Quote: Sanguine wrote in post #15Sin, however it manifests, is seen and frequently recognized by atheists, agnostics, gnostics, Buddhists, and Zoroastrians. It's not just a set of rules - "don't do's" and "do do's" that only applies and is available to one (Judeo-Christian) culture. It works on Mars and beyond, and physics and chemistry and music are just reflections of God's order.
Romans Chapter 1.
ZitatI read the "The Hidden Gospel" a long time ago, and one of the things that stuck with me was the idea that in Jesus' native Aramic, and coming from a herding/agricultural culture, the Aramaic word for "sin" meant unfinished or unripe. Things that are not properly nourished in youth or are picked before their time, tend to be missing something and/or unripe. Like the prodigal son, they require more of God's grace than a Mother Theresa might.
There is no "Hidden Gospel". The gospel of Jesus Christ is manifest for all to see and understand.
No one person requires more grace than another. All of mankind is on equal footing and we all stand guilty of sin before a Holy God, therefore we all need a Savior.
“We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.” C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
“We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.” C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
Quote: Rev wrote in post #17And lesbians are fat because they eat too much.
are you suggesting that I'm a little bit lesbian?
******************* "The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly." Abraham Lincoln
"The sanctity of human life before birth, the respect for our culture's religious underpinnings and the hallowedness of the M/F marital bond are all being stripped of their value and reduced to natural commodities with the sole purpose of serving our personal gratification."
Quote: Rev wrote in post #17And lesbians are fat because they eat too much.
are you suggesting that I'm a little bit lesbian?
A little bit?!
“We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.” C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
How about a federal study on why gay men are so obsessed with their weight? Wouldn't that make a good bookend to the lesbian one?
******************* "The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly." Abraham Lincoln
"The sanctity of human life before birth, the respect for our culture's religious underpinnings and the hallowedness of the M/F marital bond are all being stripped of their value and reduced to natural commodities with the sole purpose of serving our personal gratification."
Quote: ThirstyMan wrote in post #20How about a federal study on why gay men are so obsessed with their weight? Wouldn't that make a good bookend to the lesbian one?
How about we cut off all funds for federal studies?
“We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.” C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
Quote: ThirstyMan wrote in post #20How about a federal study on why gay men are so obsessed with their weight? Wouldn't that make a good bookend to the lesbian one?
How about we cut off all funds for federal studies?
OK let's do it!
But unfortunately America didn't want fiscal responsibility..
******************* "The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly." Abraham Lincoln
"The sanctity of human life before birth, the respect for our culture's religious underpinnings and the hallowedness of the M/F marital bond are all being stripped of their value and reduced to natural commodities with the sole purpose of serving our personal gratification."
Surely we can capitalize on the findings of this study.
Let's you and I open a pastry shop near one of the lesbian clubs in the Boston area.
“We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.” C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
Surely we can capitalize on the findings of this study.
Let's you and I open a pastry shop near one of the lesbian clubs in the Boston area.
But Rev....
What are you thinking?
We'd then have to bake and sell our goods to... you know.....
either that or the feds would make a nest up our... you know....
******************* "The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly." Abraham Lincoln
"The sanctity of human life before birth, the respect for our culture's religious underpinnings and the hallowedness of the M/F marital bond are all being stripped of their value and reduced to natural commodities with the sole purpose of serving our personal gratification."