whether the gamematch will Grant you a wild healer mercy is another thing <| sep |> Where is the fake news ? There is no fake news . <| sep |> To my knowledge apart from North Africawho want to be recognized as the middle east anyways you don ' t get killed in Africa . Shunned yes and some put jail term laws that don ' t get enforced . <| sep |> KOMOP BERGHUIS IN DE FUCKING KRUISING JONGEN AUBnee dat was niet de kruising sukkel <| sep |> When you get to the point of finding a meeting place , contact us at the ATX Hackerspace , perhaps we can host your group we host several other meetups . <| sep |> For how easy Altidore goes down . glass houses and all that . <| sep |> What you call interpreting scripture backwards I call interpreting the scripture in it ' s proper context . Conservatives are perfectly comfortable doing this for some parts of the BibleSo , what you ' re saying is , you disagree with them . The topic of what is literal and what is not is a very complex one , and requires a look into the original language as well as secondary and tertiary accounts other than the Bible . Could Jesus have been talking about an actual Samaritan ? Sure . But as for the Flood , we know that there are many accounts from across the world of such an event . China , North America , and obviously the Middle East all have stories of worldwide floods . Could these be unrelated ? Perhaps , but I think that ' s a bit of a stretch . despite all evidence to the contraryI ' ve seen even secular scientists claim that there was , at one time , a great flood . Perhaps not all of the world , but much of it . God is just He gives everyone what they deserve , but He is also merciful He doesn ' t give people what they deserve . It ' s not a contradiction to be just , but also merciful . The Pharisees were just , but not merciful the adulterous woman . Jesus was just the money changers at the temple and also merciful the adulterous woman . The very nature of God three persons , one God is a contradiction to our simple minds but the Scriptures constantly refer to the oneness of God . Do you deny that Jesus Christ was both fully man and fully God ? Or that the Father is not the Holy Spirit but that they ' re both God ? the Gospels and the words of Jesus ' have to be the lens through which the rest of the Bible is read and interpretedI agree , but were the Epistles not written by the men closest to Jesus , or at the very least depending on who you think wrote Hebrews their followers ? Paul says that he was taught by Jesus himself which is why he ' s considered an apostle , so we can treat his words as the inspired word of God . Just as everything Moses wrote is the inspired word of God and serves to set the stage for salvation of all Men through Jesus . First , we say that the effort to reach truth made by followers of other religions are as honest and heartfelt as our own . No disagreements here . Second , we often point to the horrible abuses of our own tradition when people are attacking other religions . I . e . if someone are saying that ISIS are being true Muslims when they keep slavesI haven ' t studied Islam as in depth as a Muslim would , of course , but it ' s my understanding that conquest is a part of the religion . I don ' t know about slavery , but ISIS seems to think they are doing what Muhammad said . Does that make them Muslims ? Perhaps , I only have a cursory reading of the Quran and then only in English . I would feel inclined to point out that many US slaveholders were Christians who found support for slavery in the Bible . See , the difference here is that slavery was different at different points in history . The African slave trade had little similarities to slavery in the Roman Empire . Roman slaves were , for the most part , a class of people . African slaves in the Americas were property , like cattle . Slaves in the Old Testament , again , depended on which culture had taken them . From Deuteronomy , Leviticus , and Exodus , we can tell that Israelite slaves were treated fairly well , and those verses are a part of the old covenant that was fulfilled on the cross . Not only that , but those laws were not handed to Israel from God . They are in the Bible for a reason , because it is inspired , but they are not God ' s moral laws . Bad interpretation is bad , regardless of which side it ' s on . Third , we recognize that other traditions have some strengths and our traditions has some weaknesses . No argument here . When I was reading parts of the Quran , I often found truths from the Bible stated in new ways . Of course , I think Islam is a false religion , but the best lies are sprinkled with truth . But you and I may disagree on what Christ himself and his apostles deemed to be the most important . Then I would ask what you disagree on , and why . I ' m a StoneCampbell restorationist , and my denomination if any other CoC people are reading this , I apologize has a huge emphasis on using Koine Greek to delve into what the intention of the author was . Everything well , just about , there ' s no mention of pews , HVAC , powerpoint , etc in the Bible we do is based upon what we can deduce from the original or as close as possible text .