Was the media too alarmist?
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@LuFins-Dad said in Was the media too alarmist?:
Why are we in a Biblical debate in a thread about whether the media went too far into panic mode?
Amen.
But, I must say I am impressed with people that can reference Bible verses off the top of their head. When it gets real heavy, it ends up being references thrown back and forth, without content, almost like a game.
I do remember years ago on this forum, there were certain individuals that were amazing in their knowledge, and then the knock-down-drag-out fights that would occur as true meaning was chased around the room.
OK. Back to the topic.
Yeah, media sux, causes panic for click-bait. Orange Man bad, Biden has no marbles, Cuomo will be the next pres., Hillary is jiggly.Other than that, I got pretty much nothing.
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wrote on 11 Apr 2020, 09:51 last edited by
@mark said in Was the media too alarmist?:
It's just a book, written by men.
Dewey, you're wrong on multiple levels.
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I am probably the last person to talk about the Bible, as I will acknowledge that I do not know very much about it.
But, it seems (like many other religious books) that you can find passages to fit your point of view, even if they are totally opposite to each other.
One example I have heard:
Doesnt part of the Bible say "an eye for an eye" yet another part says "turn the other cheek"AGAIN, I do not know the Bible too much, so the above is probably taken out of contacts, but it is one example that I think of.
wrote on 11 Apr 2020, 10:00 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in Was the media too alarmist?:
I am probably the last person to talk about the Bible, as I will acknowledge that I do not know very much about it.
But, it seems (like many other religious books) that you can find passages to fit your point of view, even if they are totally opposite to each other.
One example I have heard:
Doesnt part of the Bible say "an eye for an eye" yet another part says "turn the other cheek"AGAIN, I do not know the Bible too much, so the above is probably taken out of contacts, but it is one example that I think of.
The Bible has many layers. Some things that can be taken literally, also have deeper meanings, when you connect the books as a whole or when you know the background or the everyday life of the time it was written.
Tomorrow is Easter, the day Christ arose from the dead and walked away from his tomb. If you are a bit curious about that, pick up a good reference Bible and do some reading. The first five books of the New Testament is where I would start...
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@mark said in Was the media too alarmist?:
It's just a book, written by men.
Dewey, you're wrong on multiple levels.
wrote on 11 Apr 2020, 11:17 last edited by@Jolly said in Was the media too alarmist?:
@mark said in Was the media too alarmist?:
It's just a book, written by men.
Dewey, you're wrong on multiple levels.
I hope it’s merely a typo that you confuse mark for Dewey. I have met both mark and Dewey in person. They are two different people.
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@Jolly said in Was the media too alarmist?:
@mark said in Was the media too alarmist?:
It's just a book, written by men.
Dewey, you're wrong on multiple levels.
I hope it’s merely a typo that you confuse mark for Dewey. I have met both mark and Dewey in person. They are two different people.
wrote on 11 Apr 2020, 13:22 last edited by Copper 4 Nov 2020, 13:23@Axtremus said in Was the media too alarmist?:
@Jolly said in Was the media too alarmist?:
@mark said in Was the media too alarmist?:
It's just a book, written by men.
Dewey, you're wrong on multiple levels.
I hope it’s merely a typo that you confuse mark for Dewey. I have met both mark and Dewey in person. They are two different people.
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/the_new_coffee_room/viewtopic.php?p=1216039#p1216039
@dewey said in [Marriage Equality in the Presbyterian Church]
If you believe, as Jolly does, that the Bible is inerrant, infallible, immutable, then you cannot accept any of the explanation I've just offered. -
@Axtremus said in Was the media too alarmist?:
@Jolly said in Was the media too alarmist?:
@mark said in Was the media too alarmist?:
It's just a book, written by men.
Dewey, you're wrong on multiple levels.
I hope it’s merely a typo that you confuse mark for Dewey. I have met both mark and Dewey in person. They are two different people.
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/the_new_coffee_room/viewtopic.php?p=1216039#p1216039
@dewey said in [Marriage Equality in the Presbyterian Church]
If you believe, as Jolly does, that the Bible is inerrant, infallible, immutable, then you cannot accept any of the explanation I've just offered.wrote on 11 Apr 2020, 13:28 last edited byThanks for post that again. That was an interesting discussion
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@Jolly said in Was the media too alarmist?:
@mark said in Was the media too alarmist?:
It's just a book, written by men.
Dewey, you're wrong on multiple levels.
I hope it’s merely a typo that you confuse mark for Dewey. I have met both mark and Dewey in person. They are two different people.
wrote on 12 Apr 2020, 02:19 last edited by@Axtremus said in Was the media too alarmist?:
@Jolly said in Was the media too alarmist?:
@mark said in Was the media too alarmist?:
It's just a book, written by men.
Dewey, you're wrong on multiple levels.
I hope it’s merely a typo that you confuse mark for Dewey. I have met both mark and Dewey in person. They are two different people.
No, I meant exactly what I said. Figure it out.
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Thanks for post that again. That was an interesting discussion
wrote on 12 Apr 2020, 02:35 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in Was the media too alarmist?:
Thanks for post that again. That was an interesting discussion
I'm getting older. I wouldn't put near that much effort in trying to explain apostasy.
I doubt Larry would, either.
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@Axtremus said in Was the media too alarmist?:
@Jolly said in Was the media too alarmist?:
@mark said in Was the media too alarmist?:
It's just a book, written by men.
Dewey, you're wrong on multiple levels.
I hope it’s merely a typo that you confuse mark for Dewey. I have met both mark and Dewey in person. They are two different people.
No, I meant exactly what I said. Figure it out.
wrote on 12 Apr 2020, 03:21 last edited by@Jolly said in Was the media too alarmist?:
@Axtremus said in Was the media too alarmist?:
@Jolly said in Was the media too alarmist?:
@mark said in Was the media too alarmist?:
It's just a book, written by men.
Dewey, you're wrong on multiple levels.
I hope it’s merely a typo that you confuse mark for Dewey. I have met both mark and Dewey in person. They are two different people.
No, I meant exactly what I said. Figure it out.
You quoted @mark's post and called him "Dewey."
It's quite easy to figure out that it's either a typo, or you have mistaken @mark for Dewey, or you thought the two are one and the same.
If you meant something else, then you were not saying what you thought you meant. -
@Jolly said in Was the media too alarmist?:
@Axtremus said in Was the media too alarmist?:
@Jolly said in Was the media too alarmist?:
@mark said in Was the media too alarmist?:
It's just a book, written by men.
Dewey, you're wrong on multiple levels.
I hope it’s merely a typo that you confuse mark for Dewey. I have met both mark and Dewey in person. They are two different people.
No, I meant exactly what I said. Figure it out.
You quoted @mark's post and called him "Dewey."
It's quite easy to figure out that it's either a typo, or you have mistaken @mark for Dewey, or you thought the two are one and the same.
If you meant something else, then you were not saying what you thought you meant.wrote on 12 Apr 2020, 03:41 last edited by@Axtremus said in Was the media too alarmist?:
@Jolly said in Was the media too alarmist?:
@Axtremus said in Was the media too alarmist?:
@Jolly said in Was the media too alarmist?:
@mark said in Was the media too alarmist?:
It's just a book, written by men.
Dewey, you're wrong on multiple levels.
I hope it’s merely a typo that you confuse mark for Dewey. I have met both mark and Dewey in person. They are two different people.
No, I meant exactly what I said. Figure it out.
You quoted @mark's post and called him "Dewey."
It's quite easy to figure out that it's either a typo, or you have mistaken @mark for Dewey, or you thought the two are one and the same.
If you meant something else, then you were not saying what you thought you meant.You're a smart lad. Figure it out.