[Mad Dawg]

I think an overarching point is that, at least from my pov I see a series of blanket statements concluded from statements in the Bible where "all" or "none" are used. In my opinion this is reading back into the Bible a kind of set-theory logical rigor which is not necessarily to be found there.

And, of course, arguments have to be built a step at a time. So we are told it is NEVER EVER right for one man to kneel to another creature, and yet we have an example where it SEEMS that God says it is his will that one set of men kneel to another.

So now, if that step is accomplished, then we revise the proposition to accommodate that resolution and take the next step. Patience is our friend.

And in a responsible conversation, the self-indulgence of the blanket proclamation about it's never ever being right would be abandoned.

It is fair to note that the NEVER EVER language was wrong. It is not fair to make too much of that. But SOMETHING can be made of it.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so very much for sharing your insights, dear brother in Christ!

But truly the one and only Great Commandment is an absolute. We must love God surpassingly above all else.

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God [is] one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. - Deuteronomy 6:4-5

If a person doesn't get that right, nothing else will matter. (see post 1059)

To God be the glory, not man, never man!