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I didn't know that !
But, I really announce I'm NO Bible scholar .
I just see all the positive, loving instructions and am blind to the rest. Christians hate that.
What bothers me more is all the big spaces thrill puts in his posts...so much scrolling...
Sorry, I think I brought that up before...is it for dramatic effect?
What God 'cares' about is WAY, way above my pay grade...and I personally, would never use
the Bible as ANY source for measurement!
The Bible is actually a very weird piece of work...albeit, with diamonds in the rough - pearls beyond measure, actually,
from my experience of applying them...you could say 'testing them'.
(*Coy was referring to: Who is 'they'...that's like Algebra, 'What is x'? We're adults here.)
My opinion only.
The spaces? He's probably using Firefox. The last update for Firefox created a problem where City-Data posts get two extra spaces between paragraphs. Apparently, it only happens on this old version of vBulletin, which everybody else has upgraded away from, so Mozilla isn't going to do anything about it. The problem isn't present in other browsers, like Chrome, Safari, or Opera. You can remove the extra spaces if you edit them out in preview before submitting your post.
The passage of Mark 16:9-20 was included because it is in some manuscripts. The earliest citations of it were referenced by some of the early church Fathers. Some manuscripts contain the Longer Ending (Mark 16:9-20). Some contain the Shorter Ending (which is unversed) and some contain both endings. One 4th century manuscript contains a different ending called The Freer Logion, that would begin after Mark 16:14.
Some believe that because of the abrupt ending to Mark at 16:8 that the original ending may have been lost.
So it's possible that Mark's gospel ended at 16:8...or with one of the 3 other endings...or a completely different ending.
The "they" is the Apostles and the 72 found in Luke 10:17-19. Compare Mark 16:17-18 with Mt 10:1, Luke 10:19 and Acts 28:3-6.
Mink, you're addressing the "how" of the issue. My question was WHY do you think the churchmen added to the text "And if you drink poison it shall not harm you?"
I'm sure the OP picked this example because he knew it would be understandable to a large swath of people.
But man, I can't help but chuckle at the idea of God using the Powerball lottery to fund His operations.
If I were God, I would threaten Jerome Powell with hellfire until he created some deposits in my missionaries' pockets with a keystroke. Way more discreet than being on the local news holding a giant cardboard check.
I'm sure the OP picked this example because he knew it would be understandable to a large swath of people.
But man, I can't help but chuckle at the idea of God using the Powerball lottery to fund His operations.
If I were God, I would threaten Jerome Powell with hellfire until he created some deposits in my missionaries' pockets with a keystroke. Way more discreet than being on the local news holding a giant cardboard check.
That's a brilliant idea. Why do you think God doesn't do it?
But man, I can't help but chuckle at the idea of God using the Powerball lottery to fund His operations.
Think about it, Avon, a Christian missionary says a prayer, "Lord I humbly pray that you make my Powerball numbers the winning numbers. You know I am trying to spread the gospel of your son, Jesus to the heathen. I promise to dedicate all the money to this endeavor to bring Jesus to the world. I ask this in Jesus' name. Amen"
I have no doubt that thousands of missionaries prayed that prayer with the sincere intention of using the money to spread the gospel of Jesus. Why do you think God didn't answer their prayers?
You give a lot of credit to God messing into our lives. I was of the belief (only a belief),
that He left the whole place to us to manage.
Also, but this I know from exp, there is a Formula for prayer...one part, so not to be mysterious or coy...
for example...if the person, in there unconscious mind has a smidgen of doubt - or
they are holding, also, a subconscious belief they do not deserve what they are asking for, for example ..
Forget it. It won't happen.
Not that this has to do with God ---it's LOA - Law of Attraction ...any atheist can test it...
you've placed a block, you see, for 'the Universe ' to have it come about.
There are books on this The Power of Belief or The Power of the Mind, You Are What You Think, and so on.
(Take God out of the equation entirely - WE have the power to bring things about...believing is so powerful!)
The fun thing is no one has to believe ME ---it can be tested. It's the old:
If you believe you can't; you're right.
If you believe you can; you're right.
*I have Firefox, also ...I preview and fix every post. Not for me, for others.
Think about it, Avon, a Christian missionary says a prayer, "Lord I humbly pray that you make my Powerball numbers the winning numbers. You know I am trying to spread the gospel of your son, Jesus to the heathen. I promise to dedicate all the money to this endeavor to bring Jesus to the world. I ask this in Jesus' name. Amen"
I have no doubt that thousands of missionaries prayed that prayer with the sincere intention of using the money to spread the gospel of Jesus. Why do you think God didn't answer their prayers?
Because G-d is not like Amazon. He doesn't deliver whatever and whenever you order something.
You receive what you need albeit the need may be obscured.
But, this discussion is just a York Peppermint Patty for my mind. Some fun, lots of breezy, cool, refreshing filling. Hard to take seriously. Not like a Snickers bar. That has complexity worthy of real thinking about real topics.
Because G-d is not like Amazon. He doesn't deliver whatever and whenever you order something.
You mean God is not going to simply deliver money to you to spread the gospel of his son Jesus to unsaved parts of the world? Sheesh, what a dumb God.
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It's the old:
