XPost: alt.atheism, alt.religion.christian   
   From: ingilt@yahoo.co.uk   
      
   On 28/12/2015 22:34, Ted&Alice wrote:   
   > Alex W. wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 28/12/2015 06:09, Ted&Alice wrote:   
   >>> duke wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Sat, 26 Dec 2015 21:59:07 +0000 (UTC), "Ted&Alice"   
   >>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> duke wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> On Thu, 24 Dec 2015 19:32:19 +0000 (UTC), "Ted&Alice"   
   >>>>  >> wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> duke wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 22:33:48 GMT, "Ted&Alice"   
   >>>>>>>>    
   >>>> wrote:  >> >>   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> I wish everybody reading this a very merry Saturnalia!   
   >>>>>>>>> :)   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Sorry, that's already over.  The solstice is a week   
   >>>>>>>> celebration ending on 12/21 to 23.  Christ_Mass is   
   >>>>>>>> tomorrow, 12/25.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Bible-believing Christians, however, may want to take   
   >>>>>>>>> note:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> “Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by   
   >>>>>>>>> following   
   >>>> them, >> and >> > that thou enquire not after their gods, saying,   
   >>>> 'How did >> these >> > nations serve their gods? even so will I do   
   >>>> likewise.' >> Thou shalt >> > not do so unto the LORD thy God.” -   
   >>>> Deuteronomy >> 12:30-31 >>   
   >>>>>>>> Hey, the modern way is in Christianity, not Judaism.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> "On that day of judgment," says the LORD, "I will   
   >>>>>>>>> punish all   
   >>>>>> those >> > following pagan customs.” - Zephaniah 1:8   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> “For the LORD has rejected his people, because they have   
   >>>> filled >> >> > their land with practices from the East. They have   
   >>>> made alliances >> >> > with pagans.” - Isaiah 2:6   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Can't you read? I addressed that to "Bible believing"   
   >>>>>>> Christians.  Not Catholics.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> You quoted the Jewish OT.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Apparently you're not that familiar with fundamentalist   
   >>>>> Protestantism.  They believe that both the OT and the NT are the   
   >>>>> inerrant word of God.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I know, but what they don't understand is that God brought man   
   >>>> out of the old covenant (OT) and into the new covenant (NT) when   
   >>>> he became flesh in the person of Jesus Christ.   So when you live   
   >>>> according to the OT, you're living as the Jews did.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Well, most of them really don't believe that, but they claim to.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> As you know, there are thousands of Protestant sects. They all have   
   >>> varying levels of acceptance and rejection of the OT scriptures.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Which even holds true for the literalist lot, amusingly enough.   
   >   
   > And they seem to be even less tolerant of each other than the   
   > non-literalists.   
   >   
      
   Goes with the territory.   
   Theologically speaking, literalists paint themselves into a very tight   
   corner.  If every word is absolutely and literally true, then there is   
   far less wriggle room, much less scope for philosophical quibbling and   
   interpretation.  Every typo and every badly translated word becomes a   
   huge obstacle.  And every word being absolutely and literally true,   
   anyone with views or interpretations that differ even in the slightest   
   deviates from the absolute and literal truth of god, is a heretic.   
      
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