I’m not having it out with them. I’m having it out with selfish individuals who claim to be pro-life and follow Jesus but instead belittle those who are trying to protect their neighbor.
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Your questions prior to this either have answers that are pretty obvious or have already been answered.
“Submission” would be the actual requirement. “Faith” is a subjective term.
Then why would non-Christians think they’re smarter than God?
Sure, but for instance that would be pretty strong evidence it wasn’t a con. I don’t know of any magic trick that could bring a dude back from a grave after several days. Especially considering the rather public ritual of Jewish preparation and burial. And at least according to the culture within which that miracle was performed it would not be even possible to consider it the work of the devil.
According to common Jewish belief that was not a thing - the devil didn’t work positive miracles. That’s exactly why when the Pharisees say something similar about Jesus driving out demons they’re publicly shamed. Everyone around knew that was BS (again according to the people and beliefs of the time). This attitude reoccurs in a number of places in the Bible both old and new testament. Notably John 9, where the blind man gets grilled by the Pharisees and they basically tell him out of spite that they “know” the man who healed him is a sinner/of the devil. The man retorts pretty much the same thing–“nobody ever heard about a sinner doing these miracles. If it wasn’t God it couldn’t be done” (paraphrased by memory).
The context is clearly there, and the irony is that the elite knowledgeable people are the ones making an absolutely absurd claim, that they know very well is absurd, out of spite.
In other words, thinking it a con or devil driven would have been unthinkable to a Jewish person witnessing it.
Sure. I’ve never said otherwise. The point though is that “leaving room for doubt” is not the same as “anything with evidence for it can’t be faith”. That’s absurd.
I’m well aware of that verse. And the context. And the philosophy. Let’s please not get into this kind of thing.
Because of faith.
Let me be perfectly clear: I do not believe mask wearing is anything but virtue signaling. Do not pretend you do it to protect others, unless you have done it while the cold and flu were spreading every other year of your life or at least plan to from now on. If everyone had masked up last March, do you think the COVID panic would’ve ended after a few weeks as the virus died out?
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Okay.
They think they’re smarter than everyone. They’re #wokeAF
Why don’t you tell me what the word “faith” encompasses in this quote alone?
Romans 14:1 ESV / 182 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.
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strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof.
I can only speak for myself, but in my case you would be wrong. Wearing a mask in the last year is one of the steps I’ve taken to slow the spread of the virus. Based on the video you posted upthread, I know you don’t believe that masks are effective at slowing the spread of the virus. If I agreed with that premise and still wore a mask because I wanted others to believe something about me that wasn’t true, I’d be virtue signaling. However, I think that masks, if used consistently and correctly can slow down (but not totally prevent) the spread of the virus.
Others may be wearing masks at times simply because they’re complying with rules of places of business, work, etc. even if they don’t believe masks work to slow the spread. They aren’t virtue signaling, they’re just going along with it because they want to get something done with a minimal amount of trouble.
That’s true, and I feel sorry for them.
Why? They actually advocate PUNISHING mask wearers.
You never met a born again Christian.
This. Why were so many people being selfish and not caring about the elderly? How many countless people with underlying conditions caught a could that progressed to pnuemonia and died in years past? Those people didn’t matter? Their lives were unimportant?
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To be fair, I guess one must be asleep at some point to become #woke.
How do you know they were? I don’t know about the people in your life or who you associate with, but the people I know will stay away from others if they are sick.
I don’t know, how many?
What do you think?
Make sure you read the entire chapter.
5…Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
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For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
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So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
Paul was speaking about quarrels between believers. I understand using this as a broader commentary on faithful vs non faithful, but that not really the context.
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But you never took the simplest most effective step and just put a mask on to protect those around you. Shame on you.
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I think we should stay locked up in our houses and never come into contact with other people. If you want to come out, you’re simply selfish and domt care about the lives of others.
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I don’t get sick.
But people are countable.
I fully support you in that effort.
I am not convinced that me using the definition I did is a strawman as it is a common understanding of the word among many others. It is fair to ask clarification (then we may not agree on the definition, but we would be in understanding). My initial reply was to someone who was questioning the knowledge of another poster who said something like faith isn’t required for Christianity. In that case, using the definition of faith I am going off of is fair.
I have noticed that the word faith is somewhat distorted among religious people (IMO). I have heard that faith in God is akin to faith that a chair will hold you up. The latter IMO isn’t faith, it is a reasonable expectation based upon past performance.
We don’t have to agree on definitions though. Just know that many see the word faith how I do, and many see it how you do. I thought the post was clear with what I meant by faith though.
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I tried to catch up and figure out who is arguing what about faith and Christianity. I gave up.
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