tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post4247800580118066116..comments2023-10-03T06:18:27.828-05:00Comments on The Aardvark's PLUMBLINE: The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-38096221703216974742008-06-21T22:24:00.000-05:002008-06-21T22:24:00.000-05:00Ted (or rather the whomevers that would make the a...Ted (or rather the whomevers that would make the assertion)...no private interpretation here. Just letting the word speak for itself. <BR/><BR/>Try reading Josephus' history of the Roman siege of Jerusalem. What happened to the Jews is amazing, and completely fits what Jesus warned of in Matthew 23. The Christians knew what was up, and got out of Dodge.The Aardvarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-51553593483072154212008-06-21T21:14:00.000-05:002008-06-21T21:14:00.000-05:00Some will say, Your assertions border on private i...Some will say, Your assertions border on private interpretation! BFD; so do those of the fella with the pointy hat in Rome.<BR/>We'll find out the truth at the Bema, and we're all gonna be in for a "tune-up" - or a "check up from the neck up" so-to-speak.<BR/>All these idiots with backward collars running round screeding "If you ain't one o' us, you've missed the bus!!!" notwithstanding.TheWayfarerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15074292938877766871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-46963985490349225612008-06-10T14:55:00.000-05:002008-06-10T14:55:00.000-05:00Naaaah, just meditating on issues he (and others) ...Naaaah, just meditating on issues he (and others) has raised.The Aardvarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-27088497722971579612008-06-10T14:09:00.000-05:002008-06-10T14:09:00.000-05:00Sorry about the duplicate comment. I'll try to do...Sorry about the duplicate comment. I'll try to do better in the future. :o(Cunning Dovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03940420381913982105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-35527236288945053732008-06-10T14:08:00.000-05:002008-06-10T14:08:00.000-05:00Been talking to Mark Call again?Been talking to Mark Call again?Cunning Dovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03940420381913982105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-10519680151310232312008-06-08T22:10:00.000-05:002008-06-08T22:10:00.000-05:00I think a key to this attitude is the preacherly p...I think a key to this attitude is the preacherly phrase "What Jesus was TRYING to teach was...". <BR/><BR/>Poor sad Son of God, with that whole speech impediment thing. He TRIED to teach things. The subtext here is "He TRIED...let me SUCCEED".<BR/><BR/>Maybe I'm being unfair.<BR/><BR/>Jesus gave some specific commands, Mark 16 15-18 is pretty plain, but much of the Gospel is subjective, The Aardvarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-21270095968979423802008-06-08T14:23:00.000-05:002008-06-08T14:23:00.000-05:00I have found looking, I believe, more objectively ...I have found looking, I believe, more objectively than I used to,(hard to say since I'm the only one in this meat-sack but) That almost all of the new testament is aimed at the Christians of the times they were written. What a lot of people take as codes and laws are merely examples and guidelines only for Christians that they apply to. If they were meant to be laws that applied to all ChristiansGamegodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18121297284548136421noreply@blogger.com