus praying )]]
Since you won’t answer directly, I can only assume you do not believe Christ is God, that Christ and God are one, that the Word is God
Therefore I can only assume that you do not believe The old testament is the divinely inspired word of God- However, I’ll let you answer that if wish- but if you’re going to dance around the issue I can only draw the conclusion that you don’t believe it is the divinely inspired word of God since you evidently reject the passages which declare Jesus and God are one and will not admit to Christ Being God
There ya go
[[RE:I can only assume ..
There ya go]]
Clear it up- set the record straight- (Your responses have made it pretty clear where you stand- so assuming is done with a fairly high degree of certainty- unless you are intentionally trying to deceive? Which I’m not sure why you would do so unless to think you’ll somehow win an unwinnable point. Your friend claimed you defend the Christian viewpoint consistently, however, not admitting to a key Christian doctrine such as God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, and Christ and God being one is infact arguing against such a key Christian doctrine- Perhaps you do defend in other threads, but so far you haven’t In this thread because You are essentially denying that the old testament is valid when it declares Christ and God are one [there are even new testament verses that declare that]-) John 14:7-10 [7] If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.” And Thomas answered and said unto him [Jesus], My Lord and my God. John 20:28 Who [Jesus], being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: Philippians 2:6 For in him [Jesus] dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. Colossians 2:9 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. 1 Timothy 3:16 (Yes, Jesus did ‘pray to the father’- however, Again, HYpostatic Union- check it out- educate yourself on the matter)
you indicated you do not believe Christ is God and only the ‘Son of God’- unless you are being intentionally deceitful- the only reasonable assumption has to be you do not believe God’s word to be the infallible divinely inspired word of God, Your argument falls flat if you don’t believe Christ is God, and that the bible is the infallible divinely inspired word of God- Is that why you refuse to answer the questions presented you? You demanded I provide verses to back up my claim, I provided them, I asked you about your position on three key issues pertaining to those verses, you refuse to answer- other than to insinuate Christ is merely the Son of God and Not God Himself - The only way you can keep making the false claim that I provided no answers is to take the line that Christ is only the Son of God, and Not God Himself, and that the bible isn’t true in certain places, or that what ‘was true’ ‘no longer is true’ because ‘we’re now in new church age’ (which is an unbiblical stance- all the word of God is infallibly and divinely inspired and true yesterday today and tomorrow
you can be coy all you like, but your viewpoint and position is revealing itself, unless you are lying about what you believe by only stating part of what you believe and intentionally leaving parts out in an effort to deceive?
Question: Do you believe or Deny that the word is Christ I n the bible verse “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”? If You believe it, How do you explain away the fact that God specifically states that HE is the WORD? Or do you believe this verse was simply written by fallible man and perhaps embellished with flowery speech or something?
LOL. If you say so.
But if they ask them to cater an LGBT event, they will refuse for religious reasons.
This was a set-up.
Thank you Captain Obvious...
LOL. If you say so.
your basic argument has actually become a teachable moment for the rest of us on this forum; Meghan Kelly had a person on who very briefly remarked on the hypocrisy of the pizzeria in serving but not catering...one Leslie Marshall, who referred to herself as a former Christian (read atheist), and who is a well known West Coast liberal activist(though less obnoxious than some)
So your viewpoint has merit; and if anyone on this forum wishes to see it supported, he only has to go to HuffPost, Salon, or Daily Kos to find it in all its unhinged glory...
There ya go
Y’know, sol, you ought to give it up while your forum buddies still respect you; your opponent’s got you with the hypostatic union, which you seem to be deliberately avoiding; no amount of dancing around gets free of the lynchpin of mainstream Christology, articulating the unity of Christ’s divinity and humanity in one hypostasis, or if you will, essence...
Your viewpoint is more in line with that of Apollinaris of Laodicea, who posited that Jesus had a human body (the inferior seat of emotions) but a divine mind...a position declared heresy by the First Council of Constantinople in 381 AD...
My basic argument was the hypocrisy of her saying that she welcomed homosexuals as customers but only objected to the idea of catering a gay wedding. I now realize that I was wrong on that and I apologize for saying she was a hypocrite. Thanks to an interview she did in Brietbart where she says, "we have to accept them [gay people], and we just ask that they accept us then it appears she would serve homosexuals only because she thinks that she's forced to by law. In actuality since homosexuals aren't a protected class in Indiana then she doesn't have to accept them and should be able to deny them service entirely.
“RE:I can only assume ..
There ya go (SOL)
I hereby withdraw my smug comment, and replace it with “obtuse”
I must say, this has been a swell evening.... Waiter, my check, please ?
whatever kid- He’s made it pretty clear what he believes- thanks for playin
Yes he did make it clear, several times, but you chose to either ignore it, or nit pick. There are plenty of real trolls floatin around. The Old Lady handles most of them with humor. I assume humor is anathema to you. Best of luck to you, Kid.
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