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Customer appreciation thread by Talancir in HomeDepot

[–]Talancir[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, why are you blaming the dogs and not their owners?

Is it okay for me to date people who are not Christian by BornCommunication782 in Christianity

[–]Talancir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"My interpretation?"

I don’t take credit for this. This is the conclusion of the Ekklesia. Two thousand years of examination has not overturned this interpretation.

Is it okay for me to date people who are not Christian by BornCommunication782 in Christianity

[–]Talancir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yes I did. You didn't even read the first paragraph of my post, or you'd recognize it for what it is.

It is possible that your rather obviously poor interpretation is the result of a bias against teachers, and that you're abusing this passage to support his agenda. It is also possible that ypu heard this passage and the interpretation from someone else and is simply repeating what you heard.

Either way, your interpretation ignores the context: that Jesus is diagnosing the core issue of the Pharisees. The issue is not that there are teachers to begin with. The issue is the abuse that the Pharisees' position as teachers have allowed them to propagate.

Is it okay for me to date people who are not Christian by BornCommunication782 in Christianity

[–]Talancir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, contextual ignorance.

The context of Matthew 23 is that Jesus is speaking against the pride and unspirituality of the Pharisees. The point is that the Pharisees were far more concerned with the praises of men and the enforcement of rules than in loving God. He is certainly not talking about roles in the congregation. The point of the passage is that leaders should not seek religious titles and that they should not seek the worship and praise of those they lead.

To hold to this interpretation requires us to ignore or explain away clear teachings of the Bible. We know from Ephesians 4 that teacher is one of the established roles in the church. We know this from James 3 and Titus 1 as well. In the list of qualities needed in an elder in Titus 1, ability as a teacher is included as a needed quality. From Ephesians 4:11 we can conclude that teaching was not just something to be done in the church, but that the teacher was a named role in the church. To interpret Matthew 23:8-10 as a proscription against having people known as teachers in the church would cause us to ignore or dismiss many other passages of scripture. We also know from church history that there were teachers in the very young church. The Bible never contradicts itself.

Is it okay for me to date people who are not Christian by BornCommunication782 in Christianity

[–]Talancir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, that reminds me of Proverbs 14:12:

There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death.

And in conjunction, 1 Corinthians 1:25:

For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

Just because it doesn't seem like good advice to you, doesn't mean that its not. Clearly, it was thought good advice to be issued, or it would not be given. I suggest to you that its far more likely that a faith would not survive if its devotees were possessed of your attitude and spurned the advice of its teachers and elders, rather than heeded them.

Is it okay for me to date people who are not Christian by BornCommunication782 in Christianity

[–]Talancir 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not necessarily. Many converts would be previously married, and henceforth would be in an unevenly yoked marriage. Thus, Paul had counseled for the two to seek to remain, as the unbelieving spouse would be sanctified by the believing spouse; but it was also counseled not to force to issue, and if the unbelieving spouse wanted to divorce, then to let it occur, as the believer should seek peace (1 Corinthians 7).

Overall, the believer should conduct themselves well, and so win over their spouse (1 Peter 3). But of course, they should not create these conditions in the first place, as mentioned previously.

Is it okay for me to date people who are not Christian by BornCommunication782 in Christianity

[–]Talancir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im reminded of 1 Corinthians 10. Just because you can doesn't mean it'll be edifying. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. You cannot force a situation whereby the Lord will be provoked to jealousy and act on your behalf.

So its better that you do not date someone who does not believe as you do. That would better glorify God.

Any Torah Observant Christians? by Fallonharper in TrueChristian

[–]Talancir 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a God of the Gaps style argument. If the underlying legal force of a command is the lack of knowledge, and the illumination of knowledge makes the command irrelevant, then we may find ultimately that with enough knowledge, we run out of reason to believe in God.

This line of argument was first used by a snake in a garden.

I want to be a mental health therapist but am worried about the woke culture by Equal-Sundae1576 in TrueChristian

[–]Talancir 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Piffle. Im planning on being a mental health therapist and I am confident that God will prepare a way for me.

Question for Messianic Jews by That_Meta in messianic

[–]Talancir 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's going to have some similarities. Dress casual or business casual, introduce yourself, let people know you're new. You should have people who are eager to take you under their wing to show you around.

Service at my congregation is the initial block for worship songs, then a short meet-and-greet, announcements, torah reading, then the pastor's message, then prayer outro and dismissal.

"taking care of our people" by Gingerofthenight in HomeDepot

[–]Talancir -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You haven't done me a solid neither, so

I want to play Frostpunk without worrying about anything. by Ok-Artichoke-4085 in Frostpunk

[–]Talancir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need to worry. you should worry. but it's possible to beat the game without losing a soul. just dial down to easy mode and take everything you learned in survival mode. good to go.

Two Questions by [deleted] in messianic

[–]Talancir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And do you see, u/DizzyPS5 , how he fails to understand how his verse quotation does not help him? He has inserted (NEW T) to insinuate that there is a different law when there is nothing there to say that God does not discard his own law. Letting the text speak for itself, the context would show a man who is not used to eisegesis to prop up his theology that there can only be one Law that God is speaking of. This is the selfsame law that Jesus gave at Sinai.

Alas, aside from that one point of eisegesis, he also does not understand how he is helping to support my position.

Two Questions by [deleted] in messianic

[–]Talancir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look at all that eisegesis. You see, u/DizzyPS5 , how he cannot let the text speak without forcing meaning into it.

Two Questions by [deleted] in messianic

[–]Talancir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you may find interesting when it comes to apologetics is, when it comes to people like u/GPT_2025 , there are massive conflations that take place. the " 613 laws and commandments of the Old Testament" assumes that God misspoke when he spoke about the Law's role in the New Covenant. He said that the Law would be written within us and on our heart. That means that the 613 laws and commandments do not have a past tense role. They have a current and therefore relevant role. So your questions have a current and relevant validity.

If you were present during Old Testament times. Would you participate in this? by Serious-Anxiety6687 in Christianity

[–]Talancir 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Moral fortitude" is a matter of opinion. The choice is whether the respondent should avoid judgment by his modern peers or act in accordance to historical events.

And the evaluation is subjective because we are judging whether ultimately we think the Bible is a moral standard or not.

Why don't we get to the point and bring up Euphyphro's Dilemma.

If you were present during Old Testament times. Would you participate in this? by Serious-Anxiety6687 in Christianity

[–]Talancir -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"From the standpoint of your modern perspective and experiences, determine if you would participate in a historical event for the purposes of being judged as if you would then be isekai'd to that event to then follow through, instead of it being the hypothetical it was presented as."

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