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Originally posted by Blackwatch
Some may remember the discussion on A Phi A ave. about the state of the black church. In that discussion, I mentioned that Dr. Jeremiah Wright noted that 90% of the clergy in the "Black Church" today are not seminary trained. I think this is showing forth in our discussion thus far. I think we need to really start studying Christianity, rather than just reading and reciting Bible passages before we make the claims that many people are making.
P.S. No one has yet to answer my question about how the Bible teaches us that Jesus died for sins and not abominations? Honestly, that just doesn't make since to me.
Blackwatch!!!!!!
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Brother, you are very right for the most part on understanding the Bible in its totality, but just as one can be guilty of not knowing enough, we can be just as guilty for thinking too much. Just because some intellectual at a high-faluting seminary says something, doesn't make his rendering the final, authoritative truth. I happen to believe that the way DELPH quoted I John was absolutely correct. Anyway, people are going way overboard and far afield to try to skirt a very BLACK and WHITE issue. The Bible does not equivocate on this issue. There is no gray area. Only where those who try to force secular humanism into GODs Word.
Lastly, no one said that Jesus died for sins only and not abominations. God clearly makes distinctions and offers up differing penalties for certain offenses to him. I don't think Delph or Miss Mocha come off as simple minded, backward Christians because they trust the word. REIKI's post about Sodom does nothing to dismiss anything related to the article. What Miss Mocha and DELPH address is what is pertinent to the article. Everything else is just deception.