What do you want us to do in Africa, intervene? That's sort of illegal and it's why people are so angry at us about South America. It's not because "they're not white."
It's not a good thing to be fighting for another country's oil. Just saying.
While there's still racism in our country, it's not so extreme that our country doesn't want to help African people. I mean, we did elect a black president, after all.
I think the reason that we aren't helping African countries is because our nation gets nothing out of it. Most of the time we help out another country, it's because either they're our ally, our ally wants us to help them, or we think they'd be a powerful ally.
...I'm so tempted to state my opinion on these religoius matters, but seeing as I'm probably the only Catholic posting on this thread, I think I'd be responding to literally everyone else and restating the same points over and over again. xD I'm tempted, but I won't. Frankly I'm surprised how this thread has been allowed, I could see a lot of arguments blowing up here.
I'm also a non-Catholic who isn't joining the arguments about religion because I'm not Catholic.
The thing is, we care about the welfare of everyone on Earth. So, we make sure there's no evil regimes stopping people from having freedom.
, wait are you serious? I made a list a while back of about 40 countries which the us overthrew or tried to overthrow. Most were democratically elected.
Peter Pevensie, of course. Or possibly the Apostle Peter. Or Peter Piper. There are a lot of Peters.
How about Peter Dinklage? :tounge: Or Peter Jackson? :tounge: or? Peter the Great? Or Peter Rabbit? Or Peter Cushing? Or Peter pan? or Peter Capaldi? or Peter Davison? or Peter Quill? or Peter O'toole? or Peter Benjamin Parker? :tounge:
Peter Venkman, Peter the Great, Peter Cottontail, Peter Pettigrew…
, wait are you serious? I made a list a while back of about 40 countries which the us overthrew or tried to overthrow. Most were democratically elected.
Hitler was also democratically elected.
Yeah I know, I was gonna say that. So was Tojo, and Lenin.
Yeah I know, I was gonna say that. So was Tojo, and Lenin.
Tojo was actually appointed prime minister by the Emperor of Japan, but yeah.
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Well were told to eta the Lords Supper every week so what's wrong with adding cheese into it?
I'm totally okay with the traditional Lord's Supper, but the way I read "So often as you eat the bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death" is that proclaiming Jesus' death should be a daily habit, just like eating and drinking.
As I said, though, there's nothing wrong with the traditional Lord's Supper in church, I think it's quite meaningful. But it has another meaning as well to me, which I think is quite interesting and important.
It is one of are 2 sacrements, now everyone will make a big deal about baptism but The Lord's Supper is equally important.
It would get you a better job if you were christian in 320AD, so what do you think people did?
Yes, I know, as one reads history, it becomes quite clear that many "Christians" were by no means actual Christians. Far from it. But if even one of those pagans was truly saved, it would all have been worth it.
Well.....she is. At least she says she is, but no one knows the heart or soul of a person except God. But I don't see any reason to believe she's not. There are important Christian morals in her books, and the magic is no closer to real-life witchcraft than that of Narnia.
Narnia is different, Lewis is teaching about God who appears as Aslan, Lewis also wrote a lot of theology so I think he was. Jesus says you can know a tree by its fruit and it is easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
Nothing but, the idea of a party is just kind of weird and not something I'd really like.
Well, you can have your own opinions. You don't have to have parties at all. As long as we are both saved by Jesus and fully accept His gift and our mission, then there's really no point in continuing this discussion at all. I'll see you in heaven.
And hopefully still on the MBs, too.
Um, sure, you're saying you're not going to go on with this.
1. He never says to eat the Lord's supper every week.
2. Nothing, obviously. The Lord's supper was a meal, where they happened to have bread and wine. Quite possibly they also had cheese, who knows?
But my point is we shouldn't be ridiculous, we should be reasonable. You act as if there are two extremes 1. Not do anything that isn't specifically mentioned in the Bible, or 2. Add whatever we want.
That's a false dilemma fallacy. What should we do? Be wise. Judging and weighing everything to see if it meets the Bibles standards. While we should do exactly what the Bible says, that doesn't mean not
doing anything it doesn't say to do. Why? Because there are so many things that aren't addressed! It would be ridiculous and impossible to do so. Obviously, the Bible doesn't deal with every single issue. It
physically can't, it's a book with a limited number of pages. You could come up with all sorts of issues the Bible doesn't mention doing while worshiping: Wearing modern clothes, wearing glasses, sneezing,
etc. It can't. The Bible is not a "Guide to every single issue no matter how inconsequential."
So, the Bible sets Moral standards against which we can weigh everything. So, even though it doesn't specifically deal with every issue, we can reach a decision.
So, bringing us back to music, what could possibly be wrong with musical instruments? Music is one of the most beautiful things in existence, and instruments greatly add to that beauty. And since we are supposed to praise God, and singing is clearly endorsed throughout the entire Bible, what could be wrong with musical instruments? They do not violate any moral standard in the Bible, but merely add to our praise.
Therefore, you are wrong.
That was an extremely effective and polite argument. Good job.
Well, the ending could have been a bit more polite, though.
Well if we add to worship by bringing in Instruments why not root beer and Chips for the Lords supper, after it makes people happier, and that what's important, right?
Well, the Lord's Supper is an event that is set in stone. We are told very clearly to eat "bread" and "wine".
Any other form of worship, however, is not set in stone. There is no verse telling us not to use musical instruments during worship (again, even king David himself played a harp). If we were told specifically not to use instruments in worship -- the Bible would say so. And it doesn't.
Frankly I'm surprised how this thread has been allowed, I could see a lot of arguments blowing up here. 
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