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01-03-2009, 02:29 PM
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Re: Do you find the Bible confusing?
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Originally Posted by HappyTown
Many go through life doing right, even tho they never picked up the bible, why is that? Yet you can have someone who claim all truths yet evil to the core!
It comes down to choice, you decide whether to do good or evil, it's you who must decide what is truth, whats not. In the end truth is what you decide it is!
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Hmmmm, ...... ok.
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01-03-2009, 02:39 PM
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Re: Do you find the Bible confusing?
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Originally Posted by scotty
And thus the reference to it being the "Living" Word of God.
Ain't it cool when you read a verse and get something great out of it , then run across the same verse a month or two later and get something totally different ? (not a contradiction, but a new revelation)
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Yes! I think of it as a "deeper understanding" than a new revelation. I was reading Romans 3:25 the other day. When I read, "Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood,", that hit me more powerful than it ever has.
How powerful and awesome that act on the cross!!! It reaches past repentance and into our walk as well - forever!!!
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01-03-2009, 02:39 PM
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Re: Do you find the Bible confusing?
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Originally Posted by HappyTown
Many go through life doing right, even tho they never picked up the bible, why is that? Yet you can have someone who claim all truths yet evil to the core!
It comes down to choice, you decide whether to do good or evil, it's you who must decide what is truth, whats not. In the end truth is what you decide it is!
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What spiritual path do you follow? Feel free to pm me if you'd rather not deal with the reaction on the board one way or the other.
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Welcome to the truth, enjoy the journey and what you find at the end.....Jesus !
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And how does this tie in with the idea that we each decide our own truth?
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01-03-2009, 02:52 PM
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Re: Do you find the Bible confusing?
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Originally Posted by nahkoe
What spiritual path do you follow? Feel free to pm me if you'd rather not deal with the reaction on the board one way or the other.
And how does this tie in with the idea that we each decide our own truth?
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Not sure how that last part got there, that was a reply to another thread on here.
As for my path, I follow after Christ... 
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01-03-2009, 03:13 PM
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Mama to four little angels.
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Re: Do you find the Bible confusing?
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Not sure how that last part got there, that was a reply to another thread on here.
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It got there because I put it there. lol
How do you reconcile the two statements?
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You become free from who you have become, by becoming who you were meant to be. ~Mark from another forum I post on
God did it for us. Out of sheer generosity he put us in right standing with himself. A pure gift. He got us out of the mess we're in and restored us to where he always wanted us to be. And he did it by means of Jesus Christ. ~Romans 3:24 from The Message
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01-03-2009, 03:52 PM
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Go Dodgers!
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Re: Do you find the Bible confusing?
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Originally Posted by HappyTown
The bible is riddled with repetitions and contradictions. For instance, Gen 1 and 2 disagree about the order in which things are created, and how satisfied God is about the results of his labors. The flood story is really two interwoven stories that contradict each other on how many of each kind of animal are to be brought into the Ark, is it one pair each or seven pairs each of the "clean" ones? The Gospel of John disagrees with the other three Gospels on the activities of Jesus Christ (how long had he stayed in Jerusalem a couple of days or a whole year? And all four Gospels contradict each other on the details of Jesus Christ's last moments and resurrection. The Gospels of Matthew and Luke contradict each other on the genealogy of Jesus Christ's father; though both agree that Joseph was not his real father. |
First of all there is nothing erroneous about a repitition!
Second Gen 1 and 2 do NOT disagree at all. Gen 2 is simply day 6 up close.
Third It is Seven pairs of clean and one pair of unclean.
Fourth, the gospels don't disagree rather they show the same events from different perspectives
Fifth the two geneologies do NOT contradict, they are NOT the same Geneology. One is Joseph's and One is Mary's
BTW again you said "thousands"...that is amazing. Did you read that on some anti-bible site or did you just exaggerate that number?
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Apostolic is defined on AFF as:
- There is One God. This one God reveals Himself distinctly as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
- The Son is God himself in a human form or "God manifested in the flesh" (1Tim 3:16)
- Every sinner must repent of their sins.
- That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
- That the Holy Ghost is for today and is received by faith with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues.
- The saint will go on to strive to live a holy life, pleasing to God.
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01-03-2009, 03:56 PM
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Re: Do you find the Bible confusing?
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Originally Posted by HappyTown
Plus the fact the bible was not written until 2,000 years latter.
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Not written until 2000 years later than when? My gosh your words are ignorant! The bible was not written 2000 years later than any thing. It was BEING written and compiled OVER the course of a couple thousand years including the NT, which was written LESS than 60 years altogether after Jesus died.
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Let it be understood that Apostolic Friends Forum is an Apostolic Forum.
Apostolic is defined on AFF as:
- There is One God. This one God reveals Himself distinctly as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
- The Son is God himself in a human form or "God manifested in the flesh" (1Tim 3:16)
- Every sinner must repent of their sins.
- That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
- That the Holy Ghost is for today and is received by faith with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues.
- The saint will go on to strive to live a holy life, pleasing to God.
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01-03-2009, 03:58 PM
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Go Dodgers!
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Re: Do you find the Bible confusing?
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Originally Posted by HappyTown
Many go through life doing right, even tho they never picked up the bible, why is that? Yet you can have someone who claim all truths yet evil to the core!
It comes down to choice, you decide whether to do good or evil, it's you who must decide what is truth, whats not. In the end truth is what you decide it is!
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That is logically fallacious. There can't be many truthes that contradict each other. It's impossible that what is true for you might not be true for someone else.
What in the world are you doing on this board anyways? Just curious. I'd expect you to be more confortable on a new age board than any Christian board.
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Let it be understood that Apostolic Friends Forum is an Apostolic Forum.
Apostolic is defined on AFF as:
- There is One God. This one God reveals Himself distinctly as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
- The Son is God himself in a human form or "God manifested in the flesh" (1Tim 3:16)
- Every sinner must repent of their sins.
- That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
- That the Holy Ghost is for today and is received by faith with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues.
- The saint will go on to strive to live a holy life, pleasing to God.
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01-03-2009, 04:00 PM
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Go Dodgers!
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Re: Do you find the Bible confusing?
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Originally Posted by HappyTown
Not sure how that last part got there, that was a reply to another thread on here.
As for my path, I follow after Christ... |
From what I have read, you follow after your own God, made in your own image and not after the one the bible says is true....
Seriously, what Christ? If the bible has thousands of errors in it..contradictions etc etc...how can you follow after Christ? Maybe there was no Christ. Maybe the Christ you follow after is a myth...because after all the bible is full of errors...
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Let it be understood that Apostolic Friends Forum is an Apostolic Forum.
Apostolic is defined on AFF as:
- There is One God. This one God reveals Himself distinctly as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
- The Son is God himself in a human form or "God manifested in the flesh" (1Tim 3:16)
- Every sinner must repent of their sins.
- That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
- That the Holy Ghost is for today and is received by faith with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues.
- The saint will go on to strive to live a holy life, pleasing to God.
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01-03-2009, 04:46 PM
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Genesis 11:10
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Re: Do you find the Bible confusing?
Who would be dumb enough to put obvious contradictions in a book that expresses truth? I mean, c'mon now, even if GOD had absolutely nothing to do with the Bible why would there be contradictions? That's like writing a math book; 2+2=4,2+2=4,2+2=5,
2+2=4, get it? There are no contradictions.
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