PSSST! Here's the secret you're avoiding: You stand on the principles of the law, yet piss on the spirit of it. Gandhi said it best: “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.â€
Interesting. Using a devout Hindu's observation to attack a biblical Christian understanding and application of scripture. Next you'll quote Osama Bin Laden's views of Christians for us as an indictment of our faith and understanding.
Such interpretations turn Jesus into a monster only reachable through your principled dictates --- dictates that are stripped of everything Jesus is.
Such ignorance. Biblical Christians do not 'interpret' scripture. People who 'interpret' intend to change the plain meaning of whatever is written. We see that played out in the courts regarding the Constitution each day.
Biblical Christians have understanding, that does not change or need to be interpreted - because we believe what the Word says in the proper context and application in concert with the rest of scripture.
There are modern day Christian Pharisees among us @roamer_1 and several have found a home right here in River City.
ReallY? And which of us have stated that God cannot work with anyone but us? Which of us have said that the laws and precedents of men (church) trump the Law of God?
It was the Pharisees who declared that Jesus had a demon and was "evil" because He did not follow the Traditions of the Elders (cultural Political Correctness if you will), yet like them - you accuse those who abide by and adhere to the plain meaning of scripture to be evil in themselves.
And now you and I have reached another agree to disagree moment. You won't change my mind ... nor will I change yours.
Self-evident for some time now.
Continuing to belittle and insult me will only serve to prove my point: you preach to be better than and to stand in the glory of a spotlight,
He did nothing of the sort. He shone the spotlight of an immovable biblical principle, and you reject it outright. I find it amazing how self-identifying Christians are so eager to stand together with Hindu's, militant atheists and Secularists to castigate biblical moral principles being advocated by those whom are declared to be 'evil' for doing so.