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The question was Did you quote the Gospel? You said NO, and then you said That was a quote from jesus. So what is it - YES or NO?
There is no book called "the Gospel", so it can't be quoted. I try to be careful with my words.
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Your attempts to get out of what you've been saying here for years are so transparent, I'm almost ashamed for you. ALMOST, but not quite!
I've changed nothing.
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Do you not believe the Bible? If so, then why do you try to avoid that, by always saying the Bible said so? Does that relieve you of any culpability? Say, for claiming God wiped out the entire human race in a flood?
Why can't you man up and just say what YOU believe? Not what the Bible says, but what YOU believe? You can't do it, can you?
Because it makes no difference what I believe. No one will be judged on the basis of what I believe. Truth is not established by what I believe. It is established by what the Bible says, and that's why I continually resort to the Bible, and it's why I continually encourage you to believe the Bible as do I.
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Did you ever consider that the Bible has so many strange verses, that it can't possibly be literally true? You're a victim, Jl, of your own lack of discernment - a gift God gives to all of us.
And so we arrive at the source of our disagreement. You consider that the Bible means...whatever you think it means. I believe it is a literal representation of God's will. So when Jesus said, "Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God," I think He literally meant what He said. What do you think of that?