rex
Posts:295
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 Alert | The Bible is very clear on what a Christian should do about Lust/Adultery.
Matthew 5:28 says:
"...anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell."
What's the best way to gouge out my right eye? Has anyone else tried this?
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Noel
Posts:42
| | 10/01/2007 6:32 PM |
Alert | Posted By rex on 10/01/2007 6:20 PM
The Bible is very clear on what a Christian should do about Lust/Adultery.
Matthew 5:28 says:
"...anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell."
What's the best way to gouge out my right eye? Has anyone else tried this?
Let me tell you why you do not understand the meaning of this passage. It is because you do not have a personal relationship with Jesus. If you did then you would know what I know which is that this Word means a different direction for each reader. To you who is the skeptic this passage is simply absurd and a joke. To a person who is with the Lord and has accepted Jesus than that person will know what to do and will be given special direction if he is really to cut out his eye. God allows me knowledge because I ask and when I ask God about this passage He tells me that I need only to be respectful of women and not lust after many women because he has already given me a wife. Still God might want this passage to mean a different direction with another person. The only way you can learn what God wants you to know from this passage is to open your heart to Jesus and accept Him as your saviour. I cannot tell you what God wants you to do but I can suggest you lower your ego wall and let Jesus in so he can give you the help you need for your good questions.
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Jason
Posts:3378
| | 10/01/2007 7:53 PM |
Alert | Posted By rex on 10/01/2007 6:20 PM
The Bible is very clear on what a Christian should do about Lust/Adultery.
Matthew 5:28 says:
"...anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell."
What's the best way to gouge out my right eye? Has anyone else tried this?
That's a parable...  | |
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BeerLeague2
Posts:111
| | 10/01/2007 8:08 PM |
Alert | I am ready to gouge out both eyes after trying to read Noel's run-on sentences.
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rex
Posts:295
| | 10/01/2007 8:46 PM |
Alert | Noel, "Jesus has a very special love for you, [But] as for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great, that I look and do not see, — Listen and do not hear — the tongue moves [in prayer] but does not speak ... I want you to pray for me — that I let Him have [a] free hand."
--Mother Teresa from TIME Magazine regarding her crisis of Faith.
I've been unsure of my Faith. Contrary to what you believe, I feel this passage is neither absurd nor a joke. | | | |
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Copa Conscious
Posts:379
| | 10/02/2007 6:34 AM |
Alert | Posted By Jason on 10/01/2007 7:53 PM Posted By rex on 10/01/2007 6:20 PM
The Bible is very clear on what a Christian should do about Lust/Adultery.
Matthew 5:28 says:
"...anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell."
What's the best way to gouge out my right eye? Has anyone else tried this?
That's a parable... 
How can man decide which parts of the bible are parable and which are to be followed verbatim?
Cafeteria religion....... I like this rule, but I'll skip those 2, but I like these 3, but not this 1.......... | | | |
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Jason
Posts:3378
| | 10/02/2007 9:34 AM |
Alert | How can man decide which parts of the bible are parable and which are to be followed verbatim?
Cafeteria religion....... I like this rule, but I'll skip those 2, but I like these 3, but not this 1..........
3 things: Intelligence, reading comprehension and context. This is not cafeteria religion this is called reading...
Take this analogy: I pick up a math book which says that John drove his car 80 miles west then 100 miles north and it took him x hours to do it. Do I take the story literally? Hmmmm?
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Copa Conscious
Posts:379
| | 10/02/2007 11:38 AM |
Alert | Posted By Jason on 10/02/2007 9:34 AM How can man decide which parts of the bible are parable and which are to be followed verbatim?
Cafeteria religion....... I like this rule, but I'll skip those 2, but I like these 3, but not this 1.......... Take this analogy: I pick up a math book which says that John drove his car 80 miles west then 100 miles north and it took him x hours to do it. Do I take the story literally? Hmmmm?
So, the entire bible is parable and not to be taken literally? | | | |
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Jason
Posts:3378
| | 10/02/2007 12:04 PM |
Alert | | Does 1+1=2 or 3? | |
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NEZv69.69
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| | 10/02/2007 12:08 PM |
Alert | If the Bible said 1+1=3, than that is what you'd believe.
Quit being stupid. | | | |
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Copa Conscious
Posts:379
| | 10/02/2007 12:17 PM |
Alert | | God hates the homos. The christians believe it to be a lifestyle choice and not predetermined at conception. | | | |
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Jason
Posts:3378
| | 10/02/2007 12:26 PM |
Alert | Posted By NEZv69.69 on 10/02/2007 12:08 PM
If the Bible said 1+1=3, than that is what you'd believe.
Quit being stupid.
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Veritas
Posts:250
| | 10/02/2007 12:31 PM |
Alert | Posted By Copa Conscious on 10/02/2007 6:34 AM
How can man decide which parts of the bible are parable and which are to be followed verbatim?
Cafeteria religion....... I like this rule, but I'll skip those 2, but I like these 3, but not this 1..........
Actually, a thing called "Form Criticism" is the tool that a scholar would deploy to "analyze" the "form" of a parable in order to determine (in this case) that one should not really poke one's eye out. The concept that you missed is that sin is really bad, and that it would be better to lose an eye than go to hell. | | | |
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Copa Conscious
Posts:379
| | 10/02/2007 12:32 PM |
Alert | Posted By NEZv69.69 on 10/02/2007 12:08 PM
If the Bible said 1+1=3, than that is what you'd believe.
Quit being stupid.
Thats INTELLIGENT DESIGN MATH | | | |
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Veritas
Posts:250
| | 10/02/2007 12:33 PM |
Alert | Posted By Copa Conscious on 10/02/2007 12:17 PM
God hates the homos.
Wrong.
Posted By Copa Conscious on 10/02/2007 12:17 PM
The christians believe it to be a lifestyle choice and not predetermined at conception.
Yes, and so do most geneticists. | | | |
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Copa Conscious
Posts:379
| | 10/02/2007 12:36 PM |
Alert | Posted By Veritas on 10/02/2007 12:33 PM Posted By Copa Conscious on 10/02/2007 12:17 PM
God hates the homos. Wrong. Posted By Copa Conscious on 10/02/2007 12:17 PM
The christians believe it to be a lifestyle choice and not predetermined at conception. Yes, and so do most geneticists.
What percentage of geneticists does MOST mean?
99%?
50.000000000000001%?
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Copa Conscious
Posts:379
| | 10/02/2007 12:44 PM |
Alert | Since when is the gift of god through salvation in jesus christ free?
The mormons tithe a full 10% of gross pay.
That doesn't sound free to me. | | | |
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Veritas
Posts:250
| | 10/02/2007 12:44 PM |
Alert | Posted By Copa Conscious on 10/02/2007 12:36 PM
What percentage of geneticists does MOST mean?
99%?
50.000000000000001%?
Most, in the sense that the tier-one research journals in this field DO NOT accept the hypothesis that there is such a thing as a gay gene. There have been inconclusive and/or failed studies that were widely reported as a basis for the hypothesis, but to date, there is no evidence that a gay gene exists. Being "gay" is not a biological form nor function, and therefore not a "trait" within the context of genetics. This sort of nonsense is just a lame attempt to excuse bad behavior. It is not rocket surgery to take note of the fact that (1) there is no functional advantage in being gay, (2) it is ALWAYS a medical hazard to be gay and (3) there is no evolutionary basis for it in nature.
But if you really want a number, 74.22% | | | |
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Copa Conscious
Posts:379
| | 10/02/2007 12:46 PM |
Alert | Posted By Veritas on 10/02/2007 12:44 PM Posted By Copa Conscious on 10/02/2007 12:36 PM
What percentage of geneticists does MOST mean?
99%?
50.000000000000001%?
Most, in the sense that the tier-one research journals in this field DO NOT accept the hypothesis that there is such a thing as a gay gene. There have been inconclusive and/or failed studies that were widely reported as a basis for the hypothesis, but to date, there is no evidence that a gay gene exists. Being "gay" is not a biological form nor function, and therefore not a "trait" within the context of genetics. This sort of nonsense is just a lame attempt to excuse bad behavior. It is not rocket surgery to take note of the fact that (1) there is no functional advantage in being gay, (2) it is ALWAYS a medical hazard to be gay and (3) there is no evolutionary basis for it in nature. But is you really want a number, 74.22% 
Then you just proven that being gay is biology and not a choice. Why would anyone CHOOSE that, unless it was chosen for them. | | | |
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Jason
Posts:3378
| | 10/02/2007 12:46 PM |
Alert | *sigh* There's no arguing with CatCuffs (ooops...did I say that outloud?)
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