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Re: New Stories from the New Testament
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Tue, 12 Feb 2002 16:04:13 GMT
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I too have noticed Brendon's "cherry picking" of the scriptures for his
site. Since I don't take his site as a reference source but more of a
entertainment site (and I believe that is how he takes it also) it doesn't
bother me. I hope that others who are curious about the source behind these
stories will take the effort to research them in more depth and learn the
full story and meaning behind them all.
jt
In lugnet.build.ancient, Markus Wolf writes:
> Hey Brendon,
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> It's a riot how you pick and skip and choose your verses. I actually
> picked up the Bible for myself and looked up your references. It's cute how
> you skipped over the passage in 1 Corinthians 11:13-16 where it says that we
> should judge this practice for ourselves, and that and the end it said that
> if anyone is contentious about it, we have no such practice. You're proved
> it in your contention. Congratulations.
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> In addition, I noticed in Ephesians 5:25 (after the bit about submitting
> to your husbands) that he told that husbands to lay down their lives for
> their wives just as Jesus laid down his life for the church. The point is
> that rather than giving 50-50, the New Testament teaches a marital
> relationship based on mutual surrendering your own will. I wonder what kind
> of relationship that would be if wives lived to serve their husbands, and
> the husbands lived to give up their lives for their wives. I somehow doubt,
> by your easy chair picture, that you'll admonish the men as you did the women.
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> Yours is a great study in creative and selective censorship to
> misappropriate scripture. Would love to probe your history to know why you
> have a Lego Battle Axe to grind against the Royal Book and it's Author. I'm
> looking forward to finding time when I can compare and contrast your other
> forgetful stories to "the rest of the story."
>
> There are legitimate humorous and difficult scripture that deserve
> examination but you're simply dishonest and deceptive. Great Lego work.
> Clever sense of humor. But integrity is sadly lacking.
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> Your disappointed friend,
> Markus
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> p.s. Though you skip around the accounts of the gospels, I noticed that you
> neatly neglected the passage where Jesus healed the man who's ear Peter cut
> off, and ended your tale as if Jesus either encouraged the behavior or was
> passive about it. I haven't looked it up myself yet, but I believe Jesus
> rebuked him saying, "He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword." Would
> love to hear your reasoning, though we both know the real answer.
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| Hey Brendon, It's a riot how you pick and skip and choose your verses. I actually picked up the Bible for myself and looked up your references. It's cute how you skipped over the passage in 1 Corinthians 11:13-16 where it says that we should judge (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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