Talk about Inconsistencies!!!!

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.

I started to post all of this, but....when the venom is poised at the abolishment of all standards..well I figure it isn't going to register anyway.

Bless your heart for diligence...nice, sound, comprehensive post.

Originally Posted by Theophilus

I started to post all of this, but....when the venom is poised at the abolishment of all standards..well I figure it isn't going to register anyway.

Bless your heart for diligence...nice, sound, comprehensive post.

where did I ever say all??

Please, quote me the post where I said "all"...

Until then, it'd be great if you actually read what I said if you intend on replying to it in the future... Thanks }=o) Have a blessed day...

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

LOL...I love it. I was thinking about making my own commercial for fun along these lines.

It is apparent that man's wisdom is afoot in the political circles of organizations starving for a unified Spiritual leading.

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...

Exhibit A.

You have a blessed day yourself and don't forget to take some Vitamin B.

Originally Posted by Theophilus

Exhibit A.

You have a blessed day yourself and don't forget to take some Vitamin B.

sheesh, I make one overstatement... lol

I do think all of them will fall eventually (if Jesus doesn't return) only because at some point it is going to be an absurdity for them not to, that or they'll be obsolete because no one is doing whatever it is banning anyways...

But I don't think this is going to cause the entire book of standards to fall, and I did clarify that in my next post (I think... unless that was a different thread...)

Honestly, my hope is that rather than mandate standards and things of that nature on an organizational level, they just allow churches to make those decisions on thier own... The Bible doesn't have any structure making rules the way the UPC or other orgs do... and if they did make rules, they were about giving people freedom in Christ, not telling them what they can and can't do...

But, ah, for men to let go of power that they already have is a near impossibility... so it'll never happen...

Originally Posted by redeemedcynic84

sheesh, I make one overstatement... lol

I do think all of them will fall eventually (if Jesus doesn't return) only because at some point it is going to be an absurdity for them not to, that or they'll be obsolete because no one is doing whatever it is banning anyways...

But I don't think this is going to cause the entire book of standards to fall, and I did clarify that in my next post (I think... unless that was a different thread...)

Honestly, my hope is that rather than mandate standards and things of that nature on an organizational level, they just allow churches to make those decisions on thier own... The Bible doesn't have any structure making rules the way the UPC or other orgs do... and if they did make rules, they were about giving people freedom in Christ, not telling them what they can and can't do...

But, ah, for men to let go of power that they already have is a near impossibility... so it'll never happen...

Do you ever spend time in the Word?

And what is a principle if never applied?

Most of the 'freedom' we see is nothing more than unrealized bondage bound to be a means to a very long and fiery fate.

There is freedom within the boundaries and principles of the Kingdom of God. You can find these in the Bible. These will endure. These constitute that freedom in Christ that you seem to think is a world loving reflective free for all.

Originally Posted by Theophilus

Do you ever spend time in the Word?

And what is a principle if never applied?

Most of the 'freedom' we see is nothing more than unrealized bondage bound to be a means to a very long and fiery fate.

There is freedom within the boundaries and principles of the Kingdom of God. You can find these in the Bible. These will endure. These constitute that freedom in Christ that you seem to think is a world loving reflective free for all.

tell that to Paul who went to Jerusalem and got permission to preach to the Gentiles that they didn't have to follow the law (with 4 exceptions)....

Seriously, this "rule-making" thing that we hold so dear in the modern world jsut didn't exist in the Antioch-based church in the 1st century (it did exist in the Jerusalem church... which lost, BTW and was basically gone once Jerusalem got sacked by Rome multiple times in the late 1st, early 2nd centuries)

[LadyRev]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Oh man...I almost spit soda on my keyboard!

[DividedThigh]

oh and by the way our preachers can now advertise and preach on tv but oh no they wont know because they still cant own or watch one, lol, give me a break, lol,dt

[LadyRev]

Consistency? Whats that? A novel idea? A dream? A figment?