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  1. MoreCoffee

    Are Catholics boring catechists?

    Do you also disregard John 15 because it was said by Jesus before he died and the Holy Spirit was poured out? I hope not. God is said to be unchanging, one passage says he is the same yesterday, today, and forever so why would he accept as meritorious the good works of Abram/Abraham and have...
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    Experiment.

    A smoker dies because of a health problem allegedly brought on by smoking. The Amalekites died by being run through with a spear, sword, or were killed by other weapons at the order, allegedly, of Jehovah through the prophet Samuel. That's a very different proximate cause. Disease is quite...
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    Experiment.

    Count the pages in your new testament gospels and it is obvious that they are not the same length. In me RSV Matthew is 30 pages, Mark is 19 pages, Luke is 32 pages, John is 23 pages. That is significant spread in lengths.
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    Experiment.

    Do you think it was just to destroy everybody except for eight people because everybody - including babies and young children - was allegedly wicked? God appears to regard the people he orders killed as a sacrifice to him, a burnt offering, at least in some passages. God accepts Jephthah...
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    The widows mite.

    I'm not so sure that it teaches anything about giving. It may be included in the gospel primarily to show how easy and superficial public religion is. The widow is not presented as a model to follow she is a contrast to the easy and superficial giving of the wealthy. The lesson may be that "it...
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    The widows mite.

    There's a story in the gospel about Jesus and the apostles watching the people as they give their donations to the temple offering boxes. The temple offerings were used for the upkeep of the building and possibly for the payment of the Levites and priests. The story goes like this: [41] And...
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    Experiment.

    Thanks for your post. I agree that some of the lesser contradictions between the three synoptic gospels can be regarded as witness recount differences that have no special significance. But I think that some contradictions may not be amenable to that kind of treatment and even the cases that are...
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    MoreCoffee's Manly Workout Thread

    Heh heh heh :smirk: Lamm chose some crazy videos. All rather naughty, those men were not fully and properly clothed!!!!!!! :scared:
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    Experiment.

    I see that you've alluded to scripture towards the end of your statement and that you've taken the view that whatever God does is by definition good and that human beings are God's creations so he may dispose of them any way he likes and no justifiable complaint can be made against his actions...
  10. MoreCoffee

    Are Catholics boring catechists?

    ^^^^^ This
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    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    It has to be manly, no dresses and stuff! :smirk:
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    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    No!! :scared: It's a women's workout!!! for ladies!! Men need a manly workout :) :smirk:
  13. MoreCoffee

    Experiment.

    I want to do both, I want to understand and explain what the bible stories mean and at the same time love God and trust him and what is written in the holy scriptures. But what I want and what is possible may not be the same thing. Believing in God is not hard but believing in God and accepting...
  14. MoreCoffee

    Are Catholics boring catechists?

    I see what you wrote but how does it square with the story of Abram/Abraham? Didn't god reward Abraham because he obeyed God's command in this account? (Genesis 22:16-18) and said, By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only...
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    Experiment.

    I too trust God and love him - always remembering that he first loved me and did good to and for me - nevertheless genocide? infanticide? what of the mothers and fathers of the first born of Egypt, babies as well as older first born children all allegedly killed at God's hand by a plague (or the...
  16. MoreCoffee

    Are Catholics boring catechists?

    Me too, he's cool! :smirk:
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    Experiment.

    Easy if you explain it away, yes, but maybe not so easy if the passages are read carefully and the words taken at face value. I know that many Christians are satisfied with explanations such as the one you've given. For the most part I am happy with it in some cases. Nevertheless a serious...
  18. MoreCoffee

    Thinking about Noah's ark

    One of Noah's sons suggests that, Shem I think in the video, and eventually Noah accepts at the end of part 2.
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    Athesist

    Well you may see a crucifix that way but I do not. I see a crucifix as teaching me that Jesus died for his people and that his death was as the king of the Jews, the heir of David whose reign is to last forever and that we rely on his death and his resurrection for the forgiveness of our sins...
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    Experiment.

    Catholics point to mystery as well as to historical context and human limitations impacting what the holy scriptures could say at the time that they were written but that still leaves some contradictions that are hard to reconcile. And what do we do with the passages where God commands...
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