Do you bring your bible to church?

[Faith]

Nonsense. I have no access to 'scrolls' which, by the way, do not contain the Bible. I do have access to the complete Bible, as is printed and bound today.

Lees

Wow, to quote a friend, “you must be rich.”

 

[Lees]

I literally said that I bring my physical Bible and prefer a physical Bible for study, but I also recognize that it's a preference.

And you most certainly can buy a hand written scroll or manuscript if you chose to invest your treasure in one. A printed Bible is your choice, a choice that at one time would have been a status choice as well, if you so choose to view it as such.

Nonsense. The Bible is not produced on a single scroll.

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[Lees]

Whatever you're smoking, can I have some?

Seriously dude. Where do you get off on making these wild assumptions about why people make the choices they make? I don't really care about "status" associated with having a Bible on my phone. It's not as if having a smartphone is any kind of status symbol these days, especially when my phone is nearly four years old and only cost $200 brand new. There are kids in my church not even into their teens who have better phones than I do. It's not like there's really any status in carrying a physical Bible either. But hey, keep on parroting your wild and baseless assumption that I flash this old device around because I hope people will stop and admire the device.

My phone app does bring the text of the Bible to my fingertips. I can scroll through it, I can search for a particular book quickly and easily without missing one of the really short books because it only takes up a couple of pages and I forgot exactly where it is. I can flick between references as easily as pressing the Back button or a bookmark button instead of having to keep multiple fingers or bookmarks in a physical book. And I can do all of these things without caring in the slightest what anyone else thinks of my choice of reading device.

How exactly is it disrespectful to read from a screen instead of a page? Perhaps reading from a page is disrespectful because you could be reading from a scroll. Or a stone tablet. There you go, in the interests of purity you need to get rid of that newfangled Bible that you probably only carry as a status symbol and get yourself some good stone tablets. Hey, they were good enough for the Ten Commandments so they must be good enough for you.

But, you know, if you feel there's more status in carrying a physical book around then by all means have at it. I just hope it's not a particularly ornate Bible you use - you wouldn't want to be seeking status by having a nicer Bible than the people around you, right? You know, those fancy leather bound things with gilded edges on the pages are nothing more than ways to prove you spent more money on the same words than the next person, right?

You'd really get a kick out of what I use when I lead the service at church. I prepare my introduction and print out the words of the Scripture reading on.... a piece of paper. Yep, one sheet of paper. I print it in a nice big font so I can look at the congregation and read it from the lectern. If I read from my physical Bible I'd be constantly squinting and not looking at the congregation. But you know, blah, convenience and all that. There's obviously a lot of status in the sheet of paper I use.

Yada, yada, yada.

Please bore me with more.

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[Lees]

Did you ever go by the user name Isundog?

No. Did you ever go by the name Pizzacrap?

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[Lees]

Wow, to quote a friend, “you must be rich.”

What's the matter? You can't afford a Bible? Please. Poor you. You can afford all the electronic devices but not a Bible. That says it all.

Lees

 

[Faith]

No. Did you ever go by the name Pizzacrap?

Lees

Now that wasn’t very Christian of you.

 

[Faith]

What's the matter? You can't afford a Bible? Please. Poor you. You can afford all the electronic devices but not a Bible. That says it all.

Lees

Sailed right over your head. LOL.

 

[Lees]

I try to hide mine so people don’t see me and think that I’m reading my email. That said, one of our pastors once said something about it being ok to use your phone to follow along.

Because you proabably are reading your email.

But of course, you would never do that. No, no. Your just reading Scripture. Ok.

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[Lees]

Now that wasn’t very Christian of you.

Neither was your statement...Christian.

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[Lees]

Sailed right over your head. LOL.

No, it sailed over yours.

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[Faith]

Neither was your statement...Christian.

Lees

Asking If your name was once Isundog is un-Christian….how?

 

[Lees]

Asking If your name was once Isundog is un-Christian….how?

Because it's none of your business. is it?

And, you like to ask questions yet don't like to answer. Go back to post (28) and please answer.

Lees

 

[Faith]

Because it's none of your business. is it?

And, you like to ask questions yet don't like to answer. Go back to post (28) and please answer.

Lees

You’ve GOT to be her! What does Paul and Silas have to do with dishonesty?

 

[Lees]

You’ve GOT to be her!

Again, it's none of your business.

Go back to post #(28) and answer my question....you who like to ask questions but don't like to answer any.

Lees

 

[tango]

Yada, yada, yada.

Please bore me with more.

Lees

What an epic response. I stand in awe of your erudite comments.

 

[Lees]

What an epic response. I stand in awe of your erudite comments.

I don't in yours.

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[Lees]

What does Paul and Silas have to do with dishonesty?

See your post #(24), which was a response to my statement where I said I use the Bible in church to make sure what is being said by the pastor/teacher is true.

And you asked, 'does your pastor make it a habit to say things which are false'.

I responded in post #(28) with the question, 'did Paul and Silas make it a habit to say things which are false'. And I gave the Bible verse (Acts 17:10-11). I think if you had read the verses it would have explained my question.

My point was this. Of course Paul and Silas did not teach things which are false. And they were sent to Berea and began teaching in the synogogue. And the Bereans received their teaching yet 'searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.' (Acts 10:11)

In other words, it doesn't matter who is doing the Bible teaching. You should always have your Bible opened and seeing if what is being said is so.

Lees

 

[Lamb]

I think this thread is finished since it's gone down the path of something it shouldn't....please treat one another as if you're speaking with God, you know, love your neighbor and all that. Locking this.