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(...) As a Christian, I agree that if many so-called Christian leaders had their way we'd all be almost Amish. As I've said before, I believe it's because most Christians are guilt-motivated. They really don't know what to think and as such are (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: My Prayer on this National Day of Prayer
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Matthew Gerber writes: <snipped all but one line> (...) While I don't concur with some of your reasoning behind what you believe, I wanted to thank you for your "Prayer posting" and for the tribute page - both are (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I have heard others criticise Paul in a similar way, basically saying that his ranting is not necessarily representative of what Jesus would have preached... but that I suppose is as much interpretation as anything else. Which I think is the (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) In the case of Mosaic Law, our letters record Christ himself declaring it irrelevant, so the authority has in fact settled it for those who accept that authority. Some things have in fact changed, and the majority of believers recognize it as (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | The big lie
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From Forbes, which is much more libertarian than Fortune (which is why I subscribe to one and read the other on airplanes where it's free to me) (URL) I say I totally agree that we do not need changes in the Bill of Rights? Airport Security (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: This God thing...
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(...) But does that resolution also indicate that certain aspects of Christianity must remain in force ("the new and everlasting covenant"), or might there be a point at which the body of believers can legitmately say "this or that is no longer (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: War
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jason J. Railton writes: <snip lots of mischaracterisation by Jason and myself> Let's try to see if we can find the common ground here. You and Ross agree with me and others that the terrorists who perpretrated this (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This isn't quite as large-scale, but a Pittsburgh radio station held a fund raiser at a local stadium and took in somewhere over $180,000.00 in just 10 hours. I don't have a link, but they announced it on-air. Dave! (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) From a practicing Christian perspective, there isn't any need to adhere to Mosaic Law because our New Testament letters clearly state that Jesus did away with the Old Covenant of sacrifices and that they needn't be practiced any longer. (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> The latest tally I have is 650,000.00 USD raised for the Red Cross in a media market of only 1 million, with little publicity other than on the stations themselves. (URL) anyone have tales (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) But some (indeed, many) would also argue that the "ancient customs" you cite aren't appreciably any more ancient to modern times than the ancient customs practiced by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. That is, it's all pretty darned ancient, so (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: LP statement on terrorist attacks
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(...) Hmm... I think I'm slipping back and forth between Paul's case(1), so you're most likely correct about his consistency. I was speaking more in the abstract, conjecturing a case in which Candidate X ran under another party by falsely professing (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes. But there is no requirement to agree with the GOP platform in order to run as a GOP candidate. I haven't pored over Ron's speeches in the level of detail to be able to tell if he bit his tongue or actually came out and said "I don't (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) and so on... I must admit these are pretty amusing. Well done Bruce. Just out of curiosity though, Christopher, have you got any like that that come from the New Testament? I mean, you could probably bait the fundamentalists with those OT(T) (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Chris: I can only give you my opinions as a Christian who doesn't believe in the inerrancy of scripture. Also, your questions refer to ancient customs practiced by an ancient people that have little pertinence to the modern practice of (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I agree that if an LP member agrees with the tenets of the platform on which he is running, then he's under no conflict. If, however, he's (an abstract "he" rather than Paul) biting his tongue on major issues with which he might disagree (like (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Invite them over to a barbeque - Sacred Cow makes the best hamburger. (...) If she can fix computers, a lot. If you have to pick up her cell phone bill, minimal. (...) Wear a sign demanding that unclean women shun you. I bet it will be (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, I admit I am myself ambivalent about this. But consider this... (and know that since I am not Ron Paul I am speculating. But I HAVE pored over his website to see where he stands on stuff) The Republican party makes you sign no oath, and (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Stupid Tales of Misplaced Zeal
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(...) Is that the one where they left a Hoarse head in a bed of flowers? :-) (...) Indeed. I was listening to the radio for several hours That Day, and many of the stations were just carrying the TV network news. Amazing gaffes. Amazing resistance (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Stupid Tales of Misplaced Zeal
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(...) My dad forced me to see those movies. Dave! (my full and sincere apologies to Santosh for making a joke about his spelling, but that was too sweet an opportunity to miss!) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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