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Take it TIC... ![Slap Happy](http://www.apostolicfriendsforum.com/images/smilies/slaphappy.gif)
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I reported you to admin. And I'm placing you on ignore.. you threw salt on my wounds..
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03-27-2007, 09:38 PM
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Regardless of our upbringing or any hurt we have experienced in our lives, these things will not excuse us on judgement day.
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I totally agree, but let God judge on Judgement Day, not us in the here and now. This family needs a lot of prayer coverage.
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03-27-2007, 09:46 PM
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I reported you to admin. And I'm placing you on ignore.. you threw salt on my wounds..
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does this qualify as TIC??
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03-27-2007, 10:36 PM
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So is it your belief, then, that every backslider is demon-possessed?
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I didn't say that - but many are. Are you saying it is not possible?
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03-27-2007, 10:38 PM
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This passage says an unclean spirit was there in the first place, then left. Do you know this boys were possessed at some time before now?
I DO NOT condone their present actions, but I will not condemn them as devil possessed either.
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Just how do you see my saying they are demon possessed as condemning them? what power do I have to condemn anyone? In your mind what does someone have to do to qualify as being demon posessed?
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03-27-2007, 10:50 PM
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I DO NOT BELIEVE IN MORAL RELATIVISM!!! What a ridiculous thing to say! Once again, I am not excusing them or what they do. I think they are probably as lost as can be, but I still think rather than rant and rave about what they're doing, we should be praying for their restoration.
And who said anything about them getting a free pass? I think if they don't repent, they will be harshly judged. But I HOPE THEY REPENT!
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For the record, I hope they repent too. Others have walked away from rock music because of an experience with God, I hope they do too. But I'm "ranting and raving" because they are on Letterman for crying out loud! They are PROMOTING sin, self abuse and Satan through their anti-Christ message. Like it or not, I am a preacher of the gospel and one of my duties is to warn people that this is not OK! This is the time for "ranting and raving" as you call it.
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03-27-2007, 11:15 PM
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I didn't say that - but many are. Are you saying it is not possible?
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Of course not. But you seem to be saying that it's the case across the board, in support of your earlier assessment that these boys are demon-possessed, which you supported then with these comments:
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Demonic spirits are the foundation of the type of music they play.
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you can watch them grunt, sweat and start screaming while they wreck their instruments before leaving the stage.
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I'm not saying you're right or wrong...just that your original statement seemed like you were stating it as if it were fact, and your support for your statement followed with statements about "discernment", and now you are making a different case, which seems to be that all backsliders are logically homes for evil spirits according to the scripture reference you provided, and thus "demon-possessed."
So, no, I'm not saying it's impossible...I'm just a bit bemused by your reaction and your statements. I'm not supporting their actions at all. Many ministers' kids have suffered much greater difficulties and obstacles and made it through just fine, and ultimately God doesn't allow excuses, IMO.
I dunno. It just feels "funny" when you state with a measure of authority and definity that the boys ARE demon-possessed. That makes it a factual statement on your part, which is of course going to lead to curiosity from the rest of us as to how you know that. The videos I pulled up on youtube don't seem all that "rough"....??? I didn't watch all the videos available, and the ones I watched I didn't watch in entirety, so I can't really argue with you until I have, I suppose....
Try not to make the huge leap between answering curious questions to thinking I (and others) are supporting rebellion. It's a little silly.
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To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
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03-27-2007, 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Just a Shepherd
For the record, I hope they repent too. Others have walked away from rock music because of an experience with God, I hope they do too. But I'm "ranting and raving" because they are on Letterman for crying out loud! They are PROMOTING sin, self abuse and Satan through their anti-Christ message. Like it or not, I am a preacher of the gospel and one of my duties is to warn people that this is not OK! This is the time for "ranting and raving" as you call it.
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They're sinners. I would expect such from them. My Dad was raised in an Apostolic home, and backslid as a teenager. He stayed that way and drank and caroused and had his own rock band and sinned as much as he possibly could until he was 39 years old, when he finally turned his life around and gave it all back to God. Do I think my father was demon-possessed???? Um...no. Hard-nosed sinner? Yes!!! Unreachable? No.
Johnny Godair once visited my Dad (along with another minister whose name I can't recall) and witnessed to him and my father disrespected him and blew smoke in his face, but the visit affected him a great deal and was probably one of the many catalysts that finally brought him back to where he needed to be.
Anyway, I just don't think I can agree with the idea that all backsliders are demon-possessed.
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"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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03-27-2007, 11:22 PM
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Just how do you see my saying they are demon possessed as condemning them? what power do I have to condemn anyone? In your mind what does someone have to do to qualify as being demon posessed?
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Forget about my mind, what does the scripture say are signs someone is demon possessed?
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03-27-2007, 11:42 PM
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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
Of course not. But you seem to be saying that it's the case across the board, in support of your earlier assessment that these boys are demon-possessed, which you supported then with these comments:
I'm not saying you're right or wrong...just that your original statement seemed like you were stating it as if it were fact, and your support for your statement followed with statements about "discernment", and now you are making a different case, which seems to be that all backsliders are logically homes for evil spirits according to the scripture reference you provided, and thus "demon-possessed."
So, no, I'm not saying it's impossible...I'm just a bit bemused by your reaction and your statements. I'm not supporting their actions at all. Many ministers' kids have suffered much greater difficulties and obstacles and made it through just fine, and ultimately God doesn't allow excuses, IMO.
I dunno. It just feels "funny" when you state with a measure of authority and definity that the boys ARE demon-possessed. That makes it a factual statement on your part, which is of course going to lead to curiosity from the rest of us as to how you know that. The videos I pulled up on youtube don't seem all that "rough"....??? I didn't watch all the videos available, and the ones I watched I didn't watch in entirety, so I can't really argue with you until I have, I suppose....
Try not to make the huge leap between answering curious questions to thinking I (and others) are supporting rebellion. It's a little silly.
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That's why I said that I base my assessment PARTLY on the scriptures and the rest on my discernment. I was heavily involved in the rock and roll scene and have seen it. I guess that I am just a little surprised that so many Apostolics are acting as if it would be some wildly unbelievable phenomenon.
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