I was talking about meshak, your comment related to her and explaining my response on the point.
Right.
You must not read a great deal of her.
I posted all that she had written in this thread and there was no evidence of any attack against mainstream Christianity in it.
Or maybe she's changing, but that's an impression over time based on a lot of posts and more than one conversation I've had with her on the subject.
Hopefully, as Christians, we are always changing for the better.
Not when it comes to the trinity and the divinity of Christ. Catholic, Protestant, there's no disagreement on the foundation of our shared faith.
Not all believers are Catholic or Protestant. Not all believers accept or understand the doctrine of the Trinity and as to Yeshua's divinity, I have already stated here that no one who acknowledges Him to be the Son of God can possibly deny His divinity. It is part of His Sonship.
I wasn't disavowing by saying I must not have read it. I hadn't made the connection. Once I did I did the "Oh here it is" bit with a link included.
Right.
Good. (I'm glad you edited the part about the irony.)
No, having a Christian perspective doesn't alter or shouldn't alter the ability to recognize and speak to an objective truth, which is what I do when it comes to the law.
You must keep telling yourself that but Scripture states otherwise because, as a believer, when man's law goes against God's, we are expected to err on the side of God.
God doesn't allow us to understand and relate an objective truth about the law of the land?
We are to live according to the law of the land but there are limitations if the lesson of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego is well-learned. There is no law of man or truth that is above God's Law or Truth and we have no business relating to any law that puts itself over God's Law or Truth in any way other than God would relate to it.
I'm not arguing over how God sees it or the law states its case. I'm making a statement for myself on the morality and on the law as it stands on the point. Beyond that I have a historically fueled view of the wisdom of men mixing religion into politics to the point where a single religious voice moves the law.
Are you sure? You do seem to be mixing them up which is why I stated I understood Meshak's questioning you. Also, we don't make our own statements regarding morality because God has already made them for us.
How often? What's the percentage?
Immaterial for a Christian.
How do you know? What's your expertise on the subject?
God's Word tells us and the expertise is His.
I know any number of Christians who are attorneys
Yes, there are.
and their practices are terrific witness to their faith.
That depends on whether ones discernment is up to snuff.
That's what the law of our land is.
This is true.
You can't approach it, rationally, any other way.
We are required to approach it from God's perspective. Consider Titus 3:1 or Romans 13:1-14. The key words is those verses are "do what is good" and "submissive." What is good has already been outlined by God and we are to submit to our earthly authorities. That does not mean that we are to compromise God's authority in our lives.
The moment you start talking about your moral judgment of how it should be or is in relation to God you're talking about something else.
The moment we start talking about compromising God's Law we are no longer in Yeshua Who is in the Father.
Yes, you are and I've explained just how right here.
