Skyhook79;716276 wrote:http://www.oldpaths.com/archive/davison/roy/allen/1940/divorce.html

DeyDurkie5;716741 wrote:there he is to answer all of your questions!

krambman;714330 wrote:Exactly. I wasn't saying that every denomination claims exclusivity, but that nearly all major religions do. Some denominations do claim exclusivity, but the vast majority of Protestantism does claim that all Christians, be they Protestants, Catholics, or Orthodox, are saved if they believe in Christ.

God doesn't care where you go to church and probably doesn't care if you go to church at all./QUOTE]



I think he cares... on both counts.

Skyhook79;717156 wrote:

God doesn't care where you go to church and probably doesn't care if you go to church at all.

I think he cares... on both counts.

Bigred1995;717171 wrote:And this is based on?

Pick6;717174 wrote:the bible.

Bigred1995;717177 wrote:book & verse(s) please!

Pick6;717182 wrote:I dont have the thing memorized, but I know it says it in there. Im sure somebody will know.

Bigred1995;717189 wrote:That works for me! It's kinda like how i know it says it's okay for people of the same sex to marry! I don't know where it is but, then again, "I dont have the thing memorized, but I know it says it in there. Im sure somebody will know."

Pick6;717197 wrote:except for the fact it doesnt say that.

Bigred1995;717177 wrote:book & verse(s) please!

Bigred1995;717205 wrote:Isn't it funny how I can say the same thing about your claim! The funny thing is, I know that neither of our claims are in the bible, but you're the only one that believes his actually is! You don't read your bible much do you?

Skyhook79;717210 wrote:Hebrews 10:25
Romans 12:5
1 Cor 12:12
1 Cor 12:07
Luke 4:16
Ephesians 5:25

I can give you more if you like.

Pick6;717221 wrote:gotta admit I dont, but I obviously know more than you:


PWNED.

Bigred1995;717265 wrote:Matthew 6:5-8

O-Trap;717293 wrote:Hebrews 10:25 is the one that seems to be the most direct when advising against never gathering for the purpose of building and encouraging other Christians.

Context is always important, though, so it's best to read a verse within the context of the whole.

Oh, here's a fun one : "Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress; let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more." (Proverbs 31:6-7)

Translated properly, this is pretty much saying that we shouldn't try to appeal to the poor (in my opinion, a clearer translation than "perishing") and those in despair to stop getting drunk, as their drunkenness is, many times, still better than the sober recognition of the reality of their lives.

Bigred1995;717305 wrote: I guess Pick 6 ran one in to his own endzone

O-Trap;717311 wrote:Pick6, it's always wise to either know the reference of passages that back up your point, or to be willing to look them up and get back to the person. Sometimes, we even learn a little more about the Bible ourselves.

I ran across something the other day that I'd never noticed before, for example, and I've read the Bible through about six times now. I was reading Job, and I noticed that the term "by the skin of your teeth" was actually coined there.

All that to say, if you're posting on here, and you come across a need for references, it's worth at least Googling for them.

Bigred1995;717315 wrote:Do you know what the funny thing is (well before you so eloquently ruined my plan ) is that 98.8% of people would have recognized verses if I extended it out to (what maybe) 14?

O-Trap;717296 wrote:Yikes! I see quite a bit of this happening in a lot of churches nowadays!

Bigred1995;717434 wrote:Sorry, I went to bed. I mean if I would have included verses 9 - 14 (The Lord's Prayer) they would have recognized the the verse, when they wouldn't have otherwise.