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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    edited February 2023
    KT53 said:
    Hostafan1 said:


    My particular curmudgeon is the lack of space between the key hole and a rough wall when I lock up in the Church.  Grazed knuckles as a result and I can't really even curse  ;)  
    Just leave it open, God will look after it. 

    If God actually looked after his own there would be loads of lightning strikes when the scum are there nicking all the lead off the roof.
    an no christians would ever get ill .
    He/she's been turning a blind eye to paedophile clergy for a long time too
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited February 2023
    I’m not a church-going Christian, but I was. The above isn’t Christian theology 
 being a Christian isn’t a ‘Get out of jail free’ card or a guarantee that your house won’t burn down. 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I’m not a church-going Christian, but I was. The above isn’t Christian theology 
 being a Christian isn’t a ‘Get out of jail free’ card or a guarantee that your house won’t burn down. 

    so what does god do? All that praying and no guarantees?
    Devon.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    The Bible is full of contradictions which enable the Church to interpret it in any way they like.  "An eye for an eye" or "Turn the other cheek" is just one example.  Add to that "God is all powerful" which implies every move and action is controlled, and "God gave us free will" which implies when things go wrong 'It ain't my fault guv'.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    to be fair, lots of mosques damaged in Turkey, so alla aint much more reliable on the housekeeping front it seems
    Devon.
  • Hostafan1 said:
    I’m not a church-going Christian, but I was. The above isn’t Christian theology 
 being a Christian isn’t a ‘Get out of jail free’ card or a guarantee that your house won’t burn down. 

    so what does god do? All that praying and no guarantees?
    The promises are about the next life 
 not this one. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Hostafan1 said:
    I’m not a church-going Christian, but I was. The above isn’t Christian theology 
 being a Christian isn’t a ‘Get out of jail free’ card or a guarantee that your house won’t burn down. 

    so what does god do? All that praying and no guarantees?
    The promises are about the next life 
 not this one. 
    Promises made safe in the knowledge that nobody will be able to prove they are lies.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    It's a bit unfair to complain about contradictions between the old testament of the Bible (eg "an eye for an eye"), which is a historical Jewish document, and the new testament (eg "turn the other cheek"), which illustrates the huge changes Jesus brought.  A lot of criticism of the Bible comes from people who haven't actually read it...

    Leviticus 20:13New International Version

    13 “‘If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.


    Bible > Leviticus > Chapter 21 > Verse 9
    ◄ Leviticus 21:9 â–ș
    New International Version
    “’If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces her father; she must be burned in the fire.

    New Living Translation
    “If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she also defiles her father’s holiness, and she must be burned to death.

    English Standard Version
    And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by whoring, profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.

    Berean Standard Bible
    If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.

    King James Bible
    And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

    New King James Version
    The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the harlot, she profanes her father. She shall be burned with fire.



    Devon.
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