Rank: Member Joined: 11/19/2009 Posts: 3,142
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Mtu Biz wrote:tycho wrote:Mtu Biz wrote:tycho wrote:Mtu Biz wrote:tycho wrote:@Mtu biz, you're right about the Gospel being contrary to the flesh. But everything other thing you've added is so much pro flesh. Otherwise your insistence that the poster implies sexual license, a verdict seemingly expressed by many couldn't be.
The spiritual battles within a teenager don't respect long clothes, or men who don't care about their looks. The battle is too sophisticated. Temptation is whispering in your ear, saying delightful things. And you're there smiling and willing to fall for the seducer. That is, this picture could as well be a depiction of Adam and Eve in the garden.
This picture means what you want it to mean, or what an interactive conversation would want it to mean. Ok... So the picture is neutral and any meaning can be derived from it. The picture means what you want it to mean... it is devoid of inherent meaning in and of itself. Sawa, that is the worldview of mr tycho. Everything is relative, no absolutes, lets debate and discuss our way to the truth right ? I don't think that what I've said translates to what you're trying to say. I could hardly take my thoughts to the inconsistency that your argument or claim implies. Like wouldn't the position you are positing imply an absolute relativity? I am only stating that any absolutes are mediated by communication not just between God and the individual, but amongst the 'commuinity'. The absolute that can love the unseen and the seen. If anything, now do you want to imply that you and many here know the absolute even without having the conversation here? Please confirm that you want to stand by the words in bold above before i respond. Is this a threat or what? Make your move. I need a YES or NO tafadhali. YES you stand by your words in bold above OR NO you don't stand by your words in bold above. Hio tu, then i respond. Forgive brother he can be stubborn at times as sister says. Sometimes, most times, he likes stories. Of course he means yes. I know he Knows your position that it is pro-exclusivity and pro-separateness. Hence, your position, to brother, needs to be tempered with 'community mediation' to allow 'dialogue'. Simply put, 'Sola scriptura' needs to be taken together with tradition and culture. Don't get distracted with his stories then you will be alright.
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