a few things in response to you Richard.....
The KJV does not significantly differ from the NIV in this section, just a little bit less flowery.
always read the closest translation to the original language and script. anything else can cause unintentional errors. just like a VCR tape use you to record movies over and over again. It wears down after a while.
If you are going to barrage us with quotes
I've NEVER done that. how many times have I quoted a religious icon? 5? 6? that's not a barrage.
and claim your love for all
I've never done that either. Ever heard this line before?
I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
In the past you have shown us all sorts of posts about how great you are
no I didn't. I've hinted at what I have, and have even told some of you guys things about yourself that were probably true even though you didn't respond to me. Does that make me great? Does my tech skill and code writing ability make me great? NOPE. Not in the slightest. You're off base here.
I think St. Paul might have differed with you on your tactics.
he differed with a lot of people. Peter being his primary nemesis. Christ's words were so philosophical, and most of them came from heavenly knowledge, that not even Paul got it right all the time. And he seemed to be an incredibly intelligent man. Not like Peter obviously, who was a complete moron.
Look at yourself honestly and evaluate your approach to this board.
the approach has changed many times. sometimes as a test to see what I could get out of you. very few tests worked. a few results were surprising and caught me off guard.
despite your protestations to the contrary, you have not been showing us a lot of love here.
what would you like to see? me accepting of your ways here? if so, what ways? your politically-correct attitudes? your way of teaching others the access program? your level of knowledge and showing respect for it (regardless of what mine is)? not putting down others when their opinions differ from my own?
You keep on admonishing corporations - and us - to give what they own to the poor.
I NEVER said that at all. I've hinted at the fact that corporations are a serious problem because they've destroyed literally everything in big cities, although inadvertently, sometimes. and now there's nothing left. and it seems as though the game IS changing. I think most of them now, even though they have to feed people like you, who are on fixed income, they are doing every damn thing they can now to figure out how to use the money to help everybody survive. but then again, some of that comes out of guilt. some of it for other reasons.
You keep on presenting exhibits of how smart you are. But that isn't about love. You write comments that dishonor others. But that is surely not love.
partly true. but then again, read my quote from above. Advocating the truth that Christ knew, spoke about and preached isn't always about ""love love love"" all the time. And to tell you some of the shit coming in the future, it would be no surprise to me that there will be a man appear, in whatever arena or facet of life, that will seem to have the ability to ""love everyone, regardless of who they are"". Sorry, that's not possible. That causes a seriously dead soul. No human being can possibly do that. Humans are not that powerful. If Jesus couldn't do it, no one can. Jesus didn't go around the middle east everyday of his life saying:
oh, I love you. I understand you. Everything will be fine. No, I don't think so. He turned tables. He got pissed off, although rarely. He said things to others for the purpose of making them realize they weren't really that smart in the hopes that they would realize what he was saying had truth in it. etc, etc, etc....
and it has worked, for the most part. thanks.
There is the admonition from St. Paul. You won't listen to me. Will you listen to him?
I do, all the time. But then again, I act like the king himself more than the apostles. But, my ways could change some, yes. and more than likely as I get older (in the near future), they will. I should really take a proactive approach and make the change now....primarily because I've got people in my parish waiting for me to take the lead on various things....
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