I was thinking about some of the scriptures in the Bible related to communism, speech, etc. So what do you think, are there any benefits to these directives concerning our words and conversation?
Death and life are in the power of the tongue… Proverbs 18:21
Let no corrupt word proceed out of...
In my opinion, if the words spoken by a Christian or another Abrahamic theist who believes the Bible aren't important and don't define them, then the Bible wouldn't have instructions about not letting any unwholesome words come out of your mouth (Ephesians4:29; 5:3–7; Colossians 3:8), to tame...
The Bible supports it? No.
God disproved of it. Jesus confirmed that.
The Bible is a record of history, so it does not exclude things that people did - bad, or good.
The Bible is not a crutch. It is a document. It supports nothing. :D
Bible principles help us with that. Hence, living by Bible...
Thank you.
I just liked a post of yours in another thread.
I can see you give a lot of thought to scripture.
You seemed to have been given a good upbringing.
Were you always connected to religious assemblies?
Hi nPeace. In my faith, we don't cuss. Cussing shows a defect in the heart. Ever hit your thumb with a hammer? What came out of your mouth at that time indicates what is in the heart. Just like hard situations will bring out of hearts things that lie buried there. I know of people who, when...
My faith is in the bible. I believe the bible says we should not use foul language, cussing or profanity..
Colossians 3:8, But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
Ephesians4:29 29 Do not let any...
These are great versus - I'm not sure how it applies to what i was talking about. There are consequences or benefits to what we believe and do but even in the versus given, he isn't forcing.
I love the Parable of the Sower especially since Jesus said it was the key of unlocking all other...
You are certainly free to your perspective and I’m sure many agree with that view. I just feel that most profanity is negative and the f-word in particular is derogatory and hurtful... a form of verbal abuse. I’ve never used it even as a non-Christian and never will now because my life belongs...
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A life long anti-trinitarian. On October 17, 2018 my beautiful wife lovingly sat down next to me - consistent with 1 Peter 3:1-2 - and humbly said, "I think it is time for you to read this." She handed me A Little Devotional Bible. It is beautiful, breaking up each day with an...
1 Corinthians 10:23 "All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not."
Ephesians4:29 "Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto...
Personally, I don't find any use of the Bible. Just a collection of random thoughts by other men.
Some of those thoughts I might agree with, some I disagree with. That they exist in a book doesn't really change the fact of whether I agree or disagree with them. So I suppose their existence is...
I think that the authors of the Bible indeed have great wisdom and wisdom that applies to those who find themselves firmly within the range of effect of the Judeo-Christian tradition. Only the literalist interpretation has been so harmful. The authors were, IMO, literary masters and there is...
There is no cooperative Bible book discussion or Quran book discussion threads in the forum. Very odd, being a religious forum and all. Maybe we can start some in the interfaith section. I can start a Gita discussion thread there too if there is interest.
Selective reading of any ancient scripture can offer inspiration, guidance, and spiritual value, but the Bible remains an ancient edited, redacted, and compiled from various ancient sources, including Babylonian, Canaanite and Ugarit mythology.
No, the Bible is not particularly relevant to the...
I use it as a fire starter when I am camping it's great for that since it's delusionally used as a road map.. I watch the fire and work on how it became about and decided it determined. I do the same with science tests and we'll all books for that matter that people use as road maps. Lots of...
Anyone can learn anything from any book. Its the person that takes meaning from it. The book does nothing.
For example, if you have two seperate books one love, the other, hate. The love book says to love you must hit a person. To hate you must hug a person. Although both doesnt make sense to a...
It's useful as a historical literary work of fiction, and offers an interesting glimpse back in time at Jewish and Christian mythology of the day.
As a book that applies today, it's well past its expiration date, which some exception made to some common sage advice and poetic flavor that...
The Bible is very old, and some of the things mentioned in this book are hard to relate to today. I confess that the passages about animal sacrifices in the Old Testament are not my favorite kind of literature.
But is the Bible completely outdated or can we still find good advice even today?
If...
Think about romantic love. A girl came to me one day and told me all the good things about herself. If love were just going through a list of all the good things I should have loved her but the truth is there was no romantic love between us.
I believe you can read passages about love in the...