Thumbpicker
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The USSR banned Christianity and China restricts it so afraid not.
Matt300ZXT
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lol oh yeah, I'm a total bigot because I don't believe homosexuality has any place in the church unless you're trying to change your lifestyle.
Thumbpicker
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Too simplistic. God also blesses some people and makes them prosper. Money is however not to be your god.
The issue of Jesus and Temple wasn't about wealth - it was about defiling the Temple as a place of greed and business rather than being the house of God.
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PhoneyIommi
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All you who are thirsty,
come to the water!
You who have no money,
come, receive grain and eat;
Come, without paying and without cost,
drink wine and milk! (Is 55:1-3)
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PhoneyIommi
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Yes, you're a bigot. Thanks for agreeing.
Thumbpicker
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Old Testament verse - is talking spiritually about everlasting life.
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PhoneyIommi
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That bishop is a hero.
Thumbpicker
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The truth is Jesus was neither "communist" or "rightwing". Neither the left or the right perfectly aligns with a Christian worldview which has elements of social justice while rejecting humanism and rationalism, hedonism and the anything goes immorality of the left.
Thumbpicker
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That bishop was unscriptural and even her existence as a bishop is unscriptural. So an illegitimate bishop preaching humanism instead of scripture.
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PhoneyIommi
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TheBiggestJerk
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There’s a lot of contradictions all through the scriptures. Faith and works, Hellfire, the trinity. Crazy how practically everything can be stretched to fit one’s dogma.
My favorite is how the true tenants of Satanism are laid out on Genesis. /s?
Thumbpicker
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I've already seen it - that's what this whole thread is about. She was disgusting.
TheBiggestJerk
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That’s what I said too. I think she’s married to a man but nevertheless
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PhoneyIommi
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I thought her words were beautiful. Whether they fit your definition of "scriptural" doesn't matter the slightest.
Thumbpicker
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Most of your so called contradictions can be resolved by reading things as whole in context and studying the passages with a variety of proper commentaries.
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PhoneyIommi
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What exactly was disgusting?
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PhoneyIommi
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Extremely brave.
Thumbpicker
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It does when it purports to be a sermon from a so called bishop in a church. You don't get to teach current secular humanistic manifestos from the pulpit and call it the word of God.
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PhoneyIommi
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Budde, who has led the diocese since 2011, said she wanted to “counter as gently as I could with a reminder of their humanity and their place in our wider community”.
“I was speaking to the president, because I felt that he has this moment now where he feels charged and empowered to do what he feels called to do,” she said.
“I wanted to say there is room for mercy, there’s room for a broader compassion. We don’t need to portray with a broad cloth in the harshest of terms some of the most vulnerable people in our society, who are in fact, our neighbors, our friends, our children, our friends, children, and so forth.”
“I was speaking to the president, because I felt that he has this moment now where he feels charged and empowered to do what he feels called to do,” she said.
“I wanted to say there is room for mercy, there’s room for a broader compassion. We don’t need to portray with a broad cloth in the harshest of terms some of the most vulnerable people in our society, who are in fact, our neighbors, our friends, our children, our friends, children, and so forth.”
TheBiggestJerk
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Been there done that.
