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    Congrats!!! :beerchug:

     

    In your interview, talk to them like you have known them for years, while still acting like it is a professional interview, as they are currently your superior. You don't want to be timid, but you also don't want to be overpowering. A perfect mix of nobleness and humbleness will do the trick.

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    Im sorry, then this is where we just can't agree.

     

    IDK how different the Catholic book of Revelations is from the Protestant (if different at all), but that book is extremely straightforward, and paints an ugly picture (for lack of a better term). Same thing with Luke 13.

     

    It's one of those things that for me, it's pretty cut and dry on.

    The Catholic Church's teachings on this are not much different from what you are saying. What is different is the views of a faction of Catholics that I tend to agree with.

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    A fact? A fact based on what? For a second, without giving me this "fact" stuff, tell me how much sense this makes:

     

    A God you believe gives the world a book to follow, in which both sections of the book are vehemently against people of one sex orienting itself with the same sex. But yet that same God does not allow some individuals to chose which sex they are orient with and get the most pleasure. Effectively making it impossible for those individuals to follow his law.

     

    How much sense does that make to you? How is that not hypocrisy by that God? You believe in a God that would not give people the right to chose to follow his word?

     

    I mean, faith is faith, and I'm in no position to talk on your faith. But just explain that to me. I am always intrigued by this stuff and while it won't change my mind on this subject at least helps me understand how you can feel this way. Because to me this just makes no sense. At all.

     

     

     

    fglsjngjfbhbfdbjfnvjasdogiiubghbsidfu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     

    2nd Thessalonians 1:8, “In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

     

    John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

     

    John 14:6, “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

     

    Mark 1:15, “And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.”

     

    John 6:40, “And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.”

     

    Acts 26:18, “To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.”

     

    These are all NT verses, I could go on for years and years and years. Literally read the entire book of Revelations and you'll see "the other spectrum".

     

    You point to God's love. Which is all true. That's one side of the coin.

     

    But you don't point out the fact that plain and simple, when it's all said and done, if you don't believe in Jesus Christ as your personal savior, you are going to hell.

    I already said that it is quite clear that there are sins, and that they result in consequences. What I am saying is that God is merciful. He hates those sins, but He repeats over and over again that you should demonstrate absolute forgiveness. Although He says that non-believers will go to hell, I believe that His statements that you should forgive people absolutely would allow non-believers into Heaven if they asked for forgiveness at the final moment. I know that I sound like a crazy progressive Catholic (even though the Catholic Church has been very anti-homosexuality), but God's words of love, mercy, and forgiveness ring clear in the Bible, and I try to do as much self-interpretation as I can.

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    Because they were born gay? So you are assuming now that God naturally makes people gay? intentionally? Wow. I want nothing to do with that God then. Naturally, and purposefully makes people against everything his own word says.

     

    For all the verses you pulled out showing God's mercy and how he wants us all to be saved, did you bother to look at the other end of the spectrum? Sorry broham, as far as I'm concerned, this is pretty cut and dry- straightforward. You don't believe, you don't go to heaven. With the exception of newborns, babies/kids who aren't capable of fully grasping spiritual conditions, etc.

    People do not choose to be gay. That is a fact. Also, the "other end of the spectrum" is called the Old Testament, which you yourself said was overridden by many things in the New Testament. God is Merciful, he is Love. If He hated us, He would not have created us.

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    This is all a giant misunderstanding because of a bad word choice on my part. I already addressed this on the previous page.

     

    But while we are at it this, there's another thing I want to tackle, because this absolutely grinds my gears sometimes.

     

    While we are no longer supposed to follow the teachings of the old testament in terms of how we should conduct ourselves, punishments, etc, it's still their for a reason. It doesn't matter where you look in the Bible, what God approves and disapproves of never changes. That's the reason why I bought up what happened in the old testament. Not because of the punishment in itself but because God was obviously displeased. And this was with his own people (The Jews).

     

    That was the same God then as the one in the New Testament, as well as the one today, if he disapproved of something in the Old Testament, he would disprove of it today. And if he was displeased with the Jewish people and its governed leaders getting away from his word in the OT, why should non-Jews think that they are somehow different? And seeing as he disapproved of that then, what makes people think he'd approve of it now?

    This doesn't have much to do with what we are talking about. Obviously, there are sins. They include homosexuality, non-belief, and everything else we have talked about. The discussion has been, though, whether or not God loves sinners and shows mercy to them. It is clear he does, as I have already pointed out.

     

    I REFUSE to accept that the God that I have been worshiping all of my life will damn people to hell because they were born gay or born into a non-Christian family. God is merciful, and he loves all of His children, regardless of how far they stray.

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  13. Posted · Edited by WindyCitySports

    And yea. God loves all his peoples. All the verses you made were relevent to Christians. Only.

    Flat out wrong.

     

    And He is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. John 2:2

     

    But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

     

    But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ; by grace you have been saved. Ephesians 2:4-5

     

    Did you not read these? They make it quite clear that Jesus died for the "sins of the whole world" and that even when we had lost the way, He "made us alive." You are taking a stance that is so rooted in the Old Testament, which was written before Christianity was even born. Everything that the Son of God said made it clear that God shows love toward all people and that anyone can achieve salvation, no matter how far from the path they have strayed. God is Love, not hate or hostility.

  15. Posted · Edited by WindyCitySports

    Call it what you want. The Bible has instances of God having his own people almost completely destroyed because they were falling too far on the wayside from his laws.

     

    For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present or the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39

     

    Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned, forgive, and ye shall be forgiven. Luke 6:37

     

    And He is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. John 2:2

     

    But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

     

    But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ; by grace you have been saved. Ephesians 2:4-5

     

    But You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. Psalm 86:15

     

    We must not be studying the same book, because it is made clear that God is merciful and loves all of His people. He does not wish to destroy them.

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    This is actually not as much an attempt at hijacking democracy as it is an infringement on republicanism (small 'r'). If we had done it this way from the beginning, you wouldn't think twice about it, and it would still be democratic (small 'd'). However, since we are indeed a democratic REPUBLIC, we have always put an emphasis on individual states, and this is actually taking away the state aspect.

     

    Also, it is very partisan. Perhaps the GOP should focus more on changing their message, especially on social issues, to win these states back than trying to rig the system.

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