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immoderate

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21. The bible seems to say that Jesus is universal.
Mon Jun 3, 2013, 01:12 PM
Jun 2013

But as you say, he's not for everybody.

--imm

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We are supposed to excecute those who eat pork, pulled or otherwise. According to the Bluenorthwest Jun 2013 #1
zThere is a wonderful book called The Year of Living Bibically mysuzuki2 Jun 2013 #5
Try this: elleng Jun 2013 #2
Execution is not proper! hrmjustin Jun 2013 #3
If you skip the executions... immoderate Jun 2013 #8
Leaving us gays alone. I am sorry that was not clear. hrmjustin Jun 2013 #9
OK then, carry on. immoderate Jun 2013 #12
We all have our opinions on the bible. hrmjustin Jun 2013 #13
Yeah, some of us think it prolifically deals out unjustified executions. immoderate Jun 2013 #14
I agree that is why I tend to focus on the NT. Jesus was a much nicer guy. hrmjustin Jun 2013 #15
Well, compared to Yahweh, who isn't? immoderate Jun 2013 #17
Christianity is not everyones cup of tea my friend. hrmjustin Jun 2013 #18
And their "documents" don't reflect that. immoderate Jun 2013 #19
Our documents don't reflect what? hrmjustin Jun 2013 #20
The bible seems to say that Jesus is universal. immoderate Jun 2013 #21
I said Christianity is not everyones cup of tea. Jesus is for everyone. hrmjustin Jun 2013 #22
It's kind of set up to be like that. immoderate Jun 2013 #23
Yes Jesus said it would be very hard to follow him. hrmjustin Jun 2013 #24
Well you do have the God ordered genocide exboyfil Jun 2013 #26
However, they tended to skip executions Bad Thoughts Jun 2013 #28
Most of the religous against gays woul dnot be bother by that punishment... Agnosticsherbet Jun 2013 #4
There are sturdier arguments about Leviticus than conflating the Vatican with fundamentalists. rug Jun 2013 #6
I heard they were supposed to be stoned. Mnemosyne Jun 2013 #7
(1) Although the Catholic hierarchy is quite conservative on some matters, struggle4progress Jun 2013 #10
It's somewhat disingenuous to conflate anti-homosexual bigotry with fundamentalism... Act_of_Reparation Jun 2013 #11
Final proof! Yay! demwing Jun 2013 #16
You said Jehovah!!! DetlefK Jun 2013 #25
Actually Jesus had no problems with gay men fasttense Jun 2013 #27
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