Christopher000 wrote:
True blue jew, street preacher, whatever, whoever...I've been trying to figure you out for a while now and realize now that you are certainly no Christian. Rather, you are a very disturbed, seriously pathetic individual who apparently thinks he has some distorted pipeline to God. I knew someone in Vegas tjat was similar to you; raining down fire and brimstone on anyone and everyone because they knew he was a nut. The problem with him was that he thought he was normal and it was the rest of the world that was crazy. I always thought he was possessed. He was very intelligent, but his Biblical views were odd and out there to say the least. You have no business being on the street and telling anyone of Christ.
Please don't respond to this because I think you are extremely odd and honestly, I can't understand most of what you say half the time anyway. You are a very strange, disturbed man.

Kyle wrote:
Jim,
Thanks for demonstrating the progressive mindset The rest of us in America will continue to exercise our basic human right to bear arms, whether or not you "think" we should. Why should I care what you're "OK with"?
The right to bear arms has nothing to do with hunting, and it is not revocable because of the misdeeds of someone in CT.

Frank wrote:
Thanks for the response Rufus; I always enjoy reading your comments. We appear to agree on this issue. If given the opportunity, I do believe the Catholics would attempt to legislate morality in a theocratic sense if afforded the opportunity and as you know, so would the dominionists. There are more of them running around then either of us imagine.

Frank wrote:
I also don't think that the Christian community, acting as a corporate body, should get involved with imprisoning those who aren't saved regardless of what the particular sin is. There are no more religious courts. When the temple was destroyed and Christ said to go into all the world, that was the end of that sort of thing. Only the dominionists; Catholics,(they actually did that sort of thing) and Muslims would likely disagree with that.
With that said, I can remember when sodomy was illegal in at least some of the US and I thought that was a healthy societal law, which was good for cultures in general. So, I would not confuse Christian morality with the imprisonment of homosexuals, but I would support the idea.

Neil wrote:
Nonetheless, prison is not a Biblical punishment. It is a failed invention of humanistic philosophy. And they are notorious nests of sodomy; I thought people knew that.
And shaming only works with people who fear shame (Jer. 6:15). I don't see a lot of that anymore in our country, at least. If Judge Rufus jailed sodomites here, that would only make martyrs out of them for their sympathizers.

Neil wrote:
Think about it: will putting sodomites in prison really stop their sin?

Christopher000 wrote:
I believe there are literal books, scrolls, etc, because the passages say there are. Maybe these books, scrolls, contain some kind of Heavenly shorthand, or are of a magical nature. I think the Earth we know is a very dim copy of Heaven. I'm speaking of the natural parts as opposed to anything manmade, if course.
I believe that there are gates of pearl, clear, golden streets, and every other kind of precious stone beauty, but I also believe that the other parts of Heaven mirror the Earth, only as it was suppose to be.
We were all created in God's likeness, so I've always believed the the Earth was also fashioned after Heaven. I'm sure Heaven is much more spectacular, but similar.

Second, keep in mind that heaven comes down for this is another pervasive RC myth that we all go to heaven eternally whereas heaven actually comes to us. We go to the sky briefly for judgment and Lord willing come back with him on horses to destroy the wicked and bring in the Kingdom of Christ on earth.

moving on wrote:
"Not since 1991 has a Republican in Congress supported such a move—a challenge to its brand as the antitax party."
Welcome to european style socialist economic stealth politics America. Obama has won the new style Americans and the political polemics which they brought into government.

Christopher000 wrote:
I think that as long as the US remains a friend and protector to Israel, this country will be spared while God uses it for His purpose. Not that He is happy with the direction we've taken, but I think He will use us as a tool like He
has done with many to accomplish His purpose.

Christopher000 wrote:
Yeah, you're right, Rufus. Aside from pharms, I never really took the abuse of natural substances into account. Sugar, fat, preservatives, tobacco, not to mention, electronics, TV, gaming, gambling, alcohol...whatever...I always think it interesting how so few people are actually addicted to things that are good for them. Reading the Bible, working out, cardio, learning, etc.

Christopher000 wrote:
I've done and sold a lot of drugs in my old life, not to mention being addicted to many chems over the years. Pot however, I was never a fan and I never really understood the fascination or psychological addiction. I did sell high end but I was never tempted by it in any way, unlike many who can't go a day without it.

Publican wrote:
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Publican wrote:
No, no, no.
The problem we have here is that no one is using God's word to interpret God's word. A thousand does not mean a thousand. It virtually never does. Particularly when it comes to time. But in other uses as well.
God owns the cattle on a thousand hills. Really. Is that all?
A day with the Lord is as a thousand years. So God ages?
The list of the uses of this number to describe:
a. An indefinitely large number
b. Forever or eternity
c. Until something is perfected or fulfilled
goes on and on.
Even the dictionary defines it as an indefinitely large number.
We use it even in common language the same way.
Look these up.
Only the Lord can bind Satan, cast him out, destroy him who had the power of death. He was bound by Jesus while He was here and at the cross. How long thereafter was it before Satan began to deceive the nations again? Almost immediately.
Let the scripture interpret scripture; not us from outside sources and ideas.

Neil wrote:
Remember that Butler died before Dubya & current soldiers were born. The only relevance of that quote is that American imperialism, whether in the name of industry profits or hubris, is a Progressive obsession. There's a logic to it: if gov't is needed to solve citizens' social problems, then it takes only a little leap to conclude that it's good for foreigners, too.

Sapphy wrote:
Why? Why do these things happen?