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• Dem Congressman Claims There’s a Major Historical Error in ‘Lincoln’

  February 6, 2013 at 2:51pm

  In reply to nomadhalo.

  Here is where history is being rewritten. Yes States Rights was the main issue. But the right in question was the issue of Slavery. Stephen Douglas was going to beat Lincoln handily. But at the 1860 Democratic Convention, Douglas would not make the issue of slavery a part of his platform. Lincoln did not either. Both recognized its polarity with voters. But Stephen Calhoun of South Carolina was so vehement about Slavery being on the platform that when it wasn’t, he and some of his fellow southern politicians broke off and formed another party and ran their own candidate, splitting the vote away from Douglas and allowing Lincoln to win. So yes it was about States Rights, it is just that the right that was causing the most trouble was the right to have Slavery, legal. Did Lincoln really intend to free the slaves or was it the way to get more volunteers in the Northern Army when the war broke out. Let that debate rage.

• This Actor May Replace Kirk Cameron (& Join Nicolas Cage) in End-Times ‘Left Behind’ Film Reboot

  December 23, 2012 at 5:45pm

  A little trivial knowledge our preacher told us earlier this year. Heresy in its original translation means to think differently. Therefore a Heretic is one who thinks differently. It did not have a negative label until one of the Roman emperors, Nero, I think, called Christians heretics for not believing in the divinity of Caesar. Then the church began labeling people as heretics the likes of Galileo, Martin Luther, etc. Sometimes a little heresy is needed to correct the Pharisees of the modern day.

• This Actor May Replace Kirk Cameron (& Join Nicolas Cage) in End-Times ‘Left Behind’ Film Reboot

  December 23, 2012 at 5:39pm

  As I read these comments I am reminded how Saved by Grace is so applicable. The argument going on about rapture or no rapture etc all still has one common tenet and that is the belief in Jesus Christ as the son of God. So to interpret rapture or no rapture is not the work of the devil no more than the difference in denominational beliefs. It doesn’t lessen the belief in Jesus Christ and another common thread is we all agree as Christ said, we don’t know the end day. If the devil were at work here he would want to stop any movie that promotes Christ and Christian beliefs. So in the teenage vernacular, CHILL OUT a little.

• This Actor May Replace Kirk Cameron (& Join Nicolas Cage) in End-Times ‘Left Behind’ Film Reboot

  December 23, 2012 at 11:55am

  My point about the KJV is that King James had a purpose in mind for the translation and regardless of the scholars, they had to follow that pretext which in itself is inaccurate concerning divine monarchy. Now in reference to the verse in Timothy that all scripture is the word of God, I believe that too but you do realize that that was written before we had THE BIBLE. Until Constantine ordered the council of Nicea all the books in the bible were separate books dispersed over the middle east. Add to the fact that the church leaders of the time attended that conference and had great disagreements on what books to put in and leave out. Mary Magdalene never had a chance because she was a woman, yet was probably closer to Jesus than anyone. Thomas was left out, and Revelations was a huge debate. Christians sometime think that The Bible has always existed as it is today, but that is not true. Now does that mean the Bible is not true. NO!
  As to the Law, The Ten Commandments were given to Moses by GOD. But you also can make the same argument about the whole book of Leviticus. So for convenience we quote what we want from Leviticus outside the Ten Commandments for many of our issues but fail to follow it all. People it can’t be that way and my point is I believe Christ referred to The Ten Commandments when he said he came not to abolish the law but to fulfill it. I don’t believe he was talking about the entire book of Leviticus. So be careful with how you quote Leviticus.

• This Actor May Replace Kirk Cameron (& Join Nicolas Cage) in End-Times ‘Left Behind’ Film Reboot

  December 22, 2012 at 10:02pm

  1611 – The original King James Bible, including the Aprocrypha.

  1629 – King James is revised

  1631 – “Wicked Bible”. Printer’s error that read “Thou shalt commit adultery”.

  1638 – King James is revised

  1762 – King James is revised

  1769 – King James is revised. This is the standard revision used today called the “Oxford Standard Edition”.

  1826 – Aprocypha finally removed from the King James translations.

  1982 – Language is modernized in a revision called the New King James Version

  1994 – King James Version 21 edition.

• This Actor May Replace Kirk Cameron (& Join Nicolas Cage) in End-Times ‘Left Behind’ Film Reboot

  December 22, 2012 at 9:59pm

  I would that England had one uniform translation, but I have never yet seen a Bible well translated in English, and I think the Geneva is the worst of all…This new translation must not be burdened with marginal notes that are partial, untrue, seditious, and treaterous toward kingship but rather must spread the idea of divine rule by monarchs.” King James I when he appointed the 54 scholars to translate.

• This Actor May Replace Kirk Cameron (& Join Nicolas Cage) in End-Times ‘Left Behind’ Film Reboot

  December 22, 2012 at 9:51pm

  Is it a sin to quote Leviticus as law but not follow to the letter every scripture in Leviticus? I always cringe when people use Leviticus as the base for right and wrong in that it was meant for the Jews to separate them apart from the Gentiles. So if I insist that something in this book should be followed but ignore the other 80%, am I sinning? You know, cut off the hand, put to death, etc.

• This Actor May Replace Kirk Cameron (& Join Nicolas Cage) in End-Times ‘Left Behind’ Film Reboot

  December 22, 2012 at 9:47pm

  What I find amazing are statements like “if you follow your scriptures there is no other acceptable view” If that is true then we wouldn’t have all our different Protestant denominations. Right? Different denominations interpret some scriptures differently. Add to the fact most of you haven’t read the original Greek or Hebrew versions, you rely on translations done with a preconceived purpose in mind and presto, different views. If Christ set a person free from Christianity, then you have followed a false prophet. Just saying, read those scriptures.

• NRA Calls for Armed Police in Every School, Blames Media as ‘Silent Enablers, if Not Complicit Co-Conspirators’ in Gun Violence

  December 21, 2012 at 1:03pm

  In reply to Maxim Crux.

  As a retired school principal, the last thing I would want to see if guns in the hands of classroom teachers but not for the reasons you think. My reasons are students gaining access to them by theft etc. Teachers will tell you it is hard enough to keep students out of purses in locked file cabinets etc. But on the other hand armed security guards are a no brainer. Every place we go has armed security guards: banks, stores, airports, courthouse, patroling the streets etc. But we cringe at the sight of a policeman protecting our schools. IT is the only answer. Buzzing in doesn’t work for the armed gunman but is at least a way to slow them down entering the school. It would have been nice if that principal was armed as she charged the shooter. Most principals would do the same thing even knowing you had no chance. You see your school students as your children, even the misbehaving ones.No system is perfect but at least a gunman might think twice if he knew he must fight his way into the school. Gun laws do not keep guns out of the hands of criminals or black market dealers. Quit deluding yourselves. An interesting article is how many school shootings have occurred where schools already employ armed police in their schools. It might give us a valid insight into the real solution. You can’t fix crazy and stupid. You must confront it.

• School Board Bans Confederate Flag, Any Other Imagery Deemed to Be ‘Racially Hostile, Offensive or Intolerant’

  December 18, 2012 at 8:13pm

  As a former school principal who had to deal with this issue, most whites at schools displaying the flag don’t do it out of southern heritage. They just want to piss off black students. When our school tried to deal with the issue, we were threatened by the Sons of the Confederacy with a lawsuit. We could have won but as a small district, we did not have the dollars to fight it, so we backed down. I am not sure now years later, but at the time, Dixie T Shirts with the rebel flag and dogs or other popular southern emblems were in style. But if you researched it, the profits from the sale of these shirts went to an effort to prove that Slavery had absolutely nothing to do with the Civil War. Now talk about rewriting history!