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22 Jun 2010, 5:09 pm

Well, see? You are quite confident in your own righteousness.



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22 Jun 2010, 5:10 pm

pandabear wrote:
Well, see? You are quite confident in your own righteousness.


Well, see? You are quite confident in your own false conclusion.



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22 Jun 2010, 6:07 pm

pandabear wrote:
Should Christians ever fight? Or, should they remain forever passive? Should Christians abstain from warfare?

Should a Christian allow anyone to rob him, torture him, and murder him? Or, should a Christian fight back?

It depends on which Christians. As far as I know, Christians such as seventh day adventists, Jehova's Witnesses, few Catholics that I know of at least, and few liberal christians seem to commonly be against participating in violence such as warefare, and usually promoting the "Turning the other cheek" approach.

And, well, I was thaught as a former Christian to be a pacifist practically, and the duty of rejecting any involvement in violent activities.


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22 Jun 2010, 8:28 pm

iamnotaparakeet wrote:
pandabear wrote:
Well, see? You are quite confident in your own righteousness.


Well, see? You are quite confident in your own false conclusion.


Are you saying that you are not confident of your righteousness?



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23 Jun 2010, 6:18 am

pandabear wrote:
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
pandabear wrote:
Well, see? You are quite confident in your own righteousness.


Well, see? You are quite confident in your own false conclusion.


Are you saying that you are not confident of your righteousness?


Duh.



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23 Jun 2010, 7:50 am

Well, why aren't you confident of your righteousness?

Maybe you need to get involved in something that will build your righteousness.

You're more righteous than I am, aren't you?



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23 Jun 2010, 8:04 am

pandabear wrote:
Well, why aren't you confident of your righteousness?

Maybe you need to get involved in something that will build your righteousness.

You're more righteous than I am, aren't you?


Oh wow, now you're going backwards, then forwards, then backwards, then forwards, booby-trapping every question ready to spout off random Scripture.



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23 Jun 2010, 8:12 am

Why should random scripture frighten you?

I, for one, am perfectly comfortable with my righteousness. I'm sure that I could be more righteous, or less, but I don't care. I'm satisfied with the righteousness with which I am blessed. I'm not covetous of anyone else's righteousness.



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23 Jun 2010, 8:17 am

pandabear wrote:
Why should random scripture frighten you?

I, for one, am perfectly comfortable with my righteousness. I'm sure that I could be more righteous, or less, but I don't care. I'm satisfied with the righteousness with which I am blessed. I'm not covetous of anyone else's righteousness.


It doesn't frighten me, but you quote based upon buzzwords and phrases without actual thought regarding context or meaning of either what I say or what the Bible says, and your intention in doing so is to attempt to rebuke and teach when contrarily you would be the one for which both ought to be.



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23 Jun 2010, 8:30 am

So you're more accustomed to the teaching and rebuking role?



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23 Jun 2010, 8:42 am

pandabear wrote:
So you're more accustomed to the teaching and rebuking role?


Argh, no. Are you more used to the trolling and flaming role?



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23 Jun 2010, 8:53 am

iamnotaparakeet wrote:
pandabear wrote:
So you're more accustomed to the teaching and rebuking role?


Argh, no. Are you more used to the trolling and flaming role?


Is that the best rebuke you can muster?



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23 Jun 2010, 9:00 am

pandabear wrote:
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
pandabear wrote:
So you're more accustomed to the teaching and rebuking role?


Argh, no. Are you more used to the trolling and flaming role?


Is that the best rebuke you can muster?


I'm not trying and I'm not going to bother, because then you'd just spout off more just for the sake of the keyword search and continuation of your caricaturization.



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23 Jun 2010, 9:07 am

What makes you think that you know more about the Bible than I do?

If what I quoted was "out of context", then how was it out of context?



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23 Jun 2010, 9:14 am

pandabear wrote:
What makes you think that you know more about the Bible than I do?

If what I quoted was "out of context", then how was it out of context?


I'm through with feeding you.



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23 Jun 2010, 9:30 am

2 Timothy 3

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All Scripture is inspired by God, and is useful for teaching the truth, rebuking error, correcting faults, and giving instruction for right living.