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  1. catch22

    Are u going to leave USA now?

    An interesting question. I'm not sure if I can give you a completely honest answer, due to cognitive bias. But I will try. Let me preface and say that, in college, I used to advocate the whole "love who you want, marry who you want, it doesn't affect me" mentality. It doesn't "hurt anyone...
  2. catch22

    Are u going to leave USA now?

    Sojourner, please try to respond to me in one post. Chasing down your 12 posts addressing me is convoluted and time consuming. You are operating on a different set of definitions, or a different premise, I think. All your identity hyperbole is distracting from the simple truth of the matter...
  3. catch22

    Are u going to leave USA now?

    Sojourner, I can't say it again. What you're describing is a semantic article not present in the languages, of the time, for which we are discussing. It doesn't get any clearer for people who read things at face value and can understand it. You clearly have some motivation outside of simple...
  4. catch22

    Are u going to leave USA now?

    Like I said, there's no language in those societies for what you consider a gay/queer/homosexual life style now. It says two men lying together, as a man lies with a woman, is an abomination. It's clear to everyone but you, apparently.
  5. catch22

    The "only true religion"

    They do disagree. On the other hand, both discount (or minimize) the work God did in the New Testament. So, it's like watching episodes 1 - 5 of Star Wars, but never seeing Return of the Jedi. Sure, they're good movies and standalone as decent work, but you miss the meaning of the whole story.
  6. catch22

    Are u going to leave USA now?

    Interesting. I suppose if you don't see God as I do, things like worshiping graven images and blasphemy wouldn't make sense. Your harm/no-harm list doesn't apply to me. All of those things are harmful to someone. This includes the person performing or partaking in the act. So, worshiping a...
  7. catch22

    Are u going to leave USA now?

    Alright. Though, I think if you go back to what you originally disagreed with in my earlier post, you'll see now why I said what I said. To me, this answer reflects my statements.
  8. catch22

    Are u going to leave USA now?

    You... missed the point. The plainness of the color example was simply equating the emotion of hating someone based on their preference of what is appealing to them. That paragraph wasn't about sin. The followup was, so let's move on. Sin is transgression against God's law and/or rebellion...
  9. catch22

    Are u going to leave USA now?

    While insightful for the condition of being born into sin, it doesn't preclude the fact. The serial killer probably has a similar story. Before you take that for me throwing you into the lot with serial killers based on your sexual preference, try to realize sin is just sin, I'm not isolating...
  10. catch22

    Girl Scouts refuse $100,000 check due to transgender stipulation

    My point is only to demonstrate the naivete of the position to begin with. Maybe I'm just a little too old school, but penis means boy, vajay jay means girl. Jamie Lee Curtis aside, there's simply no other way to see it... sex changes and what not included. I can say I'm black all day long...
  11. catch22

    Girl Scouts refuse $100,000 check due to transgender stipulation

    Yeah, but it's worked before LOL
  12. catch22

    Top 10 Reassons Jesus is not God

    Back to the John 20:29 verse, 'blessed are those who have not seen yet still believe.' It's not about an image, is it? No one knows what Jesus really looks like, even if we try to guess with artwork. In addition, the physical and the spiritual are different -- we don't know what things look...
  13. catch22

    Are u going to leave USA now?

    I'm not sure if this helps the conversation, I'm rather late to it and haven't read a majority of the debate here... But, having a degree in Anthro from a top 10 accredited university in the United States, I'll just say my decade old education tells me there's nothing beyond developmental...
  14. catch22

    Top 10 Reassons Jesus is not God

    So, you operate on an altered version of the text. It's part of your dogmatic "training," as you put it, to not recognize the divine nature of Christ. Based on blatant changing of the text. Shall we discuss John 1:1? You know what God says about changing His word, don't you? The Matthew...
  15. catch22

    Top 10 Reassons Jesus is not God

    Good job on proving the point, I suppose... Can we be done now? You can't rationalize with people who discount, hate, discredit people based on their opinion of faith. You'll never see their statements as valid, even if it's perfectly truthful testimony.
  16. catch22

    Top 10 Reassons Jesus is not God

    I've looked at the greek and various translations, commentaries, and other sources. Most seem to agree with me, and not you. Care to do some actual investigation, citations, etc, or just go back and forth on feelings and opinions? Are you a JW? Let's just get this out of the way first...
  17. catch22

    Top 10 Reassons Jesus is not God

    You said, Why not? They were there, their reaction is documented, it's clear testimony, and it has a very specific meaning you refuse to hear simply because... they are Jews. As if Jews, despite their beliefs, are incapable of telling the truth...? You would be lumping the Orthodox Jews and...
  18. catch22

    Are u going to leave USA now?

    No, I'm not going to leave. This is my home. I think abandonment doesn't help anything. Also, there's really no where to go but the muslim world, probably, and they'll just cut my head off at some point. I'll stay here, and pray, as usual. The topics might change a little, but things like...
  19. catch22

    Girl Scouts refuse $100,000 check due to transgender stipulation

    So the girl scouts are admitting that you can be a girl despite the hardware involved? Cool. This is the same tactic 16 year old boys are using to get into the girls locker room for kicks. Lunacy.
  20. catch22

    Top 10 Reassons Jesus is not God

    Uh, is that a trick question? I'm Dan. Nice to meet you.
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