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LakeArenal

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36. Seriously, does any of it make sense?

Reply to Walleye (Reply #34)

Wed Dec 21, 2022, 07:02 PM

Dec 2022

They make it up to suit their agenda.

As Cap’n Jack Sparrow would say:
They’re only guide lines.

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What the Bible says about lying? [View all] kentuck Dec 2022 OP

But---but---"Two Corinthians"! nt Atticus Dec 2022 #1

Doesn't matter all you have to do is " bath in the blood of Jesus " and all is well just ask Fullduplexxx Dec 2022 #2

One of the ten commandments says don't bear false witness. patricia92243 Dec 2022 #3

Against your neighbor. Genki Hikari Dec 2022 #17

Yeah. It also says in the Big Ten, You won't commit adultery. LakeArenal Dec 2022 #4

And they've never explained what the hell is a graven image Walleye Dec 2022 #7

Apparently not the white Jesus hanging from a cross. LakeArenal Dec 2022 #8

Yes that's what confuses me. As a photographer it sounds like they're forbidding my whole profession Walleye Dec 2022 #11

or white jeebus on a dino Celerity Dec 2022 #30

Yikes! LakeArenal Dec 2022 #31

More Than Birds (Extreme Parody) A Capella Science old as dirt Dec 2022 #37

I was forced to a different Christian Bible schools every summer. LakeArenal Dec 2022 #33

That's funny. Craven image doesn't make any more sense there Walleye Dec 2022 #34

Seriously, does any of it make sense? LakeArenal Dec 2022 #36

Most of the ten rules are useless Genki Hikari Dec 2022 #18

I don't need a handbook to tell me right and wrong. LakeArenal Dec 2022 #19

My point, exactly Genki Hikari Dec 2022 #26

Apples and oranges. wnylib Dec 2022 #28

Not specifically pedophilia, but wnylib Dec 2022 #20

And he was also fine with having them executed Genki Hikari Dec 2022 #27

All I see in that chapter is Jesus calling out wnylib Dec 2022 #29

GOPers use the Bible to find faults in others MissMillie Dec 2022 #5

Why put it in quotes? Genki Hikari Dec 2022 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Mariana Dec 2022 #25

I think they ones that behave this way MissMillie Dec 2022 #32

Jesus' advice to people pointing out wnylib Dec 2022 #23

... but, but, but if you're a MAGA, you interpret the bible as you wish and as you need! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2022 #6

And..... you can murder someone on 5th Ave.... LakeArenal Dec 2022 #9

If you are Trump you don't even need to repent. Walleye Dec 2022 #12

"We call on the President to repent" old as dirt Dec 2022 #35

Of course. The same way you interpret the Constitution. GoodRaisin Dec 2022 #16

It's what all members of the religion do Genki Hikari Dec 2022 #24

Lying is the same as speaking if you are a Republican. milestogo Dec 2022 #10

But then those who enjoy digging into theological paradoxes are confronted with the two major Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #13

There's lots of historical nuance in religion, ... old as dirt Dec 2022 #22

What does Roman propaganda say about lying? GenXer47 Dec 2022 #14

It depends on what people believe... kentuck Dec 2022 #15