BCITORGB wrote:
Tink opines:
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Do you see any difference between these statements of Old vs. New,
and
what that implies? What is the status of the Old Testament today, and
what is this New Testament all about! I ask the last question, to
check
the depth of your philosophy, sort of like a dipstick on the engine
to
check the oil. It does not change the status of the engine, but you
have an idea of its condition.
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I'll ignore your "dipstick" comment GRIN.

Hey, when it comes to OT, NT, Koran, et al, I'm running on empty. So
now that you know the status, how about some of the better-known
examples of NT boogey-man stuff (or OT warm fuzzies). I say
better-known because I'd at least like to occasionally be able to
say,
"Hey, I've heard of that!" You're going to have to relate to me at a
pretty simplistic level.

But, be forewarned, just as the JW's at my doorstep are forewarned,
I'm
not coming over to your side so long as you've got a mythical deity
on
your squad. OK?

frtzw906

Regret that I was not able to get back to you more last night, but I
was beat, and kept falling asleep at the 'puter!

I don't know that I expected you to come over to my squad. I thought
you were asking what my squad is all about; you were being honest,
intellectual, curious! If I was mistaken in my understanding of any of
these things about you, I apologize, and am open for you to clarify
your reasons for entertaining this discussion.

However, interestingly your statement about keeping it simple, bring us
back to to where we started. "God loves you!" That is as simple and as
sublime as it gets. You can say, you don't believe in God! Ok, that
does not change anything, He still "Loves you!" No matter what you
protest, object, evade, deny, obtuse, parse,too smart, too simple,
think-you-are-cute, mean, nasty, hateful, unloved, and unloveable; my
answer is always the same, "God Loves you."

That for sure makes it simple on me, I don't have to memorize a bunch
of arguments or proof scriptures. I don' have to convince you of
anything to to try and win you to my squad. That is not my
responsibility. That is why the word "prosyletize" is not applicable,
why I am not talking about religion. And why even a child can know what
I am talking about! Though the smartest men in the world, have stumbled
over this cornerstone!

As far as being able to accomadate your "Hey I've heard of that" list,
I have yet to see your list. So it is difficult to know what you have
heard of, or as you say "better known examples." If you had something
specific in mind, let me know and I will see if I can enlighten you.


Tnt, and know that God Loves you!