quote: Is there a Holy Trinity Plus Brigham Young?
A Trinity in four parts? Sounds familiar...
quote: but from what I understand, one man was supposedly told the whole thing at one time
...and he allegedly discovered the book of Mormon written on gold tablets buried in upstate New York. Anytime he had to consult these tablets he went behind a screen; I think only one other person ever claimed to have seen them. So a really plausible story then.
quote: Seems like a good place to test just what god and jesus did tell us.
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"occult" has nothing to do with something questioning canon bible texts. The events in the bible can be described as occult, though. Stigmata, walking on water, raising dry bones. That's occult.
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What happened to Korah and his family? Shoot, I'VE never heard of that one, and I used to be the local Bible trivia geek.
The rest of this test is crap, BTW. It operates on the assumption that God approves of everything that happened in the Bible, i.e. Gideon and his huge family, Solomon's thousand girlfriends, Jephthah's sacrificing his daugther (assuming he did), etc. The Bible never says God approved of any of that, it just says it happened. Further, it takes many things out of context. I'd be happy to go through each question explaining the actual teachings of Christianity as opposed to those the maker of this test seems to believe, if anyone would actually be interested.
Oh, and just for the record, 34/50, trying to guess what answers they wanted. Of course, at least a few of the "correct" answers are crap anyway. i.e. "Don't boil a kid in its mother's milk" is NOT the tenth commandment, unless you use very unconventional definitions of the "Ten Commandments". I especially like the bit about when Jesus allows divorce. The correct response, like my Bible teacher is fond of saying, is "WRONG QUESTION!" This test shouldn't be multiple choice, each question should be an essay explaining why the question is wrong.
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Since when is "New Age" something that comes up on Internet filters, anyway? Would it block, like, a Yanni site, or something? I mean, that example might actually be for the better, but still...
"Of course, at least a few of the 'correct' answers are crap anyway. i.e. 'Don't boil a kid in its mother's milk' is NOT the tenth commandment, unless you use very unconventional definitions of the 'Ten Commandments'."
Did you even read the explanation of the answer? They were referring to the bible's own definition of "the ten commandments".
"I especially like the bit about when Jesus allows divorce. The correct response, like my Bible teacher is fond of saying, is 'WRONG QUESTION!'"
Why? Because you don't agree with it, but it would be bad to disagree with Jesus? And, therefore, one shouldn't even ask the question? One should just pretend there's no disagreement?
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You have to understand the context in which Jesus was being asked the question. At the time there were two schools of thought. One said a man could divorce his wife for anything, buring toast, whatever. The other said it was only in cases of adultery. But the problem was, both groups were looking for a way out. They wanted a rule that they could skirt the very edge of, so they'd know exactly how far they could go. But it's not a question of rules. God indended marriage to be one man and one woman, for their entire lives. Life as it is intended to be lived. The question should always be, how can I live my life in accordance with God's plan for life? Thus the question of "how far can I go and still get away with it?" is the wrong question.
(Oh, and BTW, the bit about sexual infidelity being grounds for divorce is considered by many scholars to refer to the kind of divorce Joseph was planning to seek from Mary, before they were actually married. Just an aside.)
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26! Admittedly, five of those I had to guess (biblical punishment not being my strong suit), but hey, you learn.
"It operates on the assumption that God approves of everything that happened in the Bible..."
And this is an unreasonable assumption because...?
"I'd be happy to go through each question explaining the actual teachings of Christianity as opposed to those the maker of this test seems to believe..."
Please do. Since your opinion doesn't matter and the Actual Teachings vary from person to person anyway, what harm can it bring? B)
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quote:Originally posted by Cartman: "It operates on the assumption that God approves of everything that happened in the Bible..."
And this is an unreasonable assumption because...?
Well, you've got two assumptions you can make: a) God approves of every event that is recorded in the Bible, or b) God disapproves of some events that are recorded in the Bible, and his disapproval simply isn't voiced in every instance. If you assume 'a' when you can just as easily assume 'b', and when 'a' results in massive contradictions and 'b' doesn't, I would say that assuming 'a' is unreasonable. The simplest workable, accurate explanation is probably the correct one.
Put another way, you're proposing that God can be assumed to approve of specific events on which He has no recorded stated opinion. One of the defining principles of the Church of Christ is that we are silent where the Bible is silent. Mind you, that's not necessarily the case, but it's a nice idea at the very least.
Okay, Cartman, ask and you shall receive. Just give me a few minutes and I'll post again with my response to the test.
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