Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 02:03:31 -0400 From: Lawrence Sica <lomifeh@earthlink.net> To: Drew Raines <drew-dated-1032142754.41cd3a@rain3s.net> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? Message-ID: <32F3C933-C54C-11D6-A642-000393A335A2@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20020911021911.GC21879@drew.rain3s.net>
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On Tuesday, September 10, 2002, at 10:19 PM, Drew Raines wrote: > Lawrence Sica wrote: >> >> On Tuesday, September 10, 2002, at 07:18 PM, Drew Raines wrote: >>> >>> I thought you were saying that Jesus didn't persecute >>> anyone, a comment justified by John 8:7. Also, if you were > ^---[not] >>> agreeing with Neal, why did you sarcastically refer to a >>> piece of scripture which supported his point? >> >> The point i was trying to make is that tolerance is a core of >> christianity. He stated that all the tolerance we see today >> is not a good thing. > > I agree with him. Christianity does not tolerate sin under any > circumstance. However, God commands us to tolerate the > /sinner/; to love one another. That's why it's wrong for a > church to kick out homosexuals. They're just as guilty as the > businessman sleeping with his secretary and the pastor who > gorges himself at the potluck dinner and the housewife > gossiping to her girlfriends. > That is the form of tolerance I mean, you do not have to agree with the other belief or condone it, but it does not make it right to do those things you said. >>> That doesn't justify slavery as an institution that pleased >>> God, however, which is what you were implying in previous >>> messages. Where does the Bible claim that? >> >> I said it was used to do that, not that the Bible said that. >> My point being the bible has been interpreted in various ways >> to suit the needs of those thumping it to justify what they >> do. > > I certainly agree with that. > weee :). That is the point I was trying to make when I said man sees God through his own lens. --Larry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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