I've been going to a UPC for 30 years and almost never use the KJV...
Yea but you are one them liberal types.
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To somebody we are all a conservative or a liberal.
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Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. (Romans 14:4)
Scripture is its own interpreter. Nothing can cut a diamond but a diamond. Nothing can interpret Scripture but Scripture" Thomas Watson.
I have personally come to the conclusion that it is not the love of money but rather the need to survive that is really the root of all evil. I save money, like most of us try to do. I do this not to simply amass riches, but due to the survival instinct. Like in the past... prior to winter, people would stock up for the long bleak months when it is cold and there is no food readily available. I may not need the money now, but when I do, it is there.
Money is just a thing, a coin, a piece of paper. You can't eat it. But, if I'm holding onto some food and you are starving and have the will and the means to overpower me and take my food to survive and leave me for dead, then that is the greater root of evil, not something superficial like money.
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Originally Posted by Adam
If a man rapes a woman, is the love of money the root of that evil deed? Is it not, instead, the lust for power over the woman?
And how does the "lust for power and control" translate to survival?
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Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. (Romans 14:4)
Scripture is its own interpreter. Nothing can cut a diamond but a diamond. Nothing can interpret Scripture but Scripture" Thomas Watson.
I'm wondering if shazeep is referring to bartering... which is working for something in order to get something else in return, without the exchange of a dollar bill. I would see that as a worthwhile thing to do.
I would see that as worthwhile as well, but it would be very difficult to barter for everything.
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Suppose we are in a scenario where resources have dwindled greatly and people are broken up into groups. These groups have firearms. Group A has little to no food. Group B is well stocked in food. If, after a great battle, Group A kills Group B for the food, is not survival the reason for this evil act of Group A killing Group B?
Suppose we are in a scenario where resources have dwindled greatly and people are broken up into groups. These groups have firearms. Group A has little to no food. Group B is well stocked in food. If, after a great battle, Group A kills Group B for the food, is not survival the reason for this evil act of Group A killing Group B?
If you are presenting this as a scenario with Christians being in both group A and B, then the group who didn't share what they had with their fellow man would not be following the second commandment of Christ.
I would see that as worthwhile as well, but it would be very difficult to barter for everything.
Very true indeed. In some situations bartering works, but as our society is driven by the $ bill... would be very tough to live off what you could come by through bartering.
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