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  1. excreationist

    Is this Old Testament passage "hate speech"?

    Trees are people? Yeah though I'm worried they'll consider it hate speech and it is the foundation of my game. I'm thinking of just removing the sentence listing the six ethnicities....
  2. excreationist

    Is this Old Testament passage "hate speech"?

    In the game the goal is to "cleanse" the area or you can order soldiers to do it for you. If you finish the quests from a talking box it says "congratulations you are a good obedient boy". Regular players would feel conflicted but the game doesn't explicitly say there is something wrong with the...
  3. excreationist

    Is this Old Testament passage "hate speech"?

    The reason why I don't want it to count as hate speech is so that my game can be released and it would make many people aware of problematic passages like this and make them feel uneasy when they're pressured to carry it out as part of the gameplay. Though it would look cartoony in a Minecraft...
  4. excreationist

    Is this Old Testament passage "hate speech"?

    The following is not allowed in Steam games: I wanted to include the following passage in my game: It seems to involve violence based on ethnicity though I don't think those ethnicities still exist. I hope it doesn't count as hate speech. What do Christians think?
  5. excreationist

    Is it possible that the Bible involves exaggeration? (and King Solomon)

    I came across this (regarding the fig tree miracle which I thought would be either figurative or literal) https://kortina.nyc/notes/sylleptic-when-a-statement-is-both-figuratively-and-literally-true/ "Sylleptic: When a Statement is Both Figuratively and Literally True"
  6. excreationist

    Is it possible that the Bible involves exaggeration? (and King Solomon)

    What is "figurative" about that?
  7. excreationist

    Is it possible that the Bible involves exaggeration? (and King Solomon)

    In post #138 I quoted you saying: Jesus' curse was not vengeful - that was merely an application from the parable that states that 'whatever serves no purpose is cut down and thrown in the flames'. Jesus was making an illustrative point of what will happen in the end times to the fruitless and...
  8. excreationist

    Is it possible that the Bible involves exaggeration? (and King Solomon)

    So are dead Christians just unconscious in their graves still?
  9. excreationist

    Is it possible that the Bible involves exaggeration? (and King Solomon)

    It would only take a couple sentences to answer the question - I really want to know.
  10. excreationist

    Is it possible that the Bible involves exaggeration? (and King Solomon)

    What is figurative about the story where Jesus causes the fig tree to wither?
  11. excreationist

    Is it possible that the Bible involves exaggeration? (and King Solomon)

    Are you saying that the fig tree miracle never happened?
  12. excreationist

    Is it possible that the Bible involves exaggeration? (and King Solomon)

    The Matthew 21:18-22 passage is similar to Mark 11:12-26. Mark was apparently written first and the fig tree miracle was less miraculous because it only was noticed the next day rather than happening immediately....
  13. excreationist

    Is it possible that the Bible involves exaggeration? (and King Solomon)

    It seems clear to me that saying “May you never bear fruit again” means that without Jesus' statement it would have bore fruit in the future - rather than already being incapable of ever bearing fruit.
  14. excreationist

    Is it possible that the Bible involves exaggeration? (and King Solomon)

    Matthew 21:18-19 Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” Immediately the tree withered. Actually the fig tree was...
  15. excreationist

    Is it possible that the Bible involves exaggeration? (and King Solomon)

    What about when Jesus cursed the fig tree? It sounds like vengeance to me. 2 Kings 2:23-24 sounds like vengeance too.... which God carried out... From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!”...
  16. excreationist

    Is it possible that the Bible involves exaggeration? (and King Solomon)

    @dybmh BTW in case your wishes aren't granted believers could try forming a group: Matthew 18:19-20 “Again, here is what I tell you. Suppose two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for. My Father in heaven will do it for you. Where two or three people gather in my name, I am there with...
  17. excreationist

    Is it possible that the Bible involves exaggeration? (and King Solomon)

    Here is the NIRV (clearer language than the old KJV) It says "anything" twice in a row. Though the first sentence says they'd "do the works I have been doing" implying that the believer should use those wishes for good works....
  18. excreationist

    Is it possible that the Bible involves exaggeration? (and King Solomon)

    I found this: https://socratic.org/questions/is-hyperbole-the-same-as-exaggeration-or-is-it-a-type-of-exaggeration "....A hyperbole is an exaggeration, but it is not exactly the same as an exaggeration...." Maybe that's like saying "a duck is a bird but is not exactly the same as a bird"? I...
  19. excreationist

    Is it possible that the Bible involves exaggeration? (and King Solomon)

    Sorry it seems I had I misread it. I think it actually talks about 142,000 sacrifices. In both 1 Kings 8:63 and 2 Chr 7:5 it says there were 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep and goats. Though it makes sense to use a godly number for a sacrifice.
  20. excreationist

    Is it possible that the Bible involves exaggeration? (and King Solomon)

    I find it odd that you take miracles like that resurrection story and the global flood literally but don’t believe the 700 + 300 verse is literal. It mostly sounds like plausible history to me especially compared to the resurrection of many holy people story.
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