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It refers to food, not dancing, so it is irrelevant. But what you are saying is that Chriztians can be wrong, including you. Since you rely on faith and not reason what chance is there that you aren't making a list of errors? The massive diversity of Christian beliefs inform us that nerly all Christians are getting something wrong. The dilemma is that none of we observers can be sure any Christian claim of truth is correct. Look at the variety of beliefs and interpretation on this thread, quite a lot of disagreement.
Wouldn't honoring God's love command mean the duty is to your fellow humans and the planet? I doubt God is so insecure that he needs worship and praise.
Why would a condition be necessary? Wouldn't that be the sort of thing a religion demands from people so it can raise money and coerce believers? The Bible says Jesus died to atone for the sins of mankind, and that is a definitive sentence.
You've said this before, so you seem to be having doubts or concerns? Feel free to share.
I have no doubts or concerns. It's simply a statement that I believe. Do you agree or disagree with that statement?
No, just stating what works and what doesn't. If you disagree with anything I stated feel free to point it out, offer counter examples, and then a coherent argument. I don't think you can as what anyone can observe is that faith is unreliable and reason is a tool that aids fallible humans in making sound conclusions.
You seem to think that I can't make observatives and assessments that apply to humanity. Would you push back if I said we observe internal combustion engines running on gasoline and not water? I say "we" when there is no counter cases to what anyone sees or comments on. Is there any case you have ever enountered where religious faith is as reliable as critical thinking as a tool?
Not concerned? So your statement that we are in for some surprises it's a good thing, like all you can eat ice cream in heaven? I'll vote for that. After all, why would a loving God hurt people?
Your words, not mine, and not God's either for that matter.
How does that scripture rebut the claim that the religion exists to "raise money and coerce believers," what is sometimes called a self-licking ice cream cone?
Hard questions: Specifically, how does that manifest? What do you have to do to love God, and how much time does that take? Regarding loving neighbors, what counts as a neighbor, and once again, what is the commitment in time and other resources to such people? How do you think that differs from the behavior of humanists, for example?
You are totally missing my point, which is that I have my hands full with my own self, and treating others the way I want to be treated. I hope others have the same level of joy that I have, but I don't force that or myself on others because I wouldn't want them to force their beliefs about joy or themselves on me.
I disagree that we will be surprised after we die because the facts suggest that our consciousness ceases at death. There is no more capacity for "surprise". So your statement is odd, and you offer no explanation for why you believe it. Maybe you don't know why and it's just an artifact of social conditioning.
Yeah, paul had his own ideas about how truth is supposed to be. Reality? Not in any way. His opinion of non-factual, 1st century religious lore? Yes.
What do you want details on?Could you explain "why" instead of just making a statement? (On how it refutes the claim)
I don't find the bible to be particularly inconsistent or vague. I also don't find my statement to be odd, for that matter. It's not simply an artifact of social conditioning or whatever you call it.
I am not the one who wrote the communist manifesto, and the division was created by Marx and now expanded by his Progressive followers. It all ends the same.
Among the leftist Progressives, no.
As clarified in Mt 13:41, it would be the "message" that leads one to "commit lawlessness", such as the gospel of grace/cross, whereas Paul has nailed the law to the cross, and his followers has made an attempt to make it "obsolete".
I think the disagreement is one of a more basic tenant of reality versus some false narrative of a woman being a state of mind versus a physical construct. I mean, you can say it is all right to cut of the parts of children to meet your criteria of that being within your construct of "happiness", but in the long run, the best one can hope for is that someone chops off your body parts to fit your pursuit of happiness, and then you come to the realization, that you were living in lol lol land. The Law, whether you except it or not, is that as you do to others, so shall be done to you. Your idea of being moral, is subjective to your apparent manipulated mind, and is not a perspective of having an open mind, for this level of weirdness, is a relatively newly constructed ideology, which probably comes from the increasing level of demon spirits in the air, or in physical terms, the results of a mind warping Progressive liberal education. You can mind your own business, but please stay away from children. When the sky falls, do to with your liberal free pursuit of sexual gratification, and wokeness, then you are probably not the only one affected. (Rev 16:13-21).
Apart from watching You Tube, I am not familiar with any "trans people". I am only "intolerant" of idiots, which seem to take up a lot of space everywhere. The Green people should probably list idiots along with cow farts as a cause for the increase of CO2 levels. As for "trans people", they are apparently killing themselves off, whether before or after they mutilate themselves. This is where the premise of Darwin's survival of the fittest comes into play. While their gender dysphoria may be caused by hormones in the food, or simply poor diet, along with a progressive educational system, their wailing at the moon will probably not help their situation. Trans people can do as they will within confines of their own space, but when they pursue children's minds, I think they shouldn't be surprised when they get feedback.
Christians, are just a many factioned sect born of "Babylon the Great". (Rev 17:5) Their members, carry the mark of the "beast with two horns like a lamb", and are looking at drinking from the "cup of His wrath" (Rev 14:10).
Since I watched Fauci being interrogated in Congress, I therefore watched him blatantly lie to Congress. I think his most common response was "I don't remember", to the tune of around 180 times. The man has a mind of a steel trap, which unfortunately got rusted shut. "Defamation" is not the same as fraud. "Defamation" as in the defamation of the student by CNN is not considered fraud, and that settlement was sealed. The problem with Fox is that the judge thought they were withholding evidence. I guess they, as the defendent, stumbled over the 5th ammendment.