The Town of Odyssey

That's funny; but do you really think it's true? Why?

To clarify my own position I wasn't saying God didn't want good for us just that the verse didn't apply for us anymore than the verses later in Jeremiah about sending sword, famine and plague against others applies to us today. The verse in Romans is given to us in the proper context and says to us...

While it's true we mustn't claim a promise that was not made to us, I believe we can claim the very character of God, which we can see behind the promise. In other words, God didn't just make a promise on a whim; He made it because of who he is . If we look at the dealings of God with people through...

They could if one of them catches on fire when you're standing too close to it.

So you don't think that special need children are God's punishment on our society? I said "can". But to answer your question, the punishment would be the fact that any thoughts society might have to perfect the human race through science are once again confounded. God can and does confoun...

I said "can".

No, you have clearly stated that special need children are a judgement from God. Either own up to your twisted view or denounce it for the sick statement that it was. I stated nothing of the kind. If it seems clear to you from what I stated that they are a judgement from God, that's your conclusion...

No-- I'm saying that if they are, you can still see his mercy.

Oh my gosh. Some of these are just ridiculous. The harmonization between some of them is so easy that nothing even needs to be said. Some can be solved very simply by switching to a more modern translation that won't give us problems because of the Old English. But, I will hand it to you, JJJJ, som...

I mean even in God's judgement, you can often see His mercy.

By being a punishment to one mindset and a gift to another. There is that distinct possibility.

That was noticed by a friend of mine who is a teacher in the public school system. Isn't it neat how God can punish a society who think they can eliminate the "inferior" or "unfit", yet at the same time give untold joy to those who accept their special needs children as the gifts...

I'm not going to say anything dogmatically, but I will say that soon after down's syndrome children started being killed off through abortion, the problem of autism cropped up. And that's something that we're not even close to understanding.

Does having more bible verses to back up your opinion make you right? Like in the case of works vs faith this person throws out this verse and this other person throws out three more verses, does the person with the more verses win the argument? Did you know that the verse numbers were never given ...

I don't think there was any scandal. He just chose to give up papacy for lent, that's all.

It's easy to understand that the idea is that God is not in the category that we are, as created beings. God is higher; He is the creator. To trifle over wording and say: "Isn't Jesus a man?" is just silly and akin to a smartypants little boy who, when asked by his mother whether he has br...

No, God didn't originally create the seasons. That was because God's brother kidnapped the daughter of God's sister and God's sister cried for months causing the earth to freeze for her bitterness. But eventually God's niece escaped from the underworld... Oh wait, wrong myth. "Knowing this fir...

Good observations. Yes it is wrong. But maybe it's good too. I remember sometimes as a kid my brother and myself would have a fight over some little thing or another. A lot of times my mother or my dad could just settle the issue right away, pointing out how one or both of us had been wrong. Other t...

Well, I don't think it's necessarily just like that; and let me tell you why. The Lord says: "I will build my church". He is personally at the controls of where and when a new church will be formed. Believers have been called not to establish churches, but to carry the gospel of Jesus Chri...

I'm talking about a geographical split. Yes, the faith must still be in the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom is the common salvation that Jude so much wanted to write about. Splitting from that is to be considered a form of rebellion and is deadly (Jude 11) . But splitting physi...