whether you are a christian, jew, undecided, agnostic, or atheist, isn't having the attitude that only ***your*** interpretation of the bible could be correct, or only ***you*** know what the bible means, -- .
isn't this a form of closed-mindedness, arrogance, and a superiority complex?.
in addition, isn't trying to force someone to conform to ***your*** interpretation of the bible the opposite of "freethinking?
Whether you are a Christian, Jew, undecided, agnostic, or atheist, isn't having the attitude that ONLY ***your*** interpretation of the Bible could be correct, or ONLY ***you*** know what the Bible means, --
Isn't this a form of closed-mindedness, arrogance, and a superiority complex?
In addition, isn't trying to force someone to conform to ***YOUR*** interpretation of the Bible the opposite of "freethinking?"
god's view of gays and lesbians.
why should anyone care what i have to say on this topic?
i am not a priest.
Freemindfade,
But isn't your belief that people cannot legitimately view the Bible in a way different from the way you view it -- isn't that a form of close-mindedness and also trying to make people conform to your way of thinking instead of actually thinking for themselves, and having different views than you do?
god's view of gays and lesbians.
why should anyone care what i have to say on this topic?
i am not a priest.
Jonathan,
That old covenant, as the rest of Hebrews makes absolutely clear, included the Commands given to Moses, and the Priests.
This would mean Hebrews 8:13 is declaring that the Commands found in the Mosaic Covenant in Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers have been made obsolete and replaced.
god's view of gays and lesbians.
why should anyone care what i have to say on this topic?
i am not a priest.
Freemindfade,
How is it "freethinking" if I'm forced to conform to YOUR atheism?
god's view of gays and lesbians.
why should anyone care what i have to say on this topic?
i am not a priest.
Jonathan,
Go ahead and explain the meaning of Hebrews 8:13, I'll be waiting right here.
god's view of gays and lesbians.
why should anyone care what i have to say on this topic?
i am not a priest.
Hebrews 8:7-9: If that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second.
For he does find fault with the people when he says:
“‘Look! The days are coming,’ says Jehovah, ‘when I will make with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new covenant. It will not be like the covenant that I made with their forefathers on the day I took hold of their hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not remain in my covenant, so I stopped caring for them,’ says Jehovah.
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Hebrews 8:13: In his saying “a new covenant,” he has made the former one obsolete. Now what is obsolete and growing old is near to vanishing away.
god's view of gays and lesbians.
why should anyone care what i have to say on this topic?
i am not a priest.
i think it is reasonable for every leader or head of any organization that has control of peoples thinking and actions should, by law, submit to a lie detector test.
the results would be accessible to any one who had an interest in the matter.this test would be required before appointment to any position and on a yearly basis.
questions could be submitted to a competent and unbiased committee for approval.
* Does the Bible say anything about the year 1919?
* Does the Bible say anything about the year 1914?
* Do you believe you are going to Heaven?
* Do you believe in God?
* Do you receive messages from Heaven?
it is time for christians to accept evolution, in my opinion.. there are many reasons why i think it is long overdue for all christians to finally accept what science says about evolution.
below i will show these reasons.. .
the bible tells people to pay attention to nature to see the glory of god (psalm 19; romans 1:19-20).
I find it ironic that atheists are strongly arguing that the Bible must be interpreted literally, even though it's been interpreted allegorically ever since church father Origen, probably before him even.
Atheists WANT the Bible to be interpreted literally so they can have something to attack.
If it's a symbolic parable or allegory, atheists have nothing left to attack.
Quote from Wikipedia.com :
Some Jews and Christians have long considered the creation account of Genesis as an allegory instead of as historical description, much earlier than the development of modern science. Two notable examples are Augustine of Hippo (4th century) who, on theological grounds, argued that everything in the universe was created by God in the same instant, and not in six days as a plain account of Genesis would require;[2] and the 1st century Jewish scholar Philo of Alexandria, who wrote that it would be a mistake to think that creation happened in six days or in any determinate amount of time.[3]
it is time for christians to accept evolution, in my opinion.. there are many reasons why i think it is long overdue for all christians to finally accept what science says about evolution.
below i will show these reasons.. .
the bible tells people to pay attention to nature to see the glory of god (psalm 19; romans 1:19-20).
Adam and Eve (and also Noah's Flood) can simply be a Parable for mankind falling deeply into the sins of murdering, enslaving, raping, stealing, plus greed and selfishness.
And Jesus came to liberate us and elevate from those evil things.
