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

"Dalene Barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> Given your state of knowledge,
>
> (there's probably an insult here, but I'm not going to bother with
> it!  LOL)

Hypersensitive! No insult is intended or implied.

>> ...it would seem appropriate to throw the ball back in your court:
>> are you really comfortable dancing around the ammonia-fountain,
>> singing ammonia carols?
>
> 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 can take that angle if you like, yes. Standard policy in the early
Catholic truth was to blend various heathen traditions with their
worship, for example. So your question is perfectly legitimate: would
God, who said, "Learn not the ways of the heathen," be pleased to
observe you employing heathen behaviors as part of your "christian"
worship?

> You made an incorrect assumption that I currently worship my
> Christmas tree and sing carols of praise to IT.

It would be interesting to see the quote in which you think I ever
said that.

> 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.

Yes, that's the sort of rationalization that I predicted. "Heathen
brush their teeth; I brush my teeth--therefore, Jeremiah 10 applies to
some things and not others. Meanwhile, the next Bacchanalia is sure
going to be fun!"

> If Franklin wasn't saved when he "discovered" electricity, then,
> according to your interpretation of the verse, we must not use
> electricity.

Now you're telling me how I interpret the verse. You're wrong--but
forget about that: I'm more interested in where you get this from.

> 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...

...hookers from 39th and Broadway...

Regards,
Len.