I have little truck with an anal germ compulsive God seeking perfection for
sacrifice and redemption. That blemished people would not be allowed to
perform Holy rituals remains a crock and allowance for discrimination, which
we with CP and those with disabilities and outré orientations still suffer.
Likewise being Jewish leaves me ga-ga and gagging over the Hebraic
hypocrisies--contemporaneously many Rabbis still don't want to include
people with disabilities. As for the Christ bullshit. It belongs with
Christians, after all. I have little time or interest for either camp.
I do not find the current trends and threads necessary for the purposes of
this list. They're degenerating good will, friendship, and support. If the
majority want this List to be religious and not secular, that's fine. I'll
probably leave. My address book, like Ken Barber's, will allow me to
communicate off list.
Enough already?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy Mallory" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 7:32 AM
Subject: Re: Parenting Series #9 - Ten Reasons Not To Hit You Child
> In a message dated 5/12/00 12:24:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << Now ,next time - give your own opinion - I respect that. I also can
> quote the Bible to prove anything I want. >>
> Trisha,
> I was giving my own opinion, just as you gave yours. We both referred
to
> Biblical passages, but it can be misleading to take something out of
context
> in any reference used because that leds to misinterpretation so I was
> clarifing what was actually happening in King Solomon's life, as well as
his
> son's life. And yes I am a BA (born-again) as you refer to it so I hold
the
> Bible in highest regard for my life. However I don't expect you to
> understand me as 1Corinthians 2:14 implies: "The man without the Spirit
(of
> God) does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they
> are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are
> spiritually discerned." In regard to your mention of Leviticus 21:
16-23,
> in the old tesetament, the priest was to match as closely as possible to
the
> perfect God he served. But the old testament has been fulfilled with the
> death of the perfect sacrifice, Jesus Christ, God's son. Our salvation is
> freely given by this gracious act. We receive salvation through faith. The
> Old Testament laws are of no value for salvation. Our bodies become
Christ's
> temple now when we become believers in Christ and we are to be living
> sacrifices by daily laying aside our own desires to follow Him.
Matthew5:17
> "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have
> come to fulfill them." Jesus was the perfect sacrifice. The purpose of
Jesus'
> first mission on Earth was not to judge people, but to show them the way
to
> find salvation and eternal life. However, when He comes again, one of His
> main purposes will be to judge people for how they lived on earth. On the
day
> of judgement, those who accepted Jesus and lived his way will be raised to
> eternal life (1 Corinthians 15:51-57, 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18; Revelation
> 21:1-8) and those that rejected Jesus and lived any way they pleased will
> face eternal punishment (Revelation 20:11-15). So the choice is yours and
I
> personally choose to follow God's Word and thus I base my life and
opinions
> on His Truths! Membership in God's family is based on internal, not
external,
> qualities. We receive our salvation not through law, but through faith in
> Jesus Christ. Each of us falls into sin, but God, through Jesus Christ,
has
> redeemed us and offers to forgive us if we return to him in faith.
>
>
> I know we're on opposite ends of the spectrum on this issue. I would
> prefer that we would communicate on more common ground which is CP, for
which
> this site was designed. However if you choose to bring up issues that go
> against my beliefs and use Biblical references to support them, then I
will
> be compelled to respond. Cindy
>
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