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Yes, an unnecessary barrier has been constructed. I'm with you regarding your concerns, Barry.
The biblical texts themselves reveal some 'overriding'. I would add they further demonstrate morality is not simply some objective black-and-white other-wordly thing handed down from God devoid of fallible human construct. When we make the bible int…
Alan,
Oh, no problem. I didn't interpret your post as attempting to hijack the thread. I simply don't personally wish you spend time discussing just how evil this country is versus previous empires and so on. I don't see how any answer will impact…
If moral standards may shift inside the text, can they shift outside the text as well under the guidance of the Holy Spirit (thus creating the possibility that faithful homosexuality can legitimately be considered morally acceptable even if it isn't…
I'm sure that we in the U.S. like to think that more developed, more enlightened, more concerned with human rights than everyone else. As a citizen of this country I'm challenged by the fact that Rome thought the exact same thing about it's place in…
This isn't really the point I most wish to discuss, but don't you think there is a difference between the public execution of political dissidents at the hands of Rome and harsh interrogations (if not torture)? Obviously, the former caused long, exc…
I don't know that we're being all that less evil. The purpose of the Cross was to blatantly put the power of the government in the faces of the people they were trying to control. The purpose of torture is to do the same thing except that they more…
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