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All sin may be sin. But some are definitely worse than others.

Sleeping together and living off the government isn't on the same level as taking advantage of women and children and enjoying it.

The Israelites were God's wife. They used the exact same excuse to do a million times worse. And what did God do? He sent the Assyrians to enslave them and burn their beloved Jerusalem to the ground.

A job and hierarchy are not the same thing. Our employers have their own master in Heaven. I never said Satan wrote those Scriptures, but he knows his bible too, as evidenced during his tempting Jesus in the desert. He knows how to use Scripture against people and how to twist it for his own...

How arrogant of someone like you to think you are absolutely right, never once thinking you could be wrong. How else do we learn? I do accept these scriptures, and I do believe they were written under the Holy Spirit's inspiration. But the Catholic church taught salvation by works rather than...

I knew you were going to put those in. Too bad. If you read the actual context and the original language, they don't say what they think they say. Nice try though.

And by the way, this whole complementarian BS is why we're so embroiled in scandal. Clearly it's not biblical and does not work. I'll stick with GOD rather than Peter and Paul. A.k.a. the God who made men and women equally and never had any intention to put in any hierarchy of any kind. The one...

Well, I'm sorry to say that I know men and women are different, but we are still equal, no exceptions. I know my Bible pretty darn well on that, and no one's changing my mind. And why would I want to go to an independant cultist (sorry BAPTIST) church given hundreds of them are crawling with...

If anything, those barbaric stories make one seriously wonder why God chose these people to begin with. I get it, it was nothing on their part, it was God's grace. Still, reading those stories knowing that they should know better, it is beyond ridiculous.

And I get it, pastors are busy enough already. But given how huge this "revelation" is, and the fact that these issues have been pushed under the rug now for way too long, the time to address them publicly is long overdue. For one thing, there are stories in the Bible that would shock us...

I actually don't call myself a "Christian" anymore. The word carries way too much baggage. Now I'm a "Christ follower." And if I recall correctly, the word "Christian" was in fact invented by pagans. Before that, we were followers of "the Way." And I know that. If anything it makes me more...

This hasn't happened to me personally. I'm just sick of the constant news of church scandals that's impossible to get away from.

This is one reason why abuse is so widespread in churches. We have a very faulty understanding of forgiveness. The Bible is very clear that repentance must come first, no exceptions.

With that in mind, it's easy to see why Rishda Tarkaan is sent away with Tash. He claimed not to believe in Tash or Aslan, yet he still summoned Tash in a ritual. He claimed that Aslan and Tash were one in the same with the intention of using that excuse to conquer Narnia. And when he found out...

And this is why I love the ending to The Last Battle from the Chronicles of Narnia. Emeth is let into Aslan's Country (Heaven) because even though he was doing good things in the name of Tash, they were still good things regardless. Aslan and Tash are complete opposites to the point where good...

Like I said, there's a difference between needing grace and being utterly depraved. Not all sin is equal. And I'm tired of people telling other people that if we "bash" the church it's like "bashing" someone's wife. BS. I'm gonna tell a man if his wife is cheating on him and ruining other...

There's a difference between acknowledging we're not fallible and using that as an excuse to minimize grave and serious sin.

The Bible seriously disagrees with you. Jesus says we will know them by their fruit. They may say they're Christians, but their actions clearly indicate otherwise.

Yeah well, people tend to deny his existence by doing these things. Real Christians do not rape and murder.

Exactly. People need to be taught that if they mess up, it's on them. If they possess even an ounce of conscience, their missteps will haunt them. Their guilt will gnaw at them. No shortcuts to (self-)forgiveness exist. I also have posted this once before, but I'll do it again here. Someone...