Larry N Moore

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Well, dude you made an unsupported assertion. If you don't want to elaborate on it then that's fine with me.

How so?

waysider -- the issue is: Are excelling sessions wrong according to the scriptures? I don't see how my take on it is really off topic. If excelling sessions are wrong then so too is it wrong for women to speak on any occasion. Context. The Bible doesn't say it's wrong to have excelling sessions. Were they handled wrongly? Perhaps. And yes, this thread did start out by talking about whether VPW SIT but, I wasn't the one who brought up excelling sessions. I'm the one who decided at that point to join the discussion. So please -- let's stop this foolishness of trying to direct the traffic. I'm just going with the flow.

Me, myself and I. You do the math. :) Sorry Hammer, I'm in a silly mood this evening. Let me give your OP some more thought and see if I can say anything -- although Freud wasn't my favorite. I lean more to behavioral psychology.

Try the "Open" forum or "Just Plain Silly" one. I'm sure no one would object.

Gee Hammer, that's an interesting subject. Perhaps more suited to a different thread and forum. Go for it. You know me -- I can't keep my mouth shut and I'll probably have something to say on it.

Ever seen the movie "Sybil"? She had it all. :)

No, ex -- it's been done before. I have nothing to hide or be afraid of.

Waysider -- if I had the foggiest notion of what you're talking about I might be able to "twist" your words. Care to enlighten me? Don't be shy.

Dooj, I can't rebut your experiences. It would be stupid of me to even try. I'm just sharing my experiences. You aren't required to believe them. But the question is: If excelling sessions were prohibited by the scriptures then doesn't it also say women were to keep quiet? Iow -- There is a time and place for everything. When the assembly is gathered together to worship God -- (which includes -- singing, manifestations etc., etc., etc.) everything was to be done decently and in order. That's what I see being taught in 1 Corinthians 14. If not, then you have to take verse 34 and conclude that women are NEVER allowed to speak whenever they're in the presence of other believers.

Say no more. If you don't know if he was technically wrong anything else would be wasted bandwidth.

That's one thing no one can accuse me of. What you see is what you get. And if anyone wanted to waste time (and money) checking me out -- My given name is there for them. :) But what really amuses me are those people who register more than once under a pseudonym. It's the oldest trick in the book (on discussion boards). ;)

:) We're certainly on a roll, aren't we. Anyone else? ;)

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I know you didn't. You want to sue me? :)

Nice try sirguessalot. I didn't say I wasn't going to read it.

Actually waysider I suppose a better verse I could have mentioned would be verse 34 "Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law." Now think about it. By your logic wouldn't the above mean that whenever believers get together women are supposed to keep their mouths shut? No. It's speaking of women in the assembly speaking up when their husbands (the prophets) are speaking. If you're in a casual setting -- say having dinner -- are women suppose to keep their mouths shut even then?

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1 Cor. 14:28 I don't consider an excelling session a meeting of the Church. If you were teaching the Word would you want a whole bunch of people speaking in tongues while you were teaching? Or a whole bunch of people prophesying; speaking in tongues; ministering healing etc., etc., etc. Context. It's speaking about a fellowship of believers coming together to worship.

Actually waysider it's in the manifestation section. He quotes verse 38 of 1 Corinthians 14 and then says: Paul says, in effect, "I have certainly, and by commandment of the Lord, clearly set forth the character and use of the manifestations from the Holy spirit within the Church, the fellowship of believers, and in one's own personal life. Now, if any man still wants to be ignorant after all of this, in spite of the fact that God has said we are not to be ignorant of spiritual things, let the man be ignorant." So what he was doing is paraphrasing what Paul said in that verse. Would you say he was wrong (in the paraphrasing)?

You're so right. If anyone would have a chance to "persuade" someone to take an honest look at things Abi's approach is the most appealing -- imo. She's already managed to get me to see things a bit differently.

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I heard Mike Tyson is producing a video on how to gnaw ears in twelve easy steps. Maybe you might be able to learn something from it. ;)

Oldies I wouldn't say tonto is guilty of that. As far as I know this is the only thread that tonto has used to rant about newbies and even then she's not doing it continually. Now if someone (not tonto) was gnawing on pawtucket's ear about the newbies (in a transparent attempt to get them banned) I would say that person has a problem but, no I don't see where tonto has done anything other than voice her opinion out of frustration.