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Romans 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."

Jake

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Deuteronomy 17:2-5
"If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; ... Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die."

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Ezekiel 25:17
"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of charity and good will shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."

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Thanks guys these are great! Keep em' coming.

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"Jesus wept."

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chronicles 13

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9 When they came to the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the ark, because the oxen stumbled. 10 The LORD's anger burned against Uzzah, and he struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.

11 Then David was angry because the LORD's wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.


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Ezekiel 25:17


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Quentin agrees with you. And Sammy ended up wandering the earth after quoting it. The Word of God is alive and powerful.

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I'll do a few classics.

"Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who had come from service in the war.
And Moses said to them, 'Have you spared all the women?
Behold, these caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, so the plague was among the congregation of the LORD.
Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man intimately.
But all the girls who have not known man intimately, spare for yourselves." Numbers 31:14-18

"Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!'
When he looked behind him and saw them, he cursed them in the name of the LORD. Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore up forty-two lads of their number." 2 Kings 2:23-24

"Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
And a man's enemies will be the members of his household." Matt. 10:34-36

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They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

Psalm 73 v. 9, KJV


This verse is about Zeno: Master of the Universe.

Le Misanthrope

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Any inspiring ones folks?

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Perhaps you could ask people to state why a particular verse is their favorite.

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Genesis:
19:5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
19:6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
19:7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
19:8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

Edit: This is my fav because I love hearing how all the sketchy things in the bible are just metaphors. There must really be a solid message of kindness and morality hidden there, mustn't there?

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1 Corinthians 13
The Excellence of Love
1If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
2If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
3And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.
4Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant,
5does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered,
6does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away.
9For we know in part and we prophesy in part;
10but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away.
11When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.
12For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.
13But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.

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Ezekiel 25:17
"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of charity and good will shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."

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This is just a movie quote, not a bible verse.

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This is just a movie quote, not a bible verse.


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Most of it isn't, I guess. The last part is at least similar.

Pulp Fiction:

And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

Ezekiel 25
17And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.

Wiki says this:

This is, in fact, not an actual passage from the Bible, but a collage of several passages. Ezekiel 25:17 in the King James Version reads:

And I will execute great vengeance upon thee with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.



Jules's pronouncement is a typically obscure Tarantino reference to Karate Kiba/Chiba the Bodyguard, a 1976 film starring Sonny Chiba, whom the director would later cast in Kill Bill. Karate Kiba opens with a nearly identical misquote, likewise attributed to Ezekiel 25:17

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Proverbs 14:33
Wisdom reposes in the heart of the discerning
and even among fools she lets herself be known.

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"The soul that sinneth, it shall die". (Ezekiel 18:4)


* "For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing" (Ecclesiastes 9:5 RSV)

* "For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts; for all is vanity. All go to one place; all are from the dust, and all turn to dust again." (Ecclesiastes 3:19-20 RSV)

* "Brethren, I may say to you confidently of the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.... For David did not ascend into the heavens" (Acts 2:29,34 RSV)

* "No one has ascended into heaven but He who descended from heaven, the Son of man." (John 3:13 RSV)

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This one has to be maybe my favorite cause it holds so true to today.

Job 40:8 Would you discredit My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
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# "What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him? …Do you see that by works a man is justified; and not by faith only?

—James 2:14,24
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Jeremiah 29:13

And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. .
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Gen 4:7

If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.
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Jos 1:8-9 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.
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Isa 7:9 If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.
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thats it for now,

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If this bible stuff about god is true, is it okay to pull for satan?

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If this bible stuff about god is true, is it okay to pull for satan?


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You're pulling for him by default.

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If this bible stuff about god is true, is it okay to pull for satan?


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You're pulling for him by default.

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atheist = satanist NotReady?

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So, are bible verses considered science, math or philosophy?

Edit: not trolling, just wondering what the justification is for this. Lots of pretty vicious atheism v religion arguments, not such much sci/math/philo...

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No. Satanism is a specific religion. Atheists just don't want God to exist, but if the God of the Bible does, they want Satan to win. At least that is the logic of their position.

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So, are bible verses considered science, math or philosophy?


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Philosophy is a branch of theology. Science can't really escape ultimate questions, though it claims to.

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Philosophy is a branch of theology. Science can't really escape ultimate questions, though it claims to.

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That's an interesting take... I don't think you can make that argument hold up with respect to philosophy after about 1880.

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That's an interesting take... I don't think you can make that argument hold up with respect to philosophy after about 1880.


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Not directly. Still, they deal with the same subject matter concerning ultimate questions. Most reformed theologians would maintain that the views held by atheistic philosophers are grounded in what are essentially religious positions. I don't consider it important, more a matter of form over substance.

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Not directly. Still, they deal with the same subject matter concerning ultimate questions. Most reformed theologians would maintain that the views held by atheistic philosophers are grounded in what are essentially religious positions. I don't consider it important, more a matter of form over substance.

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I certainly don't dispute the relationship of theology to philosophy. I would, however, hesitate to list philosophy as a branch of theology (or vice versa). Certainly nothing Merleau-Ponty or Sartre did was whatsoever related to any theological issues. Just being picky though I guess.

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No. Satanism is a specific religion. Atheists just don't want God to exist, but if the God of the Bible does, they want Satan to win. At least that is the logic of their position.

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Atheists just don't want God to exist

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this is not true for many atheists..probably nearly all depending on the specific god.

not believing that this god exists does not necessarily mean that we wouldn't want him to exist.

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but if the God of the Bible does, they want Satan to win.

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I suppose that the Bible would paint satan in a bad light, so without more info it's hard to say...but I would guess that most atheists would rather that God win over Satan.

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At least that is the logic of their position.

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I have no idea why you think this is true.

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Certainly nothing Merleau-Ponty or Sartre did was whatsoever related to any theological issues.


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I've never read much Sartre though I'm generally familiar with his existentialism. Statements he makes about ultimate reality certainly are directly related to theology. Atheism is itself a theological position, answering the theological question, "Does God exist"?

But I see no reason to get bogged down in arguing whether his positions are theological.

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I've never read much Sartre though I'm generally familiar with his existentialism. Statements he makes about ultimate reality certainly are directly related to theology. Atheism is itself a theological position, answering the theological question, "Does God exist"?

But I see no reason to get bogged down in arguing whether his positions are theological.

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Whatever... I think you are just deliberately viewing all philosophy from the perspective of theology, but I agree that this is a pointless argument.

Edit: claiming atheism (as lack of belief in god) is a theological position is an absurd chicken/egg argument, btw.

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Science can't really escape ultimate questions, though it claims to.


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science does not posit that they are all valid..it does not try to answer those..such as "untimate good and evil"

it does not try to escape any questions that are valid...it may not have an answer yet..but it doesn't pretend that they aren't valid.

Religion or Theology have not done any better..so it is no fault of science.

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Just read a few posts in this forum maligning the character of the Biblical God. Read any popular atheist like Dawkins. Look at how many literary critics actually think Milton meant Satan in Paradise Lost as a hero. Again, I'm addressing the logic of their position. God is cruel, murderous, evil, despotic, immoral, etc. Anything would be better than that. Since Satan isn't omnipotent, if he wins and is no better than God, then at least we would have a chance against him.

I'm not trying to make the case that atheists are pulling for what is generally associated with Satanism as a religion. My point is that they are against God as the absolute authority of all reality. So logically, if the God of the Bible exists and if Satan is trying to dethrone Him, they would be pulling for Satan. If they're not, then good for them, even though that position may be irrational.

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God is cruel, murderous, evil, despotic, immoral, etc. Anything would be better than that.

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Not someone even more cruel, muderous, evil, despotic, immoral, etc.

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Since Satan isn't omnipotent, if he wins and is no better than God, then at least we would have a chance against him.

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Well, if Satan defeats God, then he wasn't omnipotent either, was he?

Given that we consider Satan to be a fictional character, I think virtually all of us would have to answer that who we would "root for" in such a fight would depend entirely on the nature of the two figures involved. The idea that there is some "absolute" nature that each figures has is all well and good, but from our perspectives this is definitely not the case. It may be that most atheists would support your conception of Satan over your conception of God, but that's completely different.

I do think some popular Christian views of the devil paint him in a more heroic light than the Christians may realize. For example, the idea that Lucifer was the greatest and wisest angels, but then he opposed God. If Lucifer was indeed the greatest and wisest angel, he must certainly have realized the consequences of opposing God. Thus, he willingly chose to suffer the worst possible fate. Why would he do that? He was just really, really angry and not thinking about the consequences?

Bringing other cultural influences into the picture, the idea of Satan as a figure who sacrifices himself in order to give humanity hope isn't particularly unrealistic. But then again, it's just one more interpretation of a fictional character.

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Again, I'm addressing the logic of their position. God is cruel, murderous, evil, despotic, immoral, etc.

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since when do all atheists believe this is true?

it happens to be that when a person is no longer pressured to think of this god as good, they see that he is not..

but you'll have to place the people who believe god to be cruel in another separate category, because atheism in no was necessitates that position.

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John 15:18-19

If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first - If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as it's own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.

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Back to some bible quotes. Here are some good ones:

Exodus 21:15
"Anyone who attacks his father or his mother must be put to death."

Exodus 21:17
"Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death."

Exodus 21:20-21
"If a man beats his male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies as a direct result, he must be punished, but he is not to be punished if the slave gets up after a day or two, since the slave is his property."

Exodus 21:19-20
"Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal must be put to death. Whoever sacrifices to any god other than the LORD must be destroyed."



I'd post more quotes, but apparently I have a LOT of killing to do, so I'll be back after I finish doing the Lord's work.

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John 15:18-19

If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first - If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as it's own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.

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Yeah, that's the winner.

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Exodus 21:19-20
"Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal must be put to death. Whoever sacrifices to any god other than the LORD must be destroyed."


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Doesn't the animal have to be killed too?

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John 4:13

"There shall in that time be rumors of things going astray, erm, and there shall be a great confusion as to where things really are, and nobody will really know where lieth those little things with the sort of raffia-work base, that has an attachment. At that time, a friend shall lose his friend's hammer, and the young shall not know where lieth the things possessed by their fathers that their fathers put there only just the night before, about eight O'clock"

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Revelation Chapter 3

15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit thee out of my mouth.