US HIV travel ban lifted today

US HIV travel ban lifted today

Obama says decision was "decision rooted in fear rather than fact".  Should we fear paying high costs for Sodomite healthcare?  If we will be paying for risky behavior, should we have a say on that behavior or just shut up and foot the bill? 

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "HIV isn't a disease reserved for gay people."

Did you believe the heterosexual A.I.D.S. scare when they tried to sell that one to us?

"I think it's a great decision."

Do you think it is a great decision for people who live God-honoring lives to pay for those who don't?  Is it right to steal from the righteous to pay for the wicked?  Are Christian beliefs "rooted in fear"?

"...[T]he 'rooted in fear' part was referring to the fear that surrounds HIV as a virus which comes from a complete lack of understanding on the subject. I don't think it was a direct attack on Christianity. In fact, I don't think the decision has anything to do with Christianity.

Do you think it's government's business to decide whose life honors God more and base its financial decisions on that?
 

I don't think it's government's business to steal from one group of people to give to another group of people. 

Your un-Christian attitude is [rooted in fear].

Fear of God, yes.  Disgust of depraved behavior, that too.

[Government's role]  "I do think that taking in taxes and spending them is [their business]."

Fine.  We need boarder security and potholes fixed.  Anything over ten percent, biblically--is highway robbery.  We most certainly should not be footing the bill for those who engage in risky behavior. 

"Fear of that which is different. A very carnal fear."

The Bible does not describe homosexuality as different.  Cheeses are different.  Homosexuality is forbidden (Lev. 18:22).  Is one "carnal" to agree with God?  You must be nicer than God to be so understanding of depravity.  Explain that to him one day.  In the meantime, God is holy. 

"Your disgust isn't really relevant."

God's disgust is.  He calls homosexuality an abomination (1 Kin. 14:24).  Yet again, you never seem to agree with God; yet claim to possess his spirit.  How would anyone ever know? :idunno:

"I met a lady who had no nose, just a raw red cavity that stank of medicine and faintly of rot. It was disgusting but I didn't allow my disgust to override my civility or my basic belief that all people have an inherent right to life and dignity."

I think I met the same lady.  How wicked of you to compare her tragedy with the decision to act upon homosexual behavior.  I smiled at the woman.  What in God's name is wrong with you?

"Your revulsion for gays doesn't excuse you from acting like a responsible adult, not a cootie-obsessed six-year old."

I'd rather have the faith of a child and trust God's decision-making than to become comfortable with sin (Mt 18:3).  Maybe you love this world system and the depravity of the wicked too much (1 Jn 2:15).   

When do you begin to agree with God in scripture?

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "You know what I think is really depraved? That infant girls are raped in Africa because of a false belief that having sex with a virgin will cure AIDS."

Agreed.  And the solution in Africa is not handing out condoms.  It is sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ and explaining when the fornicate--when they act as God did not intend for them to act they hurt themselves (Jn 10:10).  God's law leads to life.  Breaking God's law leads to death.     

"Do you still believe that only gay people have HIV?"

No.  :rolleyes:  However, HIV is spread more by fornication (including homosexual behavior).  I don't have the stomach to go into the gruesome details (Rom. 1:24, 26, 27).  

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "This means nothing, we are not under the old law of Israel."

I didn't say we were.  God's law today still means something (Mt 5:18).  There is nothing wrong with the law.  There is something wrong with men.

"African AIDS is not spread so much by homosexuals."

That's why I said fornication (which includes homosexuality).  HIV is also spread by sharing drug needles, etc..  Mayor Bloomberg is so brilliant to announce Health Department fliers for heroine users. :hammer:

Response to comment [from a "Christian"]:  "This is America, not Biblicallia. The world wasn't quite as large or as complicated when the tithe was set up."

Great logic.  The size of a population makes stealing ok. 

"Everybody engages in risky behaviour. What about smoking? Eating junk food? How about just not excercising enough? Should the government leap into action and disown pretty much everyone who lives in this nation, themselves included, or are you just trying and failing to restate your agenda is something approaching secular terms?"

Eating a Big Mac and practicing homosexuality are quite different things (Jn 19:11).

"One is carnal to expect the world to care that you agree with what you believe God has said."

You claim to be a Christian.  Other Christians should be able to expect you to act like one (1 Pe 3:8).  

"The world doesn't agree on what God has said so to expect a pat on the head and a cookie, let alone the automatic granting of full moral authority over anyone and everyone is just a wee bit goofy."

A Christian seeks to please God not man (Gal 1:10).  Keep your cookies.  I wouldn't assume they were made with clean hands.

[Explain view of homosexuality to God one day] "Perhaps He can explain it to you."

He has (Lev. 18:22).  Some care what God has to say.

"If you think that your own sin, if it weren't covered by Him, would disgust Him any less you are stuck in self-righteousness."

That's true.  That does not permit you commit high-handed sin (Ro 6:1).  You are an apologist for homosexuality not Christianity.

[How would one know you are a Christian]  "Not by how loudly I chant "kill the fags", that's for sure..."

Who said to say that?  We are to love the homosexual.  That means telling him the truth not holding his hand to the gate of hell.

See:

Our Rainbow  http://vananne.com/ourrainbow

"[P]ersonal revulsion shouldn't be an issue in our dealings with others."

If you are not disgusted by homosexual behavior, you are abnormal.  Christ can deliver men and women from the sin of homosexuality (Jn 8:36).

"We don't have to let our feelings override our compassion or our respect for someone else as a human being."

We don't condone behavior that God calls wicked (1 Kin. 14:24).  Being of the left, you are all about "feelings".  Emotionalism and ritualism will not save a person.  People need the truth of the gospel.  Your apathy is hatred.

[What in God's name is wrong with you?] "...[Y]ou seem to be obsessing..."

We know that we know God when we keep his commandments (1 Jn 2:3).   "He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him (1 Jn 2:3-4)."  A sailor would "sail the stars".  He could get tired and fall asleep and blow off course, but he'll wake up and recognize it and get back on course.  A Christians desires to keep God's commandments.  If you have no desire to keep his commandments, you are not saved.  One of the birthmarks of a Christian is living by God's commandments.  Why would you call Jesus "Lord, Lord" when you don't give a damn what he says?  (Rogers, Lk 6:46).

You do not have a biblical worldview.  You do not promote godly values.  

"I agree with Him [God] in all my heart, mind, and soul. What we disagree on is interpretation."

Sounds like lip service.  You may agree with a god but it does not sound like the God of scripture.

Response to comment [from]:  "[Y]eah, condoms won't help at all...."

The only safe sex is sex within marriage.  That is God's plan--the best plan.  When God says "Don't do it." He means "Don't hurt yourself." (A. Rogers).

"Let's also not forget transmission by blood contact, mother to baby, unfaithful partners etc...."

Right.  That's why I said "etc.".  If all fornication stopped, A.I.D.S. would end.  Obama won't offer that at the A.I.D.S. awareness campaign coming to the U.S.  He wants us to appear "tolerant" by lifting the ban--but that will never include "tolerance" for Christian values.

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "Can you judge them all? Oh wait, you just did."

Christians are to open their mouths and judge rightly (Prov 31:9).

"I certainly hope that you know that hearts of all those infected with HIV."

Did I say I know men's hearts? 

"I am sincerely sorry that you may have to pay via government for the health care of poor AIDS babies... oh wait, no I'm not."

Stealing prevents fornication? 

Response to comment [from a Satanist]:  "[S]ome people either never will learn..."

Mirror moment (25,000 posts later).  Jn 3:16.

Response to comment [from a "Christian"]:  "The world is a more expensive, complex place than it was several thousand years ago."

New morality is just.  Right and wrong remain the same.  Right and wrong are defined by God's word (that book Christians trust and obey ).

[Big Mac vs. Sodomite behavior]  "...[E]xplain why a secular government should intervene in one risky behaviour but not another."

Laws come from God.  The laws of a land reflect its values.  Our nation was founded in Judeo-Christian values.  I know those values rub you the wrong way.  What man calls "diversity" God calls "perversity".  Homosexuality is a crime against God and against nature (Rom. 1:24, 26, 27).  How many more days will you side with the Sodomite over God while you call yourself a Christian?

[Claiming to be a Christian]  "What does that mean to you? When I think of behaving as a follower of Christ bashing gays doesn't even make the list."

Who bashes gays?  I give out the word of God.  

"Your attitude toward the word of God is your attitude toward Jesus (Ps 37:4)." David Jeremiah

"A Christian seeks to bring comfort and love to his neighbors and show God's grace by example."

Comfort-god.  Love is telling the truth.  Hatred is concealing it (Prov 27:5, Ro 1:16).

"I stand for the liberty and dignity of the individual..."

Homosexuality is very dignified.  :vomit: 

How kind of you to preach "liberty" when the homosexual is in bondage (Jn 8:34); "dignity" when his end is hell (1 Cor 6:9).  You lie to the homosexual (1 Cor 6:9).  You do not have his best interest in mind.  You are a coward at best and a devil at worst. 

Freedom is not doing what you want, it is doing what you ought (Rogers).

"You can't make someone accept Christ."

By all means point him in the wrong direction.  One who has humbled himself before the Lord does an about-face.  He turns toward God and his teaching not away from it.  He used to run toward sin, now he runs from it.  This is one way we know believer from the make-believer (1 Jn 2:4).

[Being of the left, you are all about "feelings".]  "You have no idea how wrong you are..."

Liberals were wrong about affirmative action.  It doesn't matter.  Liberals were wrong about heterosexual A.I.D.S..  It doesn't matter.  Liberals were wrong about global warming.  It doesn't matter.  Being on the left means never having to say you are sorry (Prager).  Try to move beyond stage-one thinking (Sowell) and consider the consequences of your ideas (Eccl 10:2).  

See:

Liberals and their child-like views  by Dennis Prager

"That's the thing about stereotypes. They will eventually make you look like a first-class dope."

I love stereotypes.   If you cannot recognize patterns in the world, you cannot have wisdom.

"I am here arguing for their rights."

Of course you are.  You've taken a stand against God (Lev. 18:22, Mt 16:23).  It is no small thing to become a Christian and then be nothing in the world.  You work wood, hay and straw (McGee, 1 Cor 3:12).  Everyone will know it one day.

"If salvation were as simple as keeping the commandments, we wouldn't need Christ in the first place."

We can't keep the commandments.  Christ working in us can.  We don't wink at sin.    

"I believe in evolution..."

Of course you do (Ge 1:1).

"...and the right of gay people to be gay people."

Of course you do (1 Cor 6:9).

"If that's what you think Christianity is about you are selling your faith waaaaaaay short..."

I have no doubt that you know the faith.  The demons know this and shudder (Jas 2:19).  You do not walk in the faith (2 Cor 13:5).

"If you have a talking faith that is not a walking faith, you have a mocking faith." ~ Jim Andrews

[Lip service]  "You wouldn't know, would you?"

Two people know your heart--you and God.  We only have a glimpse into it.  You reveal who you are by your compromise with evil

Humble yourself and ask God to reveal himself to you.  His spirit does not disagree with his word (Ro 8:9, Ps. 119:133).  What comes out of your mind and heart is not of him.

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "...[I]n places like Africa where AIDS is a massive problem, simply preaching the gospel isn't going to fix the problem."

It would make all the difference in the world (Heb 4:12). 

"They need education, condoms, medical treatment etc as well."

This is what I tell my daughter--"You're going to do heroine, so here's a clean needle. Knock yourself out."

"You're going to stop everyone having sex? Good luck with that..."

As I said, forget the whole gospel of Jesus Christ thing.  The liberal's plan is better:  Sex, drugs and rock 'n roll. Make love not war.   I love liberal legacies.  Woman should not be beautiful like Eve (Prov 31), they should not be bald and act like men to be of value [Enyart].  Man's way is always best (Jn 10:10).

"Are you intolerant of everyone with HIV."

Should a child who has been the victim of fornication in his land who has now become infected with HIV be able to fly on an airplane to receive medical help?  Sure.  I did not say otherwise.  Should we share the gospel of Jesus Christ, encouraging people not to fornicate so that they can live? (Jn 10:10).  Yes.  That's a good idea (Mt 16:15).  

"...or just the ones who contracted it by homosexual encounters?"

Fornication (heterosexual or homosexual) is wrong.  You would not tow a boat with a Cadillac.  Neither should men and women use their bodies in way that they were not made for (1 Cor 6:18, Ge 5:2, Ge 2:24).

"Should we be intolerant to the child who contracted HIV from her Mother's breast milk? Or the woman who has HIV cause her husband slept around? What about the nurse who pricked her finger while caring for an AIDS patient?"

We should minister to people who need care.  Cleaning up after the mess that liberals leave in their wake is a large part of what Christians do [Enyart]. 

See:

What Christianity Has Done for the World

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "[P]lead the cause of the poor and needy, who are served in large part by the thing you seem hell bent on calling theft, though you have absolutely no Biblical or secular backing for that call...come on SD."

Ten percent and even that was voluntary (1Sa 8:15,17,Ge 14:20; Heb 7:6, Ge 28:22).  Life was good under God's rule and reign.  Life will be good again (Re 1:7).

"When a lawfully authorized agent of the government requires you to pay a certain percentage of your income in taxes it isn't theft and calling it that only paints every other opinion you offer in an unreasonable light."

Governments often act against God's law.  An example of this is that large, white residence on Pennsylvania Avenue.

[Judgement] "...the first to breath fire when the Pope does it once in a blue moon."

I don't breathe fire when the Pope speaks.  He might

See:

No Papal Authority

"I think it is consistent with Christian belief to say that a practice is immoral but peculiar to fail to mention that every sin will separate us from God absent repentance and the grace of Jesus Christ."

That would be peculiar.  Homosexuality is one sin among many.  But it is sin.  Because there are many other sins, should we fail to address this one?  (1 Cor 6:9).  Trust me--I would love nothing more than to never have to discuss homosexuality again.

"...[S]o few threads on gluttony or avarice or pride."

Start one.   I can more easily discuss too many Big Macs.  We don't know exactly how God ranks sin (Jn 19:11) but we can have a good idea because he gave us a nausea response. 

We are not to sympathize with evil (Lev 10:1-6).

Response to comment [from a Satanist]:  "Careful, TH! Queers are easy to go after because they're a minority. Start gunning for the greedy and the fat in this country and they'll run you out of town on a rail."

Tolerance applies to all but the Christian, right Graniteheart?

"Your ignorance and lack of understanding on the subject along with a lack of compassion isn't doing you any favours..."

Here they come out of the woodwork One does not have to roll in the mud to understand a pig.  Time to clean up and go the Father's house (Luke 15:11–32).  The pig returns to the mud.  He was never a Son.

Response to comment [from a Satanist]:  "SD, do you have a single original thought in your head...?"

Do you?  (Jn 8:44). 

"Yes, everybody, that's a rhetorical question."

Your fan bases is slithering (Ge 3:1).

Response to comment [from a "Christian"]:  "[I]t's about the freedom to live."

"Freedom is not about doing what you want; it's about doing what you ought." ~ Adrian Rogers

Except the homosexual lifestyle leads to death.

See:

The Homosexual Lifestyle: It's No White Picket Fence

"As long as bigots like you..."

Your day is not complete, until you call a conservative one the liberal's six favorite names:  sexist, Islamophobe, xenophobe, homophobe, racist, bigot (Prager).

We are one race--the human race (Ac 17:26)--a truth you rejected, remember?  

See:

Darwin's Plantation: Evolution's Racist Roots

Alinsky's Rule number 12:  "Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it and polarize it."  We know your playbook.  You libs never learn.  Ad hominems do not strengthen your argument.

"[S]ide with the Pharisees."

[T]he Pharisees were offended by Jesus' teaching.  Wouldn't that more appropriately describe you, the homosexual apologist?  (Mt 15:12; 21:45; Lu 16:14).

"The Word is for salvation, not oppression."

The homosexual is not oppressed? (Jn 8:34).  

"[Y]ou treat [the word of God]...like a set of shackles to be put onto people..."

The word of God does not enslave (Jn 8:36).

"[H]atred is filled with demands."

"Love is hatred to those who hate the truth [Enyart]."

"You offer nothing but more bondage..."

I offer the word of God which is freedom (Jn 8:36).  You stand for what God stands against (Mt 12:30).

"God doesn't force Himself on others, He respects human dignity."

God doesn't force himself on others.  He is healthy [Enyart].  God does not respect homosexuality (Lev. 18:22).  It is undignified.  He warns people and gives them every last opportunity to repent and live (Eze 18:30-32; Ac 17:30).  There is forgiveness and hope in Christ.

"[W]ho wants to see that they live with the effects of living a double-life until the stress makes people flip out like that guy with the meth and the gay prostitutes down in the Springs?"

The homosexual lifestyle does not lead to good things.  Perhaps you see it is not all about love.  A homosexual does not love his "partner".  He is using him (Ro 1:27).

"Do you know what horrible things have been done to people in the name of sexual conformity?"

Men are to act as they were born (Deut 22:5).  This is the healthiest course.  What God says leads to live, what the liberal says leads to death (Jn 10:10).

"[Y]ou have the nerve to say that I don't have their best interest at heart?"

That's correct.  Right and wrong are defined by God.  Like a good liberal, you probably trust your heart, failing to realize that it is wicked (Jer 17:9).  Trust that God knows right from wrong.  Where you and God differ, you are wrong not him.

"I acknowledging his right, as a free adult, to live as he chooses."

Which is apathetic.  Christians care enough about the homosexual to tell him the truth (Pr 27:5).  "Homosexuals, like heterosexuals who commit fornication are guilty before God (Enyart)."  

God does not change (Mal 3:6).  The Bible has made it abundantly clear that homosexuality is sin (Lev. 18:22, 1 Cor 6:9).

"You don't hate gays enough- we don't want you in our clubhouse."

Who said this?  Formerly-gay men attend our church.  "Going to the Lord daily can cure the homosexual (J. Vernon McGee)."

"It isn't illegal to be gay..."

Homosexuality was a crime for 3500 years.  New morality does not cover up old sin (Nu 32:23). 

See: 

Judaism's Sexual Revolution: Why Judaism (and then Christianity) Rejected Homosexuality by Dennis Prager

"[Y]ou allow carnal revulsion to override your compassion."

What you call "compassion" I call apathy (a form of hatred [Enyart]).  Pr 27:5.

Response to comment [from a Satanist]: "[T]here's no need for the ban and it's an archaic holdover from a more ignorant decade."

I agree with you.  Fear was the main point.  Obama said the "decision [was] rooted in fear rather than fact".  We are able to take universal precautions to safely transport infected people.  I'm more fearful of the planned destruction of this nation.  As someone said, "You can't have a welfare state and open boarders."    

A father has two sons.  The first works hard and earns a decent income.  The second is a free-loader and won't get off the couch.  The father takes from the successful son and gives to the unsuccessful son.  Eventually, both sons give up. 

The Bible says if a man is unwilling to work, he will starve (Pr 19:15).  Successful people who obey God's laws and do all that they can do to lead a healthy life (Jn 10:10) will subsidize those who don't.  This is theft.

The liberal knows intuitively that he cannot care for himself so he puts the burden on another.  Conservatives value liberty.  Liberals value equality.  The former is American.  The latter in European.  

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "I agree that hearing the gospel is vital. However, simply saying to someone, 'you need to give your life to Jesus and stop sinning' isn't really going to fix anything if the person is too deep within their own sickness (sin) to hear it."

You give out the word of God.  What people do with it is their business. 

Tax dollar should not be spent buying condoms for fornicators.  Later in life when they've over-porned themselves and lost their God-given ability to bond, are we to buy them little blue pills as well?    Sexual sin leads to: defilement (Lev. 18:22–28), destruction 1 Cor. 5:1–5, and death (Lev. 20:13–16).  You're not going to be successful subsiding the natural consequences of rebellion toward God. 

"The problem is so wide spread and so deeply entrenched, it will take a whole lot more than just preaching the gospel to solve the problem. Honestly...get your head out of the Bible and take a look around, man."

Look around and see what following man's way leads to (Matt. 15:19, Jn 10:10).  The world perverts and inverts the word of God.

"Can married people still fornicate? Is that ok?"

Sexual love in marriage is good and holy (Gen. 1:27, 28; Gen. 2:24, 25, Prov. 5:15–20). 

"[W]e need to minister to those who need it....not fire and brimstone their butt to hell."

"I'd rather be called cruel for being kind than be called kind for being cruel (Robert Lee)."

"And certainly not 'pick and choose' who needs our care and ministry."

We spending out time cleaning up after liberals (Enyart).

Response to comment [from other]:  "Nobody can be a 'true Christian' unless they share your pompous piety and be right wing."

It doesn't matter what I think (Ga 4:16).  It matter what God says.  Truth is truth independent from me (Enyart).

"Your stupid little assertions about liberals underline that yet more along with your silly little insults."

Liberals promote lies and lies are dangerous.

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  [Woodwork]  "You don't really sound like a Christian."

What is a Christian supposed to sound like?  (Mark 6:17, 18). 

Whenever there is a homosexuality thread, the atheists and agnostics come out of the woodwork.  ToL is cleaner than most debate sites, but it is a recognizable pattern.  Obviously those in rebellion toward God act depraved (1 Cor 6:9).

"[Y]ou decide who is worthy?"

No one is worthy of God's love and mercy (Ro 3:12).  That is why his offer of forgiveness is so extraordinary (Ro 5:8).

"What if I decide, because of your peremptory tone and incivility and parochialism that you are not worthy of my concern and my nurture and a portion of those services which my tax dollars provide? You owe some apologies for your rude and hateful comments. I am surprised at you!"

I'd be so devastated--I'd run into a hole and hide (1 Thes 4:1).

"Health care workers...Our jobs do not require that we stop to judge the worthiness of the patient for treatment."

I would never accuse you of judging anything (Pr 31:9).  You're too nice for that.  No one is worthy of Christ (Ro 3:12).  He is merciful (Ro 5:8).

Do-gooders -- if they'd only do good. ~ J. Vernon McGee

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "Why are you ducking me all of the sudden, SD?"

Where?    Are you sure?  I'm sorry if I did.  I always enjoy speaking with you TH.

A few housekeeping items:  I search for that little yellow dot (in the hybrid view) and it seems when I refresh my screen sometimes it disappears and I miss a new post.   I'm not as tech-saavy as you all.

I'm not dis'ing you TH.  I'm givin' you your props.

"[W]ith respect to Enyart and Lee, why should their thoughts on a thing be more relevant than yours or mine?"

I like them so I quote them and try to remember to credit them with the thought or idea.  I also quote people who I disagree with like Dennis Prager.  Even a broken clock is right twice a day. 

I don't think their thoughts are more important than yours or mine.  I think a new born Christian often has more wisdom that an old, crotchety God-hater.  I think of that murder-suicide Arian-nation man at the holocaust museum who just died in prison.  They still say "alleged".   A whole life lived and he learned nothing. What a vile human being.

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "Still stuck on the difference between sin and crime?"

Still stuck on stupid?  (Eccl 10:2). :hammer:

Sin is the transgression of God's law (1Jo 3:4).  Transgression of God's law is a crime.  Laws come from God not man.  This nation was founded on Judeo-Christians values.  Our governing document, The Constitution, reflects this reality. 

Liberals call The Constitution "living and breathing" so that they can distort and pervert the intent of the founders.  They try to reinvent history.  Why?  Pride and rebellion--do anything and everything to create a world without God.  Pride is believing that you can life without him.

[Ad hominem]

Answering equally to you (serpent:duh:), focusing on issues not people.  Do you need a review of your absurd, ongoing personal attacks on Ken Ham? 

See:

Ardi

Waskily

"[Y]ou don't have the right to force someone to stop being gay because you believe it is sinful."

Do you believe I image that I can force someone to stop being gay?  I don't have that scrubbing-bubble ability.  God does (Jn 8:36). 

"Human right of self-determination?"

We have the right to obey.  People go to hell if that is what they want (Lu 16:23).   

"[H]ow far you are willing to go to demonize homosexuals."

Homosexual behavior is sinful (Lev. 18:22).  Sharing that truth with the homosexual is loving (Prov 27:5). 

"Perhaps you hadn't noticed- this is the world." 

The world system (1 Jn 2:16).  You fit right in.

"Why do you keep bringing these people up [Enyart, McGee, Rogers, etc.] as though their words had some great weight?"

The reader with ears to hear may want to listen to them.  For those who do not projectile vomit and spin their head when hearing a Bible verse...

Denver Radio Recommendations:

7:00 am "Love Worth Finding" Adrian Rogers 670 am KLTT

8:00 am "Thru the Bible" J. Vernon McGee 670 am KLTT (or OnePlace.com)

8:30 am "In Touch" Charles Stanley 94.7 fm KRKS (or OnePlace.com)

9:00 am "Grace to You" John MacArthur 94.7 fm KRKS (or KRKS.com)

9:30 am "The Final Word" Jim Andrews 94.7 fm KRKS (or KRKS.com)

10:00 am "Food for Your Soul" Darrell Ferguson 560 am KLZ

10:30 am "Back to the Bible" Woodrow Kroll 94.7 KRKS (or KRKS.com)

11:00 am "Leading the Way" Michael Youssef 94.7 KRKS (or OnePlace.com)

1:30 pm "Born to Win" Ronald L. Dart 670 am KLTT

2:00 pm "News & Views" Larry Bates & Chuck Bates 670 am KLTT

3:00 pm "Bob Enyart Live" 670 am KLTT

4:00 pm "Crosswalk" Gino Geraci 94.7 KRKS (or KRKS.com)

6:00 pm "Adventures in Odyssey" Whit & the Gang" Whit & the Gang 990 am KRKS (or KRKS.com)

Response to comment [from other]:  "...[Y]our screwed opinion we are not a Christian Theocracy."

It's coming (Lk 21:27).  Man has proven he cannot rule and reign.  Tick...tick...tick...

"Noah went into the ark a minority.  He came out a majority (Adrienne Rogers)."

"Our Laws are decided upon by a consensus of men, not your god."

No good either (Ex 23:2).

"[T]he Constitution."

Read the Declaration of Independence and see the many references to God.  Why do you think that is?  The Constitution is our governing document.  It supports it.   

"[H]ow does it feel to be so wrong so often?

Response to comment [from a "Christian"]:  "Our secular government..."

Don't buy it.  It is what you , who still smell like you are wearing your grave clothing want , but not the rest of us.  Our nation was founded on Judeo-Christian values.  Liberals try to change history but the fact remains.

See:

Faith of Our Founding Fathers

"While conservatives call it "dead and rotting"?"

One of yours is in charge presently.  He isn't the first.  He won't be the last. 

See:

Nimrod, the First Democrat (Enyart)

Certainly we are headed downward, but revival is always possible.  Either way, God is in control and we occupy until his return (Lk 19:13).     

"You are talking to me, not "liberals".  And I am talking to you, not Enyart, Prager, Roberts, AIG, or whoever else."

I quote them because they make good points.  

[Pride and rebellion]  "And stupid is pretending that you can understand everyone else's motivations better than they themselves do."

It's pretty obvious.  Pride is hatred toward God (Pr 6:16,17; 16:5) and Christ (Pr 8:12,13).  It leads to defilement (Mr 7:20,22).

"Particularly when it is YOU are rewriting history, trying to make some absurd leap from being Christian (most of them)..."

All signers of the Declaration of Independence were Christian in some form (Levine). 

"...to writing Christianity into The Constitution."

The Constitution is the governing document of our nation.  It supports the Declaration of Independence. 

"Those aren't personal attacks..."

Like what?  Serpent ?  Like attacking Ken Ham and every scientist on his site?  If you'd like to remain willfully ignorant that's your business. 

"Ken Ham's difficulties with science are very well-documented."

Don't let facts get in the way.  Sure, all the Christians I know promote evolution and homosexuality.

[Right to obey] "...right to disobey."

At least you're consistent.  We prefer leftist who are hypocrites (Enyart).  At least they'll make good decisions once in a while from the remnant of their conscience that remains.  Inevitably, they beat it back down again (1 Ti 4:2).   

"[P]eople have the right, and the responsibility to make certain decisions for themselves..."

That's right.  Decisions matter.  Those who care about others tell the truth (Pr 27:5).  Those on the left are governed by emotion (Eccl 10:2).  Those on the right are governed by godly principles.    

"Surely you can see the difference between telling someone that their behaviour is not pleasing to God and working that belief into a legal system and forcing them to follow those beliefs regardless of their own?  Surely you're not that thick-skulled?"

Surely you can't be serious that we should give our country over to god-haters.  Christians prefer God's rule and reign.  Devils try to drag us down into their pit of hell and we fight them.  A liberal comes to kill, steal, or destroy (Jn 10:10) and we come to stop them.

"If it weren't for the Bible verses I wouldn't be able to tell you apart from a Jew or a Muslim."

That's because you are hard of hearing (Mt 11:15).  "Whoever is not being a friend of God is being an enemy of mine." --Jim Andrews

Response to comment [from a "Christian"]:  "Whining won't change the facts. Our government is secular..."Values" are not "laws"."

Good values escape you (Deut 28).  

[Nimrod, the first Democrat (Enyart)] "For someone who cries "ad hom" like the boy who cried wolf you sure do like using them yourself."

This what is called a fact not an ad hominem.  

Recommended Reading: 

Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning by Jonah Goldberg

"Good sense escapes you. There is a big difference between personal values and government policy."

The laws of a nation describe who a people are.  The reason we became the greatest nation in the world is because of our Judeo-Christian founding.  God's hand of providence was on us (Deut 28).  It is a Christian land that gave you the freedom you enjoy now.  It is because of Christians that men have been able to worship freely. 

Laws come from God.  It is for man to discover them (Enyart).  If a nation observes God's commandments and his statutes, they are blessed (Deut 28:1).  If they depart from them they will be cursed (Deut 28:15).

"Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people (Pr 14:34)."

Too bad you do not agree with God on the exceeding sinfulness of sin (MacArthur).  Fornication (including homosexuality) is sin.  Our laws should reflect God's truth.    

We cannot create laws--civil, laws of science, etc.  We can only discover them.  When we add to or remove from God's laws, it is to our own peril (Rev. 22:18, 19).  Right and wrong are not decided by popular opinion (Ex 23:2).   Enyart (8 Jan 10, kgov.com).   

"That is a biased and silly opinion used in place of argument. That's an ad hom.  Recommended reading:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem."

Move over Sophocles (Ingraham).   From Nimrod, through the centuries, to Mussolini, to Hitler, to present, leftists think and act the same. 

Recommended Reading: 

Nimrod

Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning by Jonah Goldberg

An ad hominem is a personal attack (leftist's favorites are: sexist, Islamophobe, xenophobe, homophobe, racist, bigot [Prager].) Offering that leftists think act the same historically is a truth claim.

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "Are there still bans in place for other diseases?"

Airline's SOC (System Operations Control Center) evaluate medical conditions and determine whether a person is fit to fly.  Some travelers are rejected for communicable diseases.  If someone has a funky open wound of some sort that looks suspicious, it would be wise to advise the crew.  

In my opinion, airlines not government, should determine who flies.  An airline who invests millions of dollars on equipment and personnel should be able to accept or reject people including high-risk Muslims.  C.A.I.R. won't allow this of course.  They flash the PC card and we bow.   

Do you like my "Infidel Air" concept?  Would you fly friendlier skies where people could bring on snow globes and dreidels again?  Where britches are britches not bombs?  We're going to be big.

Response to comment [from other]: "Honestly, do you really think they [our founders] would kill to separate from a theonomy merely to create another? Do you honestly think the would not go to great pains to ensure that that would not happen here?"

"The issue of the separation of church and state is one that has prompted much debate. In spite of the rhetoric common to revisionist historians, our founding fathers did not seek to eradicate religion in America. Indeed, an overwhelming majority of those who signed the Declaration of Independence counted themselves as men of faith. It may come as a surprise, then, for many to learn that nowhere in the Constitution do the words “separation of church and state” appear. It simply is not there. The idea of church/state separation came from a letter penned by Thomas Jefferson. Again, contrary to the nonsensical propaganda from the revisionists, Jefferson’s cause was to protect religious liberties from an intrusive government! In no way did Jefferson or any of the other framers of the U.S. Constitution seek to restrict Americans’ religious activities.

We live in a democracy rather than a theocracy—and for good reason. State-sanctioned churches become puppets of the government. Under such circumstances, the edicts of fallible man take precedence over the inspired teachings of Scripture. When the state heads the church, the integrity of the Gospel is all too easily compromised. Likewise, civil servants living on tax dollars are unfit for serving as pastors, for their loyalties are divided between the One who calls them and the other who feeds them. Such compromises do not belong in the pulpit. Let the government build roads and let Christ build His church..." Full text:  How should a Christian view the separation of church and state?  http://www.gotquestions.org/separation-church-state.html

Also see: 

Is the United States a Christian nation?

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "...[E]quality before the law is the foundation of liberty."

Patrick Henry did not say "Give me equality or give me death."  He said "Give me liberty or give me death."  Should people receive equal justice in court?  Yes (Jer 21:12, Jas 2:1-13).  Our laws are based on the Bible.  Should we feel entitled to take other's earnings?  No (Ex 20:17).  Covetousness is a characteristic of the wicked (Ro 1:29) and slothful (Pr 21:26).  It is commended by the wicked alone (Ps 10:3).  Torrey, R. (1995, c1897). The new topical text book : A scriptural text book for the use of ministers, teachers, and all Christian workers. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos research Systems, Inc.

Response to comment [from a Satanist]:  "You went from lifting a travel ban to the destruction of your country?  Instead of trying to write a speech whenever you post, how about you stay on topic and respond to what people actually say?"

We know Graniteheart, you hate when others go off subject.  We go where the wind blows (Jn 3:8).  Those who know freedom know this. 

Are you still claiming to be joyful today?  You and your mimosas and biting the heads off rats?  I doubt it. 

Someone said:  Joy is the flag that is flown in the heart when the master is in residence.

Response to comment [from other]:  "Fear brought on by hate, intolerance, and purposeful misinformation that has only gone to help spread the disease."

Do you mean fear brought on primarily due to fornication (e.g. Africa).  Africa is dying.  They need the gospel of Jesus Christ not condoms. 

"Screw the heteroes and children with the disease..."

We discussed treatment and the flying public in the thread.  I don't think we settled on "forget those infected".  In fact, I think we agreed that Christians often have to tend to people who believed liberal lies in the first place (e.g. "Wear a condom and be happy while you dishonor God and your own body (1 Cor. 6:18).

"...they're only collateral damage in your War on Gay, after all."

Homosexuals contribute to the battle.  You don't fight a disease by spreading more bacteria and body fluids.    You stop fornicating to stop the spread of HIV and other venereal diseases. 

Response to comment [from other]:  "It is a no brainer to understand perfectly that one cannot have a freedom of religion without freedom from religion."

Good choice.   That is what Jesus came to do.  The law was nailed to the cross (Col 2:14).  Christianity is not so much a religion as it is a person. You'll be repenting of your wickedness now? (Eze 18:30-32; Ac 17:30).

Response to comment [from other]:  "Can two, disease-free, monogamous homosexuals give one another AIDS or any other STD?"

TMI.   Consult a physician with a strong stomach. Better yet--go to Christ, the Great Physician (Lk. 5:12-15). All that God says leads to life (Jn 10:10).  

All that God says leads to life (Jn 10:10). All that you have in mind (Mt 15:19, Rom. 1:24, 26) leads to death (Ro 1:27, 1 Cor 6:9, 18).

Response to comment [from other]:  "So now Christianity "isn't a religion"?"

You wanted freedom from religion.  That is trust in Christ (Jn 8:36).

"Is that the newest manner in which you people are going to try and force religion back into school and government, by claiming it isn't a religion?"

We aren't large in numbers (Mt 7:14) and we don't use trickery (2Co 4:2; 1Th 2:3).  We tell the truth (Joh 17:17, Zec 8:16; Eph 4:25). 

"It never fails to amaze me he pure amount of twisting you people have to do to justify your religion."

So you've met make-believers (Ro 1:29) not believers. 

"Still waiting for you to prove your "Christian Nation"..."

It's coming (Mk 13:26).   Tick...tick...tick...

Response to comment [from other]:  "I want freedom of religion, just like our Founders did."

We want the same thing.  Christians have got it.  You need it (Jn 14:6, Jn 8:36). 

"I asked a simple question and got a non-answer in return."

People disappoint.  God doesn't.  Keep asking (Mt 7:7).

As one woman said, Christians should all wear a t-shirt "I'm not doing my best."  God isn't finished with us. 

"You want to impose your religion onto everyone else, as evidenced by your bible quote spamming."

Response to comment [from other]:  "This is a theology forum.  Did you want to discuss recipes?" 

Jesus--you can build on him or stumble on him. He'll be a stepping stone or stumbling stone (1 Cor 1:23, Ps 18:2, Luke 20:18). ~ Adrian Rogers

"Already debunked your revisionist site on another thread."

Alleged certainty fallacy. 

"[S]ome are now claiming that Christianity is not a religion..."

Good job Peter Jennings. "Who are these Evangelicals?" 

Response to comment [from a Satanist]:  [Quote:  "Christianity is not so much a religion as it is a person."]  "It's hands-down dumbest thing a Christian could say about their faith."

Spoken like a devil. You thought that you got to claim the "Freedom from Religion" banner?  (Col 2:14). 

Response to comment [from a "Christian"]:  "Enjoying your revisionism? And you have the gall to accuse liberals of trying to rewrite history?"

Love your seminar posts.   Your same arguments are on all the atheist sites. :yawn:  People love to belief lies (Eze 13:19). :idunno:

"National prosperity is not rooted in national faith."

Forget that whole history of the world thing.

"Cyrus King of Persia, The Closing of The Golden Gate, The Destruction of Tyre, The Doom of Edom (Petra), The Flourishing of The Desert In Palestine, The Succession of Great World Kingdoms, The Rise and Fall Of The Empires and The Dating of Daniel, The Return Of Israel To The Land..."  Full text:  Prophecies

"..In [Daniel's] dream he saw a ram with two horns which trampled the whole earth. Then a goat with one large horn came and trampled the ram into the ground. At the height of his power the goat's large horn was broken off and replaced by four other horns. Out of one of these horns comes a little horn that extends itself toward the south and the east, including the Beautiful Land, i.e. the Jewish nation. This little horn which grows large interrupts the religious worship in the Jewish nation.

Again, although this is pretty figurative language, we are not free to interpret it anyway we please because Daniel himself tells us what it all stands for, and that interpretation is the core of Daniel's prophecy. Daniel explicitly states that the two-horned ram represents the Medio/Persian Empire. The fact that one horn is larger than the other signifies that in the Medio/Persian coalition, Persia became the dominant partner. Daniel then tells us that the goat is Greece, and the large horn is the first king. This king conquers the Medio/Persian Empire. We already know from our previous discussions that this large horn is Alexander the Great. Daniel goes on to tells us that four kings will replace Alexander, and this is exactly what history tells us too. Alexander the Great died of natural causes in 323 B.C. at the very early age of 32, at the height of his power. Alexander's son did not get to take over his father's kingdom so Alexander's four top generals split the kingdom among themselves. These four generals are, of course, the four subsequent horns. Alexander's kingdom was divided as follows: Lysimachus received Thrace and Bithynia; Cassander received Macedonia and Greece; Seleucus received Syria and Babylon; and Ptolemy received Egypt, Palestine, and Arabia. Out of Alexander's one, great, kingdom came these four kings and kingdoms, none of which was ever as great as Alexander or his kingdom. Now the four parts were not really equal. As we shall see two of the kingdoms became greater than the others became and continuously warred with each other to control the whole empire which had once been Alexander's. The two dominant kingdoms that emerged were the southern kingdom, Egypt, and the Northern Kingdom, Syria.

Daniel's prophecy goes on to tell us that a subsequent ruler of the northern kingdom, Syria, will extend its way to the south and east, and will also invade the Jewish nation. The prophecy also says that this king will not only fight against and conquer the Jewish nation, but he will stop the religious practices and worship in the city of Jerusalem. Finally, the prophecy says that this king will die, but not by human hands. What does all of this mean, and how does it compare to the historical record?

History tells us that one of the subsequent kings of Syria was called Antiochus Epiphanes IV, and he was a very ambitious and cruel person. Indeed, Antiochus did try to enlarge his kingdom by conquering the southern kingdom of Egypt. In fact, he attacked Egypt several times, but he was never successful. He finally ended up venting his frustration against the Jewish nation and the city of Jerusalem. Antiochus did invade Jerusalem and put a stop to the Jewish worship in Jerusalem in 168 B.C. In fact, Antiochus insisted that the Jews stop worshipping their God and worship him instead! Antiochus' oppression of the Jewish nation lasted just over six years. Eventually the oppression was so cruel that the Jews revolted and ran the Syrians out of their land. The fact that the oppression lasted just over six years is interesting because Daniel prophesies that the oppression will last 2,300 evenings and mornings. 2,300 evenings and mornings are of course, 2,300 twenty-four hour days, and 2,300 days is just over six years. So once again Daniel's prophecy is accurate even down to the detail of time! One final note on Antiochus. Antiochus did not die in battle, and he was not assassinated. He did not die by human hands. He died from a disease just as Daniel had foretold..."  Full text:   Daniel's Amazing Prophecies

Oh sure.  It's a great idea to stand against God (Deut 28).

[Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people (Pr 14:34).]  "[W]hy should our laws, the laws of a representative democratic republic, reflect the views of one minority?"

One with God is a majority.

"Do all Americans agree on what God's Truth is?"

We don't decide right and wrong by popular opinion.  The masses are evil (Ex 23:2).

"...[W] are talking about legal and illegal."

Laws are God-given (Mt 5:18). They are for men to discover (Enyart).

[Recommended Reading:  Nimrod, The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning] "That has nothing to do with anything..."

Sure, if you don't read it.  

"I guess you can't read anything that isn't preapproved by Prager or Enyart..."

Didn't you say that about Ken Ham, Jason Liele, Walt Brown, etc.?  Ad hominem/s. 

["Truth claim."]  Wha...? That doesn't make sense. 

Ad hominem is a personal attack.  A truth claim is a statement of truth.

Response to comment [from other]:  "This nation is indeed a secular nation...We were not founded as some "Christian Israel"." 

"Contrary to what you learned at college, America from its inception has been a religious country, and was designed to be one.

As the greatest foreign observer of America, the Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville, noted in his "Democracy in America," "Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power." Or, as the great British historian Paul Johnson has just written: "In [George] Washington's eyes, at least, America was in no sense a secular state," and "the American Revolution was in essence the political and military expression of a religious movement."

In fact, the Founders regarded America as a Second Israel, in Abraham Lincoln's words, the "Almost Chosen" People. This self-identification was so deep that Thomas Jefferson, today often described as not even a Christian, wanted the seal of the United States to depict the Jews leaving Egypt at the splitting of the sea. Just as the Jews left Egypt, Americans left Europe.

There has been a concerted, and successful, attempt over the last generations to depict America as always having been a secular country and many of its Founders as deists, a term misleadingly defined as irreligious people who believed in an impersonal god.

It is also argued that the values that animated the founding of America were the values of the secular Enlightenment, not those of the Bible — even for most of the Founders who were religious Christians.

This new version of American history reminds me of the old Soviet dissident joke: 'In the Soviet Union, the future is known; it's the past that is always changing...'"  Full text: 
America Founded To Be Free, Not Secular

"...American Christianity has never been like European Christianity in its attitude toward Jews and Judaism. Jews have been equals and honored as such from even before the creation of the United States. Many of the founders studied Hebrew; Thomas Jefferson wanted the Seal of the United States to depict the Jews' exodus from Egypt; Yale University's insignia is in Hebrew; a verse from the Torah (Leviticus) is inscribed on the Liberty Bell; a rabbi attended George Washington's inauguration — the list of pro-Jewish expressions in U.S. history is endless. But perhaps most telling is the fact that although there have been any number of Christian countries and there are many secular ones today, it is the U.S. that calls itself Judeo-Christian..." Full text:  Born-Again President--White House Hanukkah 

"I want freedom of religion, just like our Founders..."

You want freedom--not from religion--but God.  Get your own universe.  Until then, he rules and reigns.  He required you to live in a certain economy.  Presently, it is grace.  You could just say "thank you"." 

"One can certainly debate theosophy without spamming bible quotes.  The difference with the weak of faith, like yourself, is that you hold up that spam like a defense against the world, a shield against simple logic and reason."

Why do you hate the Bible?  It reminds me of Enyart's warning quote before he quotes a Bible verse on his radio program: 

:Patrol: "WARNING WARNING WARNING WILL ROBINSON THERE ARE BIBLE VERSES UP AHEAD! FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ADVOCATE PLURALISM AND DIVERSITY, WE HERE AT TOL KNOW THAT YOU WOULD CENSOR ANYONE WHO WOULD DARE POST A BIBLE VERSE IN PUBLIC. THIS WARNING GIVES YOU FAIR NOTICE THAT RAW UNADULTERATED TRUTH IS ABOUT TO BE PRINTED!" Paraphrased by Pastor Kevin, co-host Bob Eyart Radio Program

Listen to Bob Enyart Live which airs around the world via the Internet at KGOV.com and throughout Colorado on 50,000-watt AM 670 KLTT. Also, you can get The Plot, Bob’s best-selling unpublished manuscript about the Bible, at our KGOV store or by calling 1-888-8Enyart (836-9278).

Tolerance for everyone but the Christian right?

Response to comment [from other]:  Can two, disease-free, monogamous homosexuals give one another AIDS or any other STD?

If you'll forgive me for not answering, I'll forgive you for asking.

"Your unwillingness to answer a simple question proves that your only logic for hating homosexuals is based on ignorance."

I don't hate homosexuals--which is why I tell them the truth (Pr 27:5).  Some things are too vile to discuss (Ro 1:26, 27). :vomit:

"The religious view of homosexuals has permitted the disease to spread.  You people only have yourselves to blame for the spread of the disease."

A trait of the wicked is to blame others (Ge 3:12).

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  If you are so interested in truth please answer her question and tell all of us if disease can spontaneously form from nothing.

You never seem interested in truth (Jn 14:6).

I don't need to go into specifics of the depravity of homosexuality.  Suffice it to say, when God says don't do it, he means don't hurt yourself. 

"Using your body in a way that God did not intend, is like hitching a plow to the back of a Cadillac. You'll destroy your car. Disobey God and you'll destroy not only your physical body , but your heart, mind and soul as well (Pv 5:11). God is not a cosmic killjoy just wanting to take away your fun (Hanegraaff). Every kick has its kick back (Rogers). The playboy's payday is death (Rogers). Payday-- someday. Our lives belong to God. They are not our own. Dishonoring ourselves is dishonoring God as we are made in His image.

We are eternal beings made for more than gaining merely grabbing our cookies in this life. When we do what we would like with our bodies, we claim authority for ourselves. God has better plans for those who would heed His warning Him. "I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord. They are plans for peace and not disaster, plans to give you a future filled with hope (Jer 29:11, GWT)." But if we thwart His plan and usurp His authority we are headed for disaster in this life and in eternity.

As our heavenly parents warn us to look both ways before crossing the street, our heavenly Father warns us about things which will lead to death, disease and destruction such as fornication and homosexuality. God made us. He really does know what is best for us and wants the best for us. God gives us guidance for our good and for our survival (Deut 6:24). But as children rebel against earthly parents, God's creation rebels against Him..." Full text:  Armor of the Lord  
http://vananne.com/armorofthelord/

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "They cant wait to get back into the law."

We do not live under the law.  We live under the dispensation of grace.  "The greatest sin is sinning against love (J. Vernon McGee)."

Response to comment [from a Satanist]:  "You don't have a single thought in your head that you don't puke up from somebody else and you are truly a dense, clueless human being."

A boy was told by his mother "Go over there and sit down."

The boy said, "No."

The mother took him by his hand and sat him down.

The boy huffed and puffed, "I'm standing up on the inside."

25, 169 posts later,  you're a rebellious, little boy.

There's plenty to talk about.  You're stuck on an ABC book.

Response to comment [from other]:  "government and religion separated..."

So, you've gone to college.

Response to comment [from a "Christian"]:  "You are a simpleton..."

Ad hominem.

"This isn't about prophecy, it's about about history."

Ronald L. Dart says that "a good place to start looking at prophecy is Isa. 41:23. God challenges false gods, "show the things that are to come hereafter." Let them show the former things that are useful for prophecy. Wanna-be profits are not anchored in history. God does not send us a prophet to tell us how well we are doing. They bring us no "feel good message". Why should God tell us about the future? To repent. If you will not respond to the written Word, you won't do even better if one rises from the dead.

Prophecy deals with divine inspiration with some moral content. Most are interested in apocalypse, or future events. 

Prophecy was sent to correct sin. Men are interested in future events not changing their lives..."  Full text: 
Prophecy Puzzle

[It's a great idea to stand against God (Deut 28).]  "Doesn't matter if it's a great idea or a lousy idea- it's not your decision to make, it's not the government's decision..."

Who would you suggest step up to lead? 

[We don't decide right and wrong by popular opinion. The masses are evil (Ex 23:2).] "It still isn't about right and wrong."

What is it about? (Mt 6:33).

You still didn't read the definition [of ad hominem], did you? 

Who needs wikipedia when we have you?

Response to comment [from other]:  ["A trait of the wicked is to blame others (Ge 3:12)."] "Your response is as mature as to be expected."

What does maturity have to do with wickedness?

"It was Christianity that drove homosexuals underground...The only thing "wicked" are you people and the hate you foment."

The wicked blame others for their problems (Ge 3:12).  You hate because you will not tell the truth (Pr 27:5).  Those who love others tell them the truth.  Homosexuality is forbidden (Lev. 18:22); it is considered an abomination (1 Kin. 14:24); and it is unclean (Rom. 1:24, 26, 27).

Thomas Nelson Publishers. (1995). Nelson's quick reference topical Bible index. Nelson's Quick reference (293). Nashville, Tenn.: Thomas Nelson Publishers.

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "My dear Serpentdove, I must ask if you are possibly looking in a mirror with that last rather specious post? I have found Granite to be an astute observer of life, all things being considered."

Granite may be an astute observer but he is also an astute manipulator of all that God stands for.  As usual, you rebuke the wrong party.  No doubt you would have rebuked John the Baptist for rebuking Herod (Mark 6:17, 18). 

Too bad you don't recognize a deceiver who works against the kingdom of God:

"The eleventh chapter of Genesis tells of an event of almost equal importance to that of the great Flood. The Flood was worldwide in its effects, and so was the confusion of tongues of worldwide impact—at least as far as man was concerned.
Although the curtain had now been drawn, as it were, on his activities, there can be little doubt that Satan was still energetically working behind the scenes. He pressed his advantage, gained when he capitalized so effectively on the fatal weakness in Ham’s character, and soon gained the allegiance of the Hamites in general and of Nimrod in particular.
Romans 1:18–32 graphically describes the resulting moral and spiritual deterioration of Nimrod and his followers. Willfully leaving the knowledge and worship of the true God and Creator, they began instead to worship the creation. This soon led to pantheism and polytheism and idolatry. How much of this new system of religion came by direct communication with Satan himself we do not know, but there is abundant evidence that all forms of paganism have come originally from the ancient Babylonian religion. The essential identity of the various gods and goddesses of Rome, Greece, India, Egypt, and other nations with the original pantheon of the Babylonians is well established. Nimrod himself was apparently later deified as the chief god (“Merodach,” or “Marduk”) of Babylon.
These pagan deities were also identified with the stars and planets—the “host of heaven”—with sun-worshiping occupying a central place. This system was formalized in the zodiac, with its numerous constellations—a most remarkable construction which seems to have been the common possession of all the nations of antiquity. And behind this facade of images (both on the star charts of the heavens, and in their stone and metallic representations in the temples) of “men and birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things” lurked a real “host of the heavens,” the angelic and demonic hosts of Lucifer, the “day-star.”
Many of these rebel angels had already been “cast down to hell” (or Tartarus) and delivered into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment (2 Peter 2:4), because of their participation in the attempt to corrupt the human race in the days of Noah (Genesis 6:1–4); but a great host remained at liberty to actively oppose the work of God and the people of God (Ephesians 6:12). The main thrust of the work of Satan and his hosts has always been that of deception. He is the one “which deceiveth the whole world” (Revelation 12:9) into worshiping something or someone other than the true God of creation (see also Revelation 13:14, 15).
Satan is notoriously a corrupter, rather than an innovator. Hence it is probable that the system of paganism, with its astrological emblems and complex mythology and mysteries, represents a primeval distortion of God’s true revelation concerning His creation and promised redemption of the universe. Thus, the zodiac system of constellations may originally have been devised by the antediluvian patriarchs as a means of indelibly impressing the divine promises on the consciousness of mankind through marking them on the very heavens themselves. If so, the subsequent system of astrology is a gross corruption of the original evangelical significance of the heavenly bodies, created originally to serve in part for “signs and seasons.” In any case, as they were interpreted by Nimrod and his followers, they soon led not only to astrology but also to spiritism and all the other evils of paganism and idolatry.
Furthermore, the development of this system of idolatry and Satan-worship was accompanied by an attempt to unify all mankind under one government. That government was not to be a system of theocracy as implied by God to Noah when He committed to man the responsibility of human government, but rather a dictatorship under Nimrod, the rebel. As later developments indicated, Nimrod not only set up a military dictatorship but also established a priestly oligarchy, in which he himself was chief priest and later the chief object of worship. There is some indication that the queen Semiramis, a familiar name in the ancient traditions, was Nimrod’s wife, and that she was also an active leader of the conspiracy.
Not only has the original Babylonian religious system served as the source of all the world’s non-Christian religions (Babylon, according to Revelation 17:5, was the “mother of harlots and abominations of the earth”), but it has also infiltrated and corrupted Christendom to an alarming degree. This has taken place not only in terms of outward ritualism and idolatry but also in the more insidious philosophy of evolutionary pantheistic humanism which permeates its educational and political centers.4
4 Henry M. Morris, The Troubled Waters of Evolution (San Diego: Creation-Life Publishers, 1975), pp. 25–76."
Morris, H. M. (1976). The Genesis record : A scientific and devotional commentary on the book of beginnings. Includes indexes. (263). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books.

Response to comment [from other]:  "What the heck does this have to do with the price of eggs?"

Granite thought it was absurd for Enyart to compare Nimrod to the first Democrat.  See if you don't recognize similarities to the current administration and liberals in general (e.g. destroy the family, take land, destroy wealth, destroy incentive to work, pro-vacation/anti-work (European value), pro-equality/anti-liberty (European value), spreading misery not wealth--affecting your buying power for eggs by the way):  

"It had been God’s command to the sons of Noah that they “be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth” (Genesis 9:1). In order that this might be accomplished in an orderly manner, God had ordained the principle of human government (9:6). This evidently was to be implemented through subdividing the future population into workable and controllable social units or nations. Each organized national group would thus contribute in its own way to the corporate life of mankind as a whole, even as each individual family unit would contribute to its own nation. The diligence with which each man would make the contribution of which he was capable would be reflected in the material rewards accruing to him and his family as a result. Similarly, those nations which contributed significantly to the benefit of mankind as a whole would be recognized and rewarded correspondingly on a national level. Such recognition and reward is clearly the most effective incentive to diligence and faithfulness in service. This principle seems to be deeply ingrained in human nature and is endorsed by God Himself (1 Corinthians 3:14; Revelation 22:12).
If any individual (or group) should attempt to gain advantage over another by dishonest methods, however, he would be penalized by the governmental authority established under God for this very purpose. Such a social structure ought to have been most conducive to the development of a strong sense of both individual and corporate responsibility to God. It also ought to have encouraged the greatest appreciation of God’s grace, which was manifest in His providential maintenance of the physical conditions for life (Genesis 8:21, 22) and His promise of ultimate redemption and salvation.
But, as it turned out, men in general refused to submit willingly to this arrangement; so God had to bring it about by special intervention. As men began to multiply, they preferred to live together in one unit, instead of separating into many units."
Morris, H. M. (1976). The Genesis record : A scientific and devotional commentary on the book of beginnings. Includes indexes. (265). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books.

"And this has what to do with AIDS?"

This has to do with the last few comments in this thread and in the Obama Names Transgender Appointee to Commerce Department thread. Boiling it down here. History repeats itself.

Response to comment [from a Satanist]: ["There's plenty to talk about. You're stuck on an ABC book.]  "TOL doesn't define who or what I am, SD, no matter what you think."

Glad to hear.  You seem to be the postest with the mostest.  What leftist view have you moved right on?  (Eccl 10:2).  If any? 

"I seriously wonder if you're a trolling caricature or if you're just as delusional and clueless as you seem."

No changed views, I gather.  And you leftists pride yourself on being open-minded.

Response to comment [from a "Christian"]:  ["What is it about? (Mt 6:33).]  "Civil rights- like I've been saying all along..."

Too bad you promote wickedness.  We have the right to obey.  We have the freedom to do what we ought.  Old things have passed for a Christian (2 Cor 5:17).  If you have been exposed to righteousness--and know it--but reject it, there is no hope for you (Heb 6:6).   

"The earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God; but if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned (Heb 6:7-8). 

"Good fruit vs. thorns and briers?  Some say yes to Jesus and truth and some say no.  If you go back to the old way of living it's like spitting on his blood.  Going back to the old way crucifies Jesus afresh.  The saved can't do this (Adrienne Rogers)." 

"I'm just wondering why you assume that people who don't agree with you (or Enyart) are wicked?"

The person I wrote that to claims to be a Christian but promotes Satan's agenda.  Truth is truth independent of any one person. 

"OK. Well, Politics bores the heck outa me, so I kinda switch off.  Nevermind me....continue with your discussion."

I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss it as just "politics".  Consider what liberals stand for (e.g. government seizing power and control by way of energy, jobs, etc.; making citizens dependant on the government not God--government becomes God (nanny state).  It's nothing new:

Genesis 11:3
"By this time, Nimrod had evidently attained to the leadership of the people (see discussion under Genesis 10:8–10). Undoubtedly he recognized that their new status, with time for specialization and activities other than mere survival, would provide the opportunity for either of two future courses of action: (1) systematic colonization and development of all parts of the earth, each with its own local government, in accordance with God’s command (Genesis 1:28; 9:1); or (2) establishment of a strongly centralized society which, with controls over resources and occupations, would soon be able to produce a self-sufficient civilization capable of similarly controlling the entire world.
The latter alternative clearly would better serve the purpose of Nimrod and his fellow rebels (and, of course, of the invisible Satanic conspiracy as well). A self-sufficient society, integrated under a powerful and brilliant leader, would be a society no longer dependent on God. And this was Nimrod’s aim.
The implication in this verse is that, soon after establishing the settlement at Babel, Nimrod called a council of the family leaders of the community. After discussion of the various issues and alternatives, a formal decision was made. “Go to [Hebrew yahab, usually translated ‘give,’ probably signifying the pronouncement of the decision], we shall begin, first of all, to develop a brick-making industry.” Good building stones were not conveniently accessible on the river plains, and timber was not durable enough for the permanent structures they had in mind. The clay soil, however, was highly suitable for strong bricks, after proper heat treatment in a kiln.
The more common manner of construction in antiquity was apparently to use stone, with a clay mortar. When bricks were used, as in Egypt and Assyria, they were only sun-dried. The Babylonian construction was stronger and more enduring, so the writer called special attention to it. Furnace-treated bricks were used instead of stone, and bitumen instead of mortar. This “slime” was probably tarry material from the abundant asphalt pits in the Tigris-Euphrates valley. Archaeology has revealed that this type of kiln-fired brick and asphalt construction was common in ancient Babylon."
Morris, H. M. (1976). The Genesis record : A scientific and devotional commentary on the book of beginnings. Includes indexes. (268). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books.

Response to comment [from other]:  "So, human Governments are self-serving and addicted to power? Doesn't that kind of go along with human nature?"

Any system of government might work if men weren't wicked.  Sin is the problem not government.  God gave the institution of government after the flood.  Of course, men did not follow his simple directive.  God must have thought "Don't make me come down there." Because God is merciful, he intervened.

A little leaven leavens the whole lump (Ga 5:9).  The false teachings that people believe today started a long time ago.  Man attempts to dethrone God:

Genesis 11:5, 6
"Normally the Lord allows men and nations to pursue their own ways without supernatural interference on His part. Man is free and responsible; and though he will eventually suffer the consequences of his evil deeds, God is long-suffering. Therefore ungodliness often seems to thrive without hindrance in the affairs of men.
But there have been a few occasions on which the accomplishment of God’s very purposes for the world became so endangered that divine intervention was required. The antediluvian corruption was one such instance, the rebellion at Babel another.
How long it was after the construction of the Tower of Babel before God “came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded” we are not told. It would have been in accord with His nature to have waited as long as possible, in hopes that the godly minority there (if there were such) would prevail and the people would repent. They did not repent, however, and God finally “came down.” This “anthropomorphic expression” does not suggest that God was not always fully aware of what was going on, but only that He now was officially and judicially taking the situation under direct observation and consideration, it having become so flagrant that there was danger (as in the days of Noah) that the truth of God’s revelation might be completely obliterated if it were allowed to continue.
The problem, in the Lord’s own judgment, lay in the unity of the people, a unity which was made possible only by a common language. The decision by practically the entire population to construct an autonomous, man-centered civilization, in direct defiance of God’s command, could finally be ignored no longer.
Furthermore, with Nimrod’s presumed knowledge of the Satanic mysteries and his access to demonic powers, literally nothing which he might decide to do in the future would be beyond his reach. The conditions of the antediluvian world might be repeated and this God would not allow, even though He had promised Noah He would never again send a worldwide flood. Incidentally, the naive opinion of some commentators that the building of the tower was as a potential haven from some future flood is obviously erroneous. Nimrod was no foolish simpleton in a fairy tale, imagining he could escape a global flood by building a tower that reached to heaven. His purpose was not to thwart another diluvial judgment but to dethrone the very Judge Himself! He had, indeed, practically unified all men (most of them perhaps unwittingly) in his Satanic partnership, and no doubt had other plans in mind once the human population was completely involved in his conspiracy. Satan had surely promised him the rulership of the world—perhaps even of the whole galaxy—once his heavenly rebellion was successful and God had been dethroned."
Morris, H. M. (1976). The Genesis record : A scientific and devotional commentary on the book of beginnings. Includes indexes. (272). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books.

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "I agree with you about Nimrod. A very wily and persuasive person."

He's like leaders of today who want to:  control the population; stick us all in clown cars (Ingraham); regulate light bulbs and temperature gauges in our homes; push people into the cities, etc..

Glory-suckers attempt to steal God's glory.  Politicians try to make themselves a god. 

We are moving toward a one-world religion.  Emotionalism and ritualism, stained glass buildings, cathedrals, etc. appeal to the flesh.  This is not faith.  Paganism is alive and well today (Jude 1:11).  Man is religious by nature.  If he does not worship God, he does not worship nothing--he worships something or someone else.  Human "religion" rejects historical, biblical Christianity.

Genesis 11:4
"Having made this decision, which in itself indicated they intended to erect a permanent community of strong buildings at Babel, and perhaps even after the brick industry had been established and was soundly developing (as suggested by the introduction of a new sentence), they again took counsel together and made an official declaration. “Go to, the decision is that we will build a city, especially a great tower unto heaven.”
This would be no naturally growing, haphazard accumulation of dwellings and business places. This would be a carefully planned urban center, each component designed for maximum permanence and utility, contributing to the optimum efficiency of the entire complex.
The great tower would dominate the city, both architecturally and culturally. It would serve as the focal point of the political and religious life of the population, and would be a symbol of their unity and strength.
Perhaps there was a minority that felt uncomfortable about these grandiose plans, recalling that God had not given any such instructions, and urging Nimrod that it was most important to get about the business of colonizing the entire earth and developing its resources in a manner that would glorify God, not man. It would seem that Noah and Shem, at least, would not have endorsed these plans; and it seems likely that their influence would still carry some weight with these first Babylonians.
It may even have been that Nimrod’s colonizing expeditions to Assyria (Genesis 10:11, 12) were an attempt to satisfy this minority opinion, although, since Asshur was already there with his own settlement, it may be more likely that this was an invasion for the very purpose of thwarting independent expansion.
In any case, the collectivist and centrist position prevailed, and the great construction project got under way. The builders were not concerned with God’s plans; they intended to “make us a name.” In fact, they deliberately acknowledged their purpose to be contrary to God’s command: “Lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.” Not only the awareness of God’s will, but the basic human drives of curiosity and independence of spirit might impel many among them to want to explore and develop the unknown regions in other parts of the world, if there were not a strong unifying and binding influence tying them to one location.
Even their fear and admiration of their great leader Nimrod might not suffice to keep them together. Nimrod must have realized that they needed a strong religious motivation as well, a motivation powerful enough to overcome their knowledge that God had indeed commanded them to fill the whole earth.
The tower was designed to satisfy that need as well. The tower was not designed to reach to heaven (except possibly in a figurative sense—that is, to reach the spiritual resources available in the heavens). The words “to reach” are not in the original. They would build a “tower unto heaven”—in other words, a tower dedicated to heaven and its angelic host.
Quite likely, this project was originally presented to the people in the guise of true spirituality. The tower in its lofty grandeur would symbolize the might and majesty of the true God of heaven. A great temple at its apex would provide a center and an altar where men could offer their sacrifices and worship God. The signs of the zodiac would be emblazoned on the ornate ceiling and walls of the temple, signifying the great story of creation and redemption, as told by the antediluvian patriarchs.
The impressive beauty and sacred purpose of the tower would, in the reasonings of the people, surely please God and more than compensate for the fact that the entire project was contrary to God’s commandment and would glorify human achievement rather than recognize human frailty and divine salvation. But “to obey is better than sacrifice” (1 Samuel 15:22). Cain’s offering of the luscious fruit produced by his own hands was not acceptable to the Lord; no more acceptable would be Nimrod’s magnificent tower.
Nimrod, at least, was well aware of what he was doing, however deceived the people themselves may have been. When the tower was completed (verse 8 suggests they were still building the city when the confusion of tongues took place, but evidently the tower was already in use), Nimrod no doubt instituted religious services there. It was only a short time, however, before the ostensible worship of the Creator was corrupted into the worship of the “creature” (Romans 1:21–23, 25). The grandeur of the tower and the ornateness of its designs and furnishings appealed to the flesh, and soon it was felt that additional “aids to worship” would be helpful. Not only paintings on the walls, but three-dimensional representations of the “men and birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things” began to be constructed, not only in the temple but along the streets and in the homes.
These figures, which had once been designed only as symbolic representations on the heavens of the coming Redeemer and of God’s great plan of salvation, now began to take on the aspect of actual spiritual entities. The Virgin, whose sign among the stars once reminded men of the promised Seed of the woman, began to assume the proportions of an actual Queen of Heaven; and Leo, the great sidereal lion at the other end of the zodiac, became a great spiritual King of Heaven. Soon the stars, the physical “host of heaven,” were invested with the personalities of the angels, the invisible spiritual heavenly host.
In acknowledging and worshiping these angelic spirits, the people no doubt felt very pious and religious; for they were merely recognizing the immanence of the omnipresent God of heaven throughout His creation. There were specific angels (and stars) concerned with every aspect of human life and terrestrial processes. In paying due reverence to these, they were, so they believed, thereby worshiping God. Furthermore God, through these same spirits (and their respective stars), would in response provide protection and provision and guidance in their own lives.
But this system soon became so complicated that it required a specially devoted class of men and women to dedicate their lives to its study and interpretation, so that they might guide the people in their devotions and sacrifices and in the ordering of their lives. Furthermore, as the preoccupation of both priests and people with specific localized spirits (or local representations of the great universal Spirit) increased, so did their awareness of the great “Father of spirits” (Hebrews 12:9) decrease. As the consciousness of God’s personal nearness receded, so did their concern to obey Him. But also, this absence of true spiritual communion left a spiritual vacuum in their souls which could only be satisfied by some other kind of personal spiritual communion.
This vacuum was soon to be filled. There were, indeed, a host of angels in the heavenly places, but vast numbers of these were fallen angels, under the hierarchical control of Satan. God’s holy angels were, no doubt, appalled at these developments in Babel and would have abhorred and repudiated any worship accorded to them by human beings (whose servants they had been created to be); but no such inhibition hindered the rebellious angels—the evil spirits, or demons. They reveled in it and encouraged it; for all this was in accord with the desire of Lucifer, their master, to become God himself.
As they had done before the Flood, these evil spirits began to control the minds and bodies of those human beings who were open to such possession and guidance, especially those of the priests and priestesses who had become devoted to this system of worship. To the innermost circle of these initiates, demonic revelations were given. To some, perhaps especially to Nimrod (and his wife Semiramis), Satan revealed the entire conspiracy against God.
From some such beginning soon emerged the entire complex of human “religion”—an evolutionary pantheism, promulgated via a system of astrology and idolatrous polytheism, empowered by occultic spiritism and demonism."
Morris, H. M. (1976). The Genesis record : A scientific and devotional commentary on the book of beginnings. Includes indexes. (269). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books.

"I'm not a leftist, smart guy...Moved from what?"

"The left thrives on deceiving people about what they believe. For example, they say 'We love the poor.' But they don't help the poor--they bankrupt the society (13 Jan 10, Dennis Prager radio program)."

Forget what you say you believe.  You claim to be on the right.  I was born on a Tuesday but not last Tuesday. 

What policies do you support? 

See where you line up:

Secular Humanists/Theists:


Submit to "the creation" (man's law, self law, animal worship)/Submit to God
Wish God out of schools/Wish God in schools
Wish God's law out of public policy/Wish God's law in public policy


Left-Wingers/Right-Wingers:


Support welfare/Oppose welfare
Support foreign aid/Oppose foreign aid
Support high taxes/Oppose high taxes
Support giving children condoms/Oppose giving children condoms
Support pornographers/Oppose pornographers
Support killing unborn children/Oppose killing unborn children
Oppose killing murderers/Support killing murders
Oppose gun ownership/Support gun ownership
Weaken America's military/Strengthen America's military
Worship trees/Cut down trees (a renewable resource).  The Plot: An Overview of the Bible by Bob Enyart
Full text:  AOG Bible Study Notes

Response to comment [from other]: "Well, I would assume that who is a Christian and who is not, would be up to God. Humans tend to make mistakes about that sort of thing."

Sure.  We are fallen creatures.  Two people know if PB is saved--God and PB. 

But when one wakes up each day and promotes the agenda of the kingdom of darkness, we can pretty much guess.  :idunno:  We stand with God or against him.  People line up on one side or the other (Mt 12:3).  There is no middle ground (Josh 24:15).  There is nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and road kill. 

I prefer your run of the mill pagan, heathen to a liar and a deceiver.  PB reminds me of that prince mentioned in the book of Daniel (10:13). 

"You can build on him (1 Cor. 10:4) or stumble on him (1 Pet. 2:8). He'll be a stepping stone (Ps 18:2) or stumbling stone (1 Cor 1:23, Luke 20:18)."  Adrienne Rogers.

"God gives the responsibility for vengeance, condemnation, and judgment to His servants for “every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord” (Isa. 54:17).


Today, many believers are effectively saying, “Lord, thanks but no thanks. I’ll pass on that judgment duty.” But Paul responds, Start judging now, because you will need the practice (1Cor. 6:2-5). Remember, “He who is spiritual judges all things. For... we have the mind of Christ” (1 Cor. 2:15-16). And God will reward those who judge, and do the hard work: “Those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them.” (Prov. 24:25)..." Full text:  Judge Rightly (is not some guy's name)

Some people around here, I bet they'd have said to John the Baptist back in the day "Dear Johnny-B, have you looked in the mirror lately?  Why don't you judge yourself instead of judging Herod (Mk 6:17, 18)." :o  (I paraphrase, Enyart).

Response to comment [from other]:  "If you're not right wing you're evil. You didn't know this already?"

If your not on the right you are a fool.  I wouldn't say that.  God would (Eccl 10:2).

Response to comment [from other]:  [Homo specifics]  "Your refusal to answer the question validates the fact that you know you are wrong."

Do you destroy your body, mind and soul when you depart from God's commandments, yes.  Do you see all of the consequences of your sin immediately?  No.  Payday someday.  Homosexuality is: 

Forbidden     Lev. 18:22
Considered an abomination     1 Kin. 14:24
Punishment     Lev. 20:13
Unclean     Rom. 1:24, 26, 27
Thomas Nelson Publishers. (1995). Nelson's quick reference topical Bible index. Nelson's Quick reference (293). Nashville, Tenn.: Thomas Nelson Publishers.

Response to comment [from a "Christian"]:  [A trait of the wicked is to blame others (Ge 3:12).]  "Like blaming the homosexuals?"

Telling the truth is not blame.  You are wicked and apathetic to withhold what you know to be true (Pr 27:5).  

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "You think simply preaching the gospel will fix the problem [AIDs in Africa].  I disagree."

They do not need condoms in Africa.  They need the gospel of Jesus Christ. 

"You love to quote Enyart, huh?"

I'd love to move on.   I'm sure even Enyart would be sick of being quoted in this thread by now. :  It's not as bad as anti-trinitarians over at the Jn 1:1 threads.  
 

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  [Fool's heart on left (Eccl 10:2)] "And Solomon was talking about modern political system?  I don't think so."

Do you recognize any patterns?


Secular Humanists/Theists:


Submit to "the creation" (man's law, self law, animal worship)/Submit to God
Wish God out of schools/Wish God in schools
Wish God's law out of public policy/Wish God's law in public policy


Left-Wingers/Right-Wingers:


Support welfare/Oppose welfare
Support foreign aid/Oppose foreign aid
Support high taxes/Oppose high taxes
Support giving children condoms/Oppose giving children condoms
Support pornographers/Oppose pornographers
Support killing unborn children/Oppose killing unborn children
Oppose killing murderers/Support killing murders
Oppose gun ownership/Support gun ownership
Weaken America's military/Strengthen America's military
Worship trees/Cut down trees (a renewable resource). The Plot: An Overview of the Bible by Bob Enyart
Full text:  AOG Bible Study Notes

Response to comment [from an agnostic]:  "You are the most hate filled, fake, Christian I have ever heard."

Truth is hate to those who hate the truth (Enyart).  Guilty as charged (Amos 5:15).

"Please spare us your holier-than-thou diatribes."

I've heard seals barking at the zoo more eloquent and seemingly more trained than you.  Let' see. You?...God?...You?...God?...I'm going with God (Lev 11:44).  

Response to comment [from other]:  "In SD's defense, I don't think he is playing ..."

See Satanist?  "Other" is defending me.  Something is wrong here. 

Hopefully, that clarifies the question.

Let's take bets on Granite's response.

"If you honestly think Rusha's taking sides here, bud, you need your head examined."

Rusha sides with me.  You've got a defector (Eph 6:12).   

Response to comment [from other]:  "As much as you Epic Fail and get thoroughly pwned at every turn, I'm quite surprised you haven't slunk away to hide under a rock in shame."

How dare you say you've pwned me.  You ain't all that and a bag of potato chips (Evil).

Response to comment [from a Satanist]:  "...[D]efining everything and everyone through the prism of 21st century American politics is asinine in the extreme.  So, if you like, get a new thread going. For the record I've started a few "Ask Granite!" threads in the past in order to clear up the misconceptions some folks have about me and where I'm coming from."

Ok, I'll have to check that out.  When you have time, I think people would be interested to know your opinion on the following topics.  Maybe you can post them on that thread.  

Are you a liberal? by Dennis Prager

Do you believe the following?

1.Standards for admissions to universities, fire departments, etc. should be lowered for people of color.
2.Bilingual education for children of immigrants, rather than immersion in English, is good for them and for America.
3.Murderers should never be put to death.
4.During the Cold War, America should have adopted a nuclear arms freeze.
5.Colleges should not allow ROTC programs.
6.It was wrong to wage war against Saddam Hussein in the Gulf War.
7.Poor parents should not be allowed to have vouchers to send their children to private schools.
8.It is good that trial lawyers and teachers unions are the two biggest contributors to the Democratic Party.
9.Marriage should be redefined from male-female to any two people.
10.A married couple should not have more of a right to adopt a child than two men or two women.
11.The Boy Scouts should not be allowed to use parks or any other public places and should be prohibited from using churches and synagogues for their meetings.
12.The present high tax rates are good.
13.Speech codes on college campuses are good and American values are bad.
14.The Israelis and Palestinians are morally equivalent.
15.The United Nations is a moral force for good in the world, and therefore America should be subservient to it and such international institutions as a world court.
16.It is good that colleges have dropped hundreds of men's sports teams in order to meet gender-based quotas.
17.No abortions can be labeled immoral.
18.Restaurants should be prohibited by law from allowing customers to choose between a smoking and a non-smoking section.
19.High schools should make condoms available to students and teach them how to use them.
20.Racial profiling for terrorists is wrong -- a white American grandmother should as likely be searched as a Saudi young male.
21.Racism and poverty -- not a lack of fathers and a crisis of values -- are the primary causes of violent crime in the inner city.
22.It is wrong and unconstitutional for students to be told, "God bless you" at their graduation.
23.No culture is morally superior to any other.

Those are all liberal positions. How many of them do you hold?

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "[Y]ou...don't think for yourself."

I think lots of things.  But it keeps coming back to this (Eccl 10:2).  That's fine.  

"[Y]our definition was poor and didn't mention God's view at all."

God's view of which topic?  Do you recognize patterns in this world? 

Response to comment [from other]:  "[Y]ou would have to admit that two, disease-free, monogamous homosexuals cannot give one another AIDS just because they are homosexuals."

Do you believe that you know every effect of the sin of homosexuality? James 5:20, 1 Sam. 18:1, 3, Ps. 42:1, 2, 4, Mic. 6:7, Lev. 5:4, 15, 17, Prov. 22:24, 25, Prov. 21:10, Is. 66:3, Prov. 13:4, Luke 12:19, 20, Rom. 2:9, Ga 6:7.

Response to comment [from other]:  "[For the record], Granite and I are very similar in regards to our views and beliefs."

Even Granite can shatter (Jer. 23:29).  Bang...bang...bang...

"You made no effort to address the fact that the vast majority of HIV infections are not due to homosexuality."

Earlier we discussed other instances of HIV infection.  Pay attention.

"Go to Philosophy 101 and learn some basics and get back to me...Good riddance you hate filled faux-Christian."

"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it and polarize it (Alinsky)." Attack the person so that you can dismiss their argument. "You're a sexist, Islamophobic, xenophobic, homophobic, racist, bigot (Prager)."

If you leftists really cared about others you would not diminish words.

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  ["They do not need condoms in Africa. They need the gospel of Jesus Christ."]  "To quote William Booth (1829-1912), founder of the Salvation Army:  “But what is the use of preaching the Gospel to men whose whole attention is concentrated upon a mad, desperate struggle to keep themselves alive?” - William Booth."

You think people need condoms in a desperate struggle to survive? I believe his point was to care for people.

Tend to the source of the problem--fornication and getting HIV in the first place.  We share the gospel with people.

Your strategy is swatting at flies.  Clean up the dung pile.  

Response to comment [from a Satanist]:  "I have nothing to prove to you or anyone else here, am not a liberal..."

Oh sure.

Response to comment [from a Satanist]:  "Start the Q&A thread, or leave me be. Sound like a deal?"

I don't buy that you are on the right (Eccl 10:2).  We disagree.  Fine.    

Response to comment [from other]:  "[You]...show complete ignorance as to what 'liberals' believe via stereotyping and claim that posters who aren't even left of the political spectrum are liberals to boot..."

You don't like the quiz? 

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "My point exactly. How do you care for someone who is starving to death? You feed them...Unprotected sex. Lack of education...stopping the spread of Aids? Wouldn't condoms, education and healthcare do that?"

You assist where you can and tell the truth  (Prov 27:5).  Flooding Africa with condoms is not the solution.   

Fornication in any form is wicked.  The depravity of homosexuality in without limits.  As Doug McBurney stated recently, "Here's your caliber of people..." Re:   Gay Rights Activist Bruce LaVallee-Davidson Convicted of Manslaughter in Sex Game Dungeon Slay

"Joe Blow becomes a Christian. That's great, his soul is saved!  Problem is, he still can't feed his children. He is still dying of AIDS. He still has to fight men off, as they all want to rape his infant daughter from a belief it will cure their affliction..."

And condoms help his daughter avoid the rape gangs how?   She's supposed to hide under the plastic?  Thank you U.S.A.! Import your depravity!

"You seem to think, that all people have to do is become a Christian and all their problems will be solved."

"God has not called us to a life of ease but a life of victory (Adrienne Rogers)."

"Better that they have protection than none just to satiate your "moral compass".

All of Africa should please me?   Truth is truth independent of any one person (ad hominem). 

Buying everyone in Africa a condom.   Should they all get a clean drug needle too?    

Response to comment [from other]:  "[P]rotected sex leads to less disease."

You would not answer my question--Do you believe that you know the full consequences of sin in the body, the soul and the spirit? (Lev. 18:22–28, 1 Cor. 5:1–5, Lev. 20:13–16).    Venereal diseases are only the beginning (Ga 6:7).  When God says don't do it--he means don't hurt yourself.   

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "You pick and choose which points to refer to..."

A few housekeeping items...Sometimes I respond to a point you've made.  Sometimes I respond to a different relevant point.  It is not my intention to misrepresent what you say.  There is a 'back' button.  Let the reader decide.

"...and then, can't give me a straight answer, just some sarcastic, off topic reply."

You should have responded to truth the first time, but you didn't.  We are not to be conformed to this world (Ro 12:2); we are not to be friends with the world (James 4:4).  You are conformed and friendly.  Be incorruptible (1 Pe 3:4).

"How do you expect anyone to take anything you say seriously..."

Don't take what I say seriously.  Take what God says seriously.  And what does God say?  "[P]ut on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness (Eph 4:24)."

"[B]efore you give me some scripture about God hating wickedness (in a not so subtle hint), just remember. it's you who are doing a disservice to yourself."

Too bad you are so comfortable with sin.  If you have a piece of grit in your eye, you get it out.  You don't let it rub your cornea all day (Rogers).  Comfort with sin is not a good thing.  The solution in Africa is not to hand out condoms and wink.  It is not to pass out drug needles because "they're going to do it anyway...".  Have you noticed?  Man's way and nature leads to death.  God's way leads to life (Jn 10:10).  Who does the disservice to oneself?   

Response to comment [from other]:  "[You] misrepresent...people via stereotyping..."

Stereotypes are generally accurate.  I think you don't like them for the same reason you won't answer my question.  They make you think about people, how they act, and the consequences of those actions.

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