Titus 2:11-14

[rusty]

Yeah, Rusty, I'm the one that's confused. I am confused that people can put their blind trust in a document with questionable origins and mixed messages throughout it, and can wish away most everything that happens to them, good or bad, because a higher deity has planned out everything for them. But, that's just my confusion. I believe you talked about personal responsibility in another thread, which I think applies somewhat.

I am now checking out of the religious discussion, because I've always thought religion should be a personal and private thing, and I have my own personal form of religion. It starts and ends with how I think about myself, how I should act and how I think and treat other people. It's worked for me for a very long time, and hopefully will for a lot longer. For the record - since I know it matters to you - I have been saved and baptized, and talk to a higher power all the time. I usually joke with him, because I think he would appreciate that, but I'm sure that's a gray area for you.

The only reason I've talked about it at all is when you start judging and preaching about the religious right and wrong, under the guise of teaching us what is right and wrong. The title of this thread, and your post here is the illustration. You don't preach, and I won't have any reason to upset you and question you about your preaching. Which I'm glad you find helpful, by the way - we all need faith about something these days. Your God be with you.

You have one thing right.I can't do it without him.God Bless:toast:

 

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[Trampled Underfoot]

I thought Rusty might like this just for the 'bombing brown people' part of the clip. :shrug:

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[rusty]

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[rusty]

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[Trench]

Slavery back then was not like owned.They were like maids who cleaned up houses,your confusing slavery to be like during the civil war.It wasn't the same thing.
:shrug:

Slaves were one of the first commodities traded in the American colonies, beginning in Virginia in 1619.

And Rusty thinks 246 years of slave trade was just a "Civil War" thing... :facepalm:

 

[rusty]

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