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I'm sorry to tell you that your Church directly violates Biblical scripture by allowing a woman into the priesthood. Whatsmore, the Bible is the only true word of God, in which every word came directly from the mouth of God and was delivered to Man to transcribe; first the Torah to Moses and then the Gospels to the Apostles of Christ.
Any other writings outside of the Bible by Man who've followed after Christ's time have no merritt whatsoever and are quickly dismissed by Biblical scholars and theologians everywhere. We're far more distressed and pray for you knowing that your Churches, who are already in direct violation of Scripture, are further encouraging its members to stray so far from the Bible.
Heh....I believe that you believe that.
Thankfully, we are but one of many Christian sects who understand that such patriarchal sexism is itself a man-made doctrine.
Keep jammin'
And remind your best lady friend to hurry up and get dinner on the table and to get the laundry folded.
People liking to think we are in the "end times". Yhea, and its those damn fundamentalists Muslims that are out to destroy the world. Anyone capable of actually believing/hoping to see the end of the world - based on a book written thousands of years ago, is capable of anything. Suicide bombing, duty killing, prophet killing, National wars of aggression all in the name of the lord and his (alledged) battle of Armageddon. This is why the human species will find a way to destroy itself. When you sacrafice logic for faith and hope, game over. Thanks guys.
heh....Well, a hopeful wish can often serve to get one through the night when certainty is unavailable.
Whatever it takes for you to peacefully sleep at night without bringing harm to others is Okey Dokey* to me.
*My second SarahPalinism for the day...my god, the girl's politics might be fucked, but her attitude is infectious
Sorry. This is a concept that is neither sexist nor man made. The only thing that's man made here is your Church's idea to question God's word. Not allowing women into the priesthood is a law Church elders have been commanded to follow by God. How do we know this? Because God said so in the Bible, I'm sorry.
You and barman both took my words out of context. By saing that "I'd like to think we are" I meant that according to clues in the Bible, I believe there to be possible modern-day signs that we're already in or very near End Times, but I can't say for sure. Not because I'd "like" to see the end of the world. It's going to a terrible time afterall in which they'll be much weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth.
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I'm not sure what you mean? Again, there's no debating the existence of the statement in the Bible that Christ will come again like a thief in the night. For the purpose of this discussion where everyone's either trying to pinpoint His exact return or whether He'll even return at all, it's important that we simply leave it up to what the Bible says, so as there's no debate.
gtc08 - You seem angry and personally offended about my own personal beliefs. Yet I don't question or offend your apparent non-belief. It's God's business to put the desire of His word into your heart, not mine. And if you're not a believer, you wouldn't understand what I mean when I say that the Bible is the only true authority, and thus in discussions like this it should be the only certainty, so it's impossible to try and explain further.
