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Yes it is interesting here as well as on the cult related Reddit channels I read that there are quite a lot of people whose fruit evidenced after being in a cult is to reject Christianity completely. There are others like me who reject Fundamentalist approaches and retain faith. I float around churches and mainstream Christians. I guess the remaining would be in splinters with whitewashed statues of VP in their closets as they try to drum up participants for their latest version of Plaffy the new light which is old light. That is going to be part of Christs return setting all these imbalances in order IMO. One Lord one faith one baptism not all these clowns spouting hot air.

The answer is “poorly” for $5000 Alex

If hostile reactions are calling you out on your bullshonta then so be it. You taking a page out of mikes playbook now?

Exactly. So if the moderators choose to let their bias rule the roost here at GSC and allow posts such as these then its pretty much a given that I will not participate here. Its intersting how others demand tolerance in their atheistic view points, yet Ive been very tolerant, yet that tolerance is used as an excuse to bash my Christian beliefs. Fair enough. I didnt realize about the way section on grease spot cafe was made to "challenge the foundations of one's belief." I thought iit was to tell the other side of the story. Im not here for that and neither am I here to challenge the foundation of anyone's beliefs unless those beliefs tie into "About the way".

You've got me. Knowing VPW he likely would have said "figure of speech"? Catholics believe it literally was a miracle.

"Sigh... okay, I get that you find it offensive. But no longer tolerant of Christians? Really?" \ I suspect OldSkool noticed that the initial post was only "About the Way" because of two sentences that look inserted to give the excuse to post this in "About the Way", and without them, the entire post is complete, but neither "About the Way" nor particularly respectful of Christians. There's somewhere in the GSC you can post and be disrespectful of Christians and have that be expected or welcome. I wouldn't bat an eye if this thread was there. It appears to me that the one sentence on vpw was an excuse to post it in a more popular forum instead. That nothing will be done about it pretty much will make OldSkool's point that "Bible-bashing is a large part of what Greasespot has become" and that it's considered perfectly acceptable to shoehorn this into "About the Way" when it takes an excuse to do so.

Though this isnt a "Christian" website, many people here no longer have any respect for Christians or their beliefs. Bible bashing is a large part of what grease spot has become and frankly I find it offensive and seldom participate here as a result. It is what it is because Ive grown so far past the way international I have little left to say on them that I havent stated already, or has been stated by others. I feel this site is no longer tolerant of Christians and that includes me. Peace.

Thx for posting. I too think it's a general insult to other Christians. I've seen it happen firsthand: Catholics disparage protestants; Protestants disparage catholics. Instead of focusing on what we have in common; we bark insults. I've since learned that the only true way you really know is get involved with the group you think is wrong and experience for yourself -- and maybe even try to teach them the better way if you're so inclined.

This is "About the Way"? This is an old point. Responses to it are pretty much predictable. Either it's an actual account of something that happened to that effect, or it isn't even close to anything that happened. If it isn't close to anything that happened, then there's nothing else to discuss, the account is unreliable, the book is unreliable, and the codex is unreliable. This isn't news to anyone- anyone who says this already was saying those. If it's an actual account, we have to take into account the ability of the then-contemporary readers and listeners to make sense of things. (That's clear no matter WHO wrote it.) I can easily posit that an All- Mighty God could pause the Earth and suspend all consequences, since He would have the power to do so. However, if asked my opinion, I think it's more likely that an All-Mighty God would produce the effect, and let the puny people understand it their way without any need to educate them to 21st century scientific understanding. I would posit that all planets, stars, etc continued as normal, and that what was altered was the light hitting the Earth. An All-Mighty God could certainly do so, which would lengthen, shorten, or abruptly begin or end a day. Granted, this would certainly be on the high end of fantastic for a miracle, but that's not proof of anything by itself. If there is an All-Mighty God, He COULD do exactly this, and if there wasn't, then the account was simply cooked. How would we know which was the answer? Everyone's answer to that is that this was a closed issue before they reached these verses. Either they already believed or they already dis-believed. It goes to the general body of evidence long before it gets here.