SecondJon @SecondJon@qoto.org
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
Because this is less and less possible here, I'm largely offline and am not sure if I'll be returning. It was fun back when civility was a trend on qoto.
Joined Aug 2018
@freemo
Got it. I think Jesus's interpretation of his actions in his words would provide more clarity as well as the textual, cultural, and historical context - they had taken the place of prayer, specifically I believe the part that was open to non Jews, to make it a marketplace. If I recall correctly, they had effectively put barriers in the way of Jews worshiping, and stopped gentiles from being able to pray there at all, in order to profit off of the people's desire to worship God. Jesus wasn't objecting to all marketplaces, but one that took advantage of and obstructed worship of God.
Mark 11:17 And he was teaching them and saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers.”
Many pick things out of context to force fit the Bible to say what they think, including Christians. It's quite easy to do, as really understanding one sentence (in the Bible, in a book, in the newspaper) may require lots of reading and it's more comfortable to go with confirmation bias rather than put in a lot of hard work to find out that we're in conflict with biblical teaching.
I once caused quite an angry response when I was teaching the Sermon on the Mount at an American evangelical church and got to Jesus teaching "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth...but in heaven" and asked what that meant for how we view work, money, and retirement.
@masterofthetiger@theres.life
@masterofthetiger@theres.life
My question from the original post was : by what Canon? There is an actual Canon regarding him, but that doesn't fit what's written there.
@freemo
SecondJon
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This is not about infringing upon the rights of women.
This is about saving the lives of the unborn.
This is about protecting our future.
This is about valuing the life of a human.
This is about creating a future where we protect a growing child, not murder it.
#HeartbeatBill
Democrats Dodge responsibility for Provoking Student Walkout at Colorado Shooting Vigil when they turned the Vigil into political posturing.
#tonedeaf #Colorado #democrats #2020
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Colorado Students Walk Out Of School Shooting Vigil After It Turns Political https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/09/colorado-students-walk-out-of-school-shooting-vigil-after-it-turns-political/ #DouglasCountyschools #STEMHighlandsRanch #anti-gunactivism #KendrickCastillo #schoolshootings #politicization #DouglasCounty #MichaelBennet #guncontrol #Education #GunRights #activism #Colorado #tragedy
A good friend was in Columbine high school during the shooting. Now 20 years later another friend's kids, who are friends with my kids, were at the Highlands Ranch STEM school during this shooting.
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If #antifa is the opposite of #fascism then I would side with the #fascists every day of the week. It's ironic, as I detest #socialism, and fascism is a #socialist philosophy, and national socialism even moreso. But it is mostly because Antifa has no idea what fascism is. If they did, they'd either have to stop behaving in a #fascist manner, or stop pretending to hate fascism and just admit they are basically#nazis.
@masterofthetiger@theres.life
I'd be curious to see a historical study of the church. Was The Great Awakening, for example, under historic persecution? What about other times of historic church growth or health? I haven't seen such a study, it would be interesting for sure.
@masterofthetiger@theres.life
Decades ago I met with a pastor on China who said the same, having spent many years in prison for pastoring a Bible teaching church. His congregation grew after each imprisonment.
Yet this isn't always true everywhere : see the historic examples I mentioned already.
I think if we really believe that persecution is the answer, we'll move to the places most likely to persecute us, solely for our spiritual edification.
Since there's no rush of Christians trying to move into North Korea and other places seeking persecution, I think we haven't really embraced this idea.
SecondJon
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RT @Timcast@twitter.com
This is why they keep calling everyone "far right"
The right barely moved and the left has gone off the rails
Today I saw a screening of a movie a few months early. If I post about any details, they'll sue me for a million dollars plus costs and attorney fees. I'll tell you about it in a few months.
SecondJon
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Ben Shapiro Unpacks the Liberal Media's Conflict With Conservatives, Religion https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2019/05/05/ben-shapiro-unpacks-liberal-medias-conflict-conservatives
@masterofthetiger@theres.life
Well....sometimes. Sometimes persecution leads to suffering, death, and the extinction of the church. The places where the 7 churches of Revelation were persecuted are now unreached areas.
@SirHendrick
Didn't fox just sell much of itself to Disney? This may need to be updated.
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Christian persecution 'at near genocide levels'
The interim report said the main impact of "genocidal acts against Christians is exodus" and that Christianity faced being "wiped out" from parts of the Middle East.
"What we have forgotten in that atmosphere of political correctness is actually the Christians that are being persecuted are some of the poorest people on the planet."
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48146305
Honestly shocked the BBC allowed this to be published
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@Surasanji Thats fine, but so far Bernie doesnt seem to fit that bill or any politician. The last thing I would use to describe a politician is someone who is "far better educated than me"
SecondJon
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Killing Christians
Christian persecution 'at near genocide levels'
> In some regions, the level and nature of persecution is arguably coming close to meeting the international definition of genocide, according to that adopted by the UN.
SecondJon
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Yes. Ron Paul is on the Fed Board.
https://mobile.twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1124292274727346176
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
Because this is less and less possible here, I'm largely offline and am not sure if I'll be returning. It was fun back when civility was a trend on qoto.
Joined Aug 2018
