tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20581097.post114536974512922504..comments2023-10-19T11:36:49.184-04:00Comments on Life & Otherwise . . .: They Should Get Their Stories Straight...Jason Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15643595412184843553noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20581097.post-3552536306955344632011-05-30T14:07:28.346-04:002011-05-30T14:07:28.346-04:00Admitedly the connection between witchcraft and wa...Admitedly the connection between witchcraft and water blessings is a stretch.<br><br>However; the use of water as a blessing and baptism may have had similar roots but the meaning of baptism by most church's interpretation has little to do with blessings and more to do with the symbolic death and resurrection of the person "death to sin alive in Christ" or so it is said.<br><br>So yes they have read their bibles but interpreted it differently.<br><br>The idea of praying in the name of the dead is something that the protestant church has always objected to, but even though the Catholic church accepts a form of this they don’t accept that the saints can really do anything but intercede with Christ (dubious I think).<br><br>In your biblical search you missed a couple verses that addresses polygamy. (Unfortunately from Paul, who was misogynistic) <br><br>1 Timothy 3 : 2 and 12<br><br>2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;<br><br>12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.<br><br>This is used as the basis for a defence of monogamy as Bishops and Deacons are the examples of Christ in the Church to many faiths (how they defend that I am not sure)<br><br>I suspect that the people were not entirely subject to this outside the Bishops and deacons,<br><br>But being a married man I can see that there could be some serious problems with having more than one wife (-:Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04049207309509974077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20581097.post-1145474080980444052006-04-19T15:14:00.000-04:002006-04-19T15:14:00.000-04:00Yeah, anything from Paul must be taken with a grai...Yeah, anything from Paul must be taken with a grain of salt... and my father says the same thing about having more than one wife! :)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for pointing out the verses, though!Jason Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15643595412184843553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20581097.post-1145456595037825612006-04-19T10:23:00.000-04:002006-04-19T10:23:00.000-04:00Admitedly the connection between witchcraft and wa...Admitedly the connection between witchcraft and water blessings is a stretch.<BR/><BR/>However; the use of water as a blessing and baptism may have had similar roots but the meaning of baptism by most church's interpretation has little to do with blessings and more to do with the symbolic death and resurrection of the person "death to sin alive in Christ" or so it is said.<BR/><BR/>So yes they have read their bibles but interpreted it differently.<BR/><BR/>The idea of praying in the name of the dead is something that the protestant church has always objected to, but even though the Catholic church accepts a form of this they don’t accept that the saints can really do anything but intercede with Christ (dubious I think).<BR/><BR/>In your biblical search you missed a couple verses that addresses polygamy. (Unfortunately from Paul, who was misogynistic) <BR/><BR/>1 Timothy 3 : 2 and 12<BR/><BR/>2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;<BR/><BR/>12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.<BR/><BR/>This is used as the basis for a defence of monogamy as Bishops and Deacons are the examples of Christ in the Church to many faiths (how they defend that I am not sure)<BR/><BR/>I suspect that the people were not entirely subject to this outside the Bishops and deacons,<BR/><BR/>But being a married man I can see that there could be some serious problems with having more than one wife (-:Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09628454969899731552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20581097.post-1145396273960576692006-04-18T17:37:00.000-04:002006-04-18T17:37:00.000-04:00Kelly: I'd throw some holy water on your eyes to h...Kelly: I'd throw some holy water on your eyes to heal them, but that might be practicing witchcraft... <BR/><BR/>:D<BR/><BR/>Weird: Like the quote!Jason Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15643595412184843553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20581097.post-1145386208054737902006-04-18T14:50:00.000-04:002006-04-18T14:50:00.000-04:00Wacky old Bible; if you take out the contradiction...Wacky old Bible; if you take out the contradictions there would be nothing left...<BR/><BR/>Weird<BR/><BR/>"And the day will come, when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as His Father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva, in the brain of Jupiter." - Thomas JeffersonPete Deichmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16995898789090044957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20581097.post-1145379942825119522006-04-18T13:05:00.000-04:002006-04-18T13:05:00.000-04:00My eyes have officially burned. I won't be visitin...My eyes have officially burned. I won't be visiting anymore.Kelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05177166614042228459noreply@blogger.com