Talk about Inconsistencies!!!! - Page 3

#21 09-28-2007, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by redeemedcynic84

there is no hidden purpose, but it is only a matter of time before all the standards fall...

Not because they WERE wrong when they were made...

but because 50 years later the culture that we live in is so different that things that offended 50 years ago don't matter anymore...

LOL. Ah, The wild, wild, world of revolving principles. It has done so much for Christendom over the years.

Wide is the gate.....

....narrow is the path....

you figure it out.

#22 09-28-2007, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Theophilus

LOL. Ah, The wild, wild, world of revolving principles. It has done so much for Christendom over the years.

Wide is the gate.....

....narrow is the path....

you figure it out.

oh give me a break...

There was no rule in 50 AD about men not being able to wear shorts...

Nor was there a rule about not being able to go to a sporting event... or participate in high school athletics... and pants and skirts weren't even invented yet...

so don't give me that nonsense...

#23 09-28-2007, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by redeemedcynic84

oh give me a break...

There was no rule in 50 AD about men not being able to wear shorts...

Nor was there a rule about not being able to go to a sporting event... or participate in high school athletics... and pants and skirts weren't even invented yet...

so don't give me that nonsense...

Oh, ok, I'm sorry...you've got all the answers, I have all the nonsense.

Down with standards...up with enlightenment!

Have a nice trip.

bdlooney · #24 09-28-2007, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by redeemedcynic84

there is no hidden purpose, but it is only a matter of time before all the standards fall...

Not because they WERE wrong when they were made...

but because 50 years later the culture that we live in is so different that things that offended 50 years ago don't matter anymore...

That is the problem. We are not offended by much of anything anymore. Profanity is an everyday occurence. We have seen such immodest trends in dress during that 50 years that it doesn't bother us if our eyes cross over a woman's upper thigh. We have been dulled to the sin around us. God help us to have our hearts pricked when there is a homosexual present, or any other sinful thing. Not to the bashing of the individual but the realization that sin is still sin and we serve a holy God.

SDG · #25 09-28-2007, 01:03 PM

#26 09-28-2007, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Theophilus

Oh, ok, I'm sorry...you've got all the answers, I have all the nonsense.

Down with standards...up with enlightenment!

Have a nice trip.

lol

So you think Paul wore pants and the women of that day wore skirts??? Really??

come on, Theophilus, make a stand, SAY IT!

Did Paul wear pants or not?? And if not, how can you possibly say that we shouldn't change with the culture around us??

#27 09-28-2007, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by bdlooney

That is the problem. We are not offended by much of anything anymore. Profanity is an everyday occurence. We have seen such immodest trends in dress during that 50 years that it doesn't bother us if our eyes cross over a woman's upper thigh. We have been dulled to the sin around us. God help us to have our hearts pricked when there is a homosexual present, or any other sinful thing. Not to the bashing of the individual but the realization that sin is still sin and we serve a holy God.

who ever said homosexuality wasn't a sin? There is just a difference between beating someone down for it or just letting them know you disagree and moving on and still loving them...

and it still bothers a lot of people to see a women's thigh in most situations...

I think you are overstating things a bit...

bdlooney · #28 09-28-2007, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

My point exactly! Thanks DA for helping me articulate it; though that may or may not have been your intention.

Praxeas · #29 09-28-2007, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by bdlooney

The passing of Resolution #4 has caused the UPC to be inconsistent with their stance. So we can now advertise our churches and minstries on TV but we can't own one. We can now run a 30 minute infomercial that is still defined as advertisement but it allows us to include some of our choir singing, some of our preacher preaching, some of our life-changing altar calls and an invitation to the church. But this is NOT ministry on tv it is advertising.

Good or bad is not the goal nor intent of this thread but merely to bring to light an inconsistnecy.

Mark my words, It may not be next year nor the next but television will soon be allowed officially in our manuals. This is only the foothold.

What are your thoughts? Is it coming down that dusty road? And if it is coming is it bringing compromise on other "standards?"

I say don't get yer panties all in a bunch and go out and win the lost

bdlooney · #30 09-28-2007, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Praxeas

I say don't get yer panties all in a bunch and go out and win the lost

Wel THank God for the passing of resolution #4! Because before that no one in the UPC was effectively winning souls. Thanks, Prax for the wake up call. I am forever indebted to you. (TIC)