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 1/16/16 4:51 PM |
| Barney Fife | | Mayberry, NC | |  |  |
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Every man (woman) is right in their own eyes. Every man (woman) sounds right, until the next person comes along to present another view. Thus, it is good to share views on subjects like this, like 'iron sharpening iron.' What is interesting is to see the authorities apart from the Bible that people lean on, like that comment about the wine in Bible times not being the same as today's wine. Many times people hear something said with great conviction and authority, and take it to be Biblical. I would check every Bible reference anyone gives, and check various versions of the Bible (we've seen the mention of Easter in the KJV Bible debated here). I have even heard preachers add a word to a Bible verse they were using--and I remembered the verse not having that word, so I looked it up and it didn't! And the preacher didn't say he was adding that word for emphasis, or to make his point.
A good point has been made here numerous times that preachers like to use the version that best suits their message. The way I see it, if they are supposed to be instructing us from the word, then any version should be able to be used with their message and make sense. (Except, I do not like people citing the Amplified Bible---too wordy!) |
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| 1/16/16 4:18 PM |
| Barney Fife | | Mayberry, NC | | | |
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Gee, I thought the story was about the danger of cigarette smoke or the Bible, and here we are still debating alcohol.
Maybe we need to have a corner of the Internet where we can 'share' our ideas on this. Of course, some would say that is exactly what is happening in this comments section!
I always like to see that comment (see ladybug's: 'the wine in the Bible was not as strong as today's'). Where does that information come from that we cannot compare the 2 types of wine--Bible wine vs. today's wine. My limited understanding of wine production tells me they are the same--wine is produced the same way today as it was in Bible days, so the ten or eleven percent alcohol today is the same as then. Some people even say small producers, making wine without all those big stainless steel vats and fancy equipment, make better wine, and it still has the same alcohol content--ten or eleven percent.
OK, some would say, 'but they watered it down in Bible days' Really? What verse did you see that in? And I think you can believe that water in those days was not as pure and clean as the water today, so 'watering down' anything would make it more dangerous!
I think there were many times in the Old Testament that they were told not to drink the water in certain places. |
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| 1/4/16 3:53 PM |
| Barney FIfe | | Mayberry, NC | | | |
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Yes, their dispute over who is the rightful descendant reminds me a lot of European History with its religious wars--I think the '100 Years War' as a good case of this. And yet today, many of those countries still have 'state churches' where the church ministers are paid from taxes collected from all people.
Germany for example, still follows very strict laws restricting the freedom of businesses to operate on Sundays, and it would remind many in the US of the 'good old days' of "Blue Laws" in effect.
Thus, the German supermarket chain, Aldi's, that has entered the US market has had to adapt to accept Sunday operating hours, but still closes a lot earlier than other competing supermarkets, and closes on holidays like New Year's Day when other stores were open. I like to see the confused look on the faces of shoppers who try to enter Aldi's on those holidays, almost as good as seeing their faces when they are told their credit cards are not accepted there. |
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| 12/31/15 5:26 PM |
| Barney Fife | | Mayberry, NC | | | |
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Let's see--who are these 4 groups? How many churches do they represent? How many people attend those churches?
I bet you can find a small group of any larger group that disagrees with what the larger group says, and then do an article with an attention-grabbing headline--not all evangelicals agree on (man-made)global warming?
Of course, we have the source--Christianity Today--what is their last circulation numbers? They may be the largest non-Catholic magaine in circulation, but how do they compare to the viewers of CBS news, for example?No, I think this is 'Much Ado about Nothing' and the result of a slow news season, or lazy reporters and editors. Why don't they report on the Muslim belief that that Muslims, too, believe in the Apocalypse, and they say it is coming with a Caliphate centered in Mecca, and how this motivates ISIS and thus causes much death and destruction to Christians in the Middle East and Africa?
Here's the headline: How the Apocalypse Moves Muslims to kill Christians. |
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| 12/26/15 5:06 PM |
| Barney Fife | | Mayberry, NC | | | |
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I found 23 states will have GOP caucuses and primaries before March 15. By then, it will be easy to pick out the front-runners. I have heard over and over again that there is a "Dinkins Effect" is at work in polling. People will say (to pollsters) they would NEVER vote for a crazy bully like Trump, but in the privacy of the voting booth, they will. In other words, polls cannot be believed, only real votes, and the caucuses make interesting places because they are face to face discussion based, not 'in the privacy of your voting booth' as they will be at primaries. My guess is that Trump will not win in the caucuses but will do much better in the primaries. Then there are those who say Trump is bringing out people who would never vote for anyone else. Others agree, but counter by saying he is turning off so many other voters that could not stand voting for him, even when faced with the other choice of Hil-LIAR-ry. Maybe the best thing to happen would be such a close vote in the GOP primaries that the convention will be a mess! Can't waste a crisis, right? And sometimes, conflict is the best thing to happen because it reveals what the real issues are for people. |
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| 12/26/15 4:01 PM |
| Barney Fife | | Mayberry, NC | | | |
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Oh well, if Franklin leaves the party, there will be one less on the rolls. If they are as smart as the Democrats, they can add a name from the cemetery.I was thinking of the states that have their primaries scheduled for after Super Tuesday in March 2016---by then, so many candidates will be thrown out (electorally speaking) that their ballots will have to be changed. But then, early voting will have started and people may have already voted for a candidate who has become a loser after Super Tuesday. It seems that every month there is a new second place guy in the running. I just wish some real primaries would come
along and simplify things. |
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| 10/18/15 4:00 PM |
| Barney Fife | | Mayberry, NC | | | |
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I am surprised this comes from The Blaze, the website Mormon Glenn Beck operates, and not from the H. Post or another similar liberal-leaning website.
But it will be picked up by Democrat Party operatives like those who work in the "Clinton War Room" as criticism of the Republican candidates.
I can imagine the conversations at upper-class cocktail parties--how can you vote for that Republican nut-case? They don't even accept evolution as established fact!
Then there are the pro-gun, anti-same-sex marriage, anti-immigrant, and pro-life stances to be criticized for.
It actually sounds like they are building a platform that alienates one group after another in the voting electorate.
And, speaking of electorate, did you see the news of the Democrat Party rejecting the voter photo i.d. law in effect in a state in the South? That told me they hold onto their phony votes, because studies have shown that voting turnout was not affected by photo i.d. laws, not even in minority populations.
You need photo i.d. to cash a check and do many other things, so why not for voting? |
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