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Subject:	Re: Sex Scandal: U.S. President had sex with Intern!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Tue, 13 May 2003 22:10:30 GMT
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<snip> > Are you suggesting that that Pre-first Convenant conduct trumps the > unequivocal teachings of Jesus? So basically what you are saying here is that some portions of the Bible are more important that other portions? Why? I was brought up to believe that the bible as a whole is important and that everything inside the covers are related. This means that choosing one passage from one book of the bible and, without relating it to the rest of the Bibles teaching, using to create dogma is against the whold purpose of the Bible in the first place. Jesus spent his whole life teaching tolerence and forgiveness. What I see today from certain groups and individuals is that you are some sort of outcast if you don't follow the dogma of oraganized religion. How tolerant or forgiving is this view? -Orion

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		Re: Sex Scandal: U.S. President had sex with Intern!
(...) Yes. Without getting into it too deeply, I'd say that the Gospels are the most important part of the Bible, for they contain God's final revelation and interpretation of the Bible (talking OT here). (...) Certainly forgiveness, but (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Sex Scandal: U.S. President had sex with Intern!
(...) Through what they believe to be the relevation of the Scriptures to them by the Holy Spirit. (...) Now you are the one who is quick to judge. There isn't any Church I'm aware that says that divorce is "fine". They may recognize it as a (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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