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Author Topic:   Muslims promote Sharia law. Why do Christians not promote their law?
jar
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Message 49 of 112 (704257)
08-07-2013 9:15 AM
Reply to: Message 48 by Larni
08-07-2013 7:39 AM


Re: Misquoting Proves Nothing
His own followers.

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Message 51 of 112 (704266)
08-07-2013 6:51 PM
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08-07-2013 6:30 PM


Re: Misquoting Proves Nothing
Well. calling it "doing his PR for him" is pretty sophomoric but if stuff like that makes you feel better, go for it.

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Message 54 of 112 (704279)
08-07-2013 10:48 PM
Reply to: Message 53 by Dogmafood
08-07-2013 10:25 PM


Re: Misquoting Proves Nothing
Well, not quite.
Revelation (no 's') is a book written in the apocalyptic medium and format. It's also one of the books that many thought should not be included as canonical.
The problem is that most folk are not taught about the apocalyptic tradition and literature and so don't understand that it was speaking not of some distant future but rather the immediate era concurrent to when it was written.

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Message 58 of 112 (704292)
08-08-2013 9:11 AM
Reply to: Message 56 by Dogmafood
08-08-2013 7:22 AM


Re: Misquoting Proves Nothing
My point is that the Bible clearly describes God as a violent and vengeful creature both in the past and in the future. We are instructed, under threat of eternal damnation, to fear, emulate and worship this entity.
And the Bible also describes God as a loving father, a guardian shepherd, as a giver of life and comfort.
Apocalyptic writings don't change the nature of God but they do portray how the author viewed his world where he saw God; as an avenger, a rescuer. Remember that Revelation speaks of an immediate future relative to the author, of things that would happen within the lifetime of the author; Revalation speaks of stuff that would be 1800 or so years in our past.
Which God is described in any given book of the Bible is simply a record of how the author (or authors) of that particular work viewed God and their relationship to God and other men, nations and cultures.
But what does any of that have to do with the topic anyway?

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Message 106 of 112 (704628)
08-12-2013 8:09 PM
Reply to: Message 104 by marc9000
08-12-2013 7:53 PM


The Declaration of Indepenence
While the Declaration of Independence has historic significance related to the founding of the Nation State called the United States of America it has nothing to do with the laws of the US; and in fact Christianity was one of the greatest obstacles to creating that Nation State.
The US has never been a Christian Nation thank God.

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