Re: Is Jesus honored when people make a lie in His honor?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> "Dalene Barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>
>>> Look, if heathen from pluto worship funny little frozen ammonia
>>> crystals, and sanctify a holiday to the day the ammonia thaws
>>> (signalizing the start of spring), then one can still infer from
>>> Jeremiah 10 that God prefers if we "learn not the ways of the
>>> heathen."
>>
>> So, if the Plutonian heathen do that, we should all stop using
>> ammonia, right, especially if it's thawed?
>
> Given your state of knowledge,

    (there's probably an insult here, but I'm not going to bother with it!
LOL)

  it would seem appropriate to throw the
> ball back in your court: are you really comfortable dancing around the
> ammonia-fountain, singing ammonia carols?
>
> Regards,
> Len.

A more correct analogy would be - am I comfortable having ammonia fountains
in my house while I sing praise and worship to the one True God.  You made
an incorrect assumption that I currently worship my Christmas tree and sing
carols of praise to IT.

Sort of like - am I comfortable eating meat sacrificed to idols, while
thanking the One True God for providing said meat.

To carry the "learn not the ways of the heathen" verse to the full extent of
your argument, we must quit calling modern days of the week what we
currently call them.  If Franklin wasn't saved when he "discovered"
electricity, then, according to your interpretation of the verse, we must
not use electricity.  If Grace Hopper wasn't save when she came up with
nanoseconds, then we must not use computer technology.

The GRACE afforded to us through Jesus Christ (as Paul outlines in his "meat
to idol" analogy) allows us to utilize meat from idols, ammonia from Pluto,
trees from the forest, electricity and nanoseconds as every day items, long
as the CENTER of our worship stays the One True God.

It would probably be totally impossible to sort out EVERY influence in both
modern day life and the modern day church that has heathen roots and
origins.  This is most likely why Paul - even 2000 years ago (give or
take) - outlined the principles of Grace at work, and the admonition to NOT
cause weak brothers to stumble with the deliberate use of these things in
their presence.

Dalene