Athos, take your meds and go to bed. You've gone off the rails.

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Originally Posted by jlisenbe

I do hope to use your post above for my Christian youth group presentation

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As a PK and long-time Sunday school and adult Bible class teacher, I cannot begin to imagine how you would weave Athos' response into a Christian youth group presentation without sounding like a crybaby.

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I cannot begin to imagine how you would weave Athos' response into a Christian youth group presentation without sounding like a crybaby.

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Yes, I'm sure you can't.

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Athos, take your meds and go to bed. You've gone off the rails.

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Hahahaha - Thank you for revealing your nastiness again. It's reassuring.

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Yes, I'm sure you can't.

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Running off with tail between legs?

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Running off with tail between legs?

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Actually, I was agreeing with her. I'm sure she cannot imagine how to use such a resource. After all, she said she couldn't. It is priceless material. Please keep the spring flowing!!

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Actually, I was agreeing with her. I'm sure she cannot imagine how to use such a resource. After all, she said she couldn't. It is priceless material. Please keep the spring flowing!!

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And you can't read and comprehend. What I don't understand is how YOU could weave Athos' response into a Christian youth presentation without sounding like a crybaby. "Wah, wah, that mean man was bullying me again last night on a discussion board." I'm sure those youth have a lot more on the ball than you give them credit for. They'll still be snickering as they leave that presentation.

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What I don't understand is how YOU could weave Athos' response into a Christian youth presentation without sounding like a crybaby.

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Can't you see that I'm agreeing with you? You don't understand, but I do, so relax. Material like that is priceless.

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Yes indeed. You don't understand. But I do, so relax. Material like that is priceless.

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Reading comprehension is a learned skill. Please work on it.

So are thinking and using imagination. Work on them.

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Material like that is priceless.

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If you really want priceless material, try picking up a Bible and reading the Gospels. You might learn something, which you can present to your youth group.

Thank you for the advice. I'm going through the NT for about the fiftieth time right now. I'll soon be to Matthew 25, the passage you do not believe.

And your advice above is more priceless material. You who don't accept the Bible as authoritative is advising someone to read it. Keep it up!!

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You who don't accept the Bible as authoritative...

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What does that mean to you, accepting the Bible as authoritative?

It means it takes precedence over other opinions;

Is there a God, the Bible says there is
Does Jesus exist, the Bible says he does
Is man flawed and in need of redemption, the Bible insists this is so
Is redemption available through belief in Jesus, the Bible says it is

These and many other answers are found in the authoritative text of the Bible

Very good answer.

I think it's perfectly fine for true believers to consider their religious books as authoritative. It's just as fine if they do not as well.

You can't have it both ways Tal

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These and many other answers are found in the authoritative text of the Bible

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What exactly is the "authoritative text"?

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You can't have it both ways Tal

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Why not? Who decides which way and to what degree they decide how authoritative their religious book is?

Or how one practices their faith in general?

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Why not? Who decides which way and to what degree they decide how authoritative their religious book is?

Or how one practices their faith in general?

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All excellent questions. I'm interested in what is the authoritative text. You mentioned it, too. I'm sure for paraclete it's the Bible, but I'm interested in which edition/version/language etc., etc. etc.

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Why not? Who decides which way and to what degree they decide how authoritative their religious book is?

Or how one practices their faith in general?

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Here is the one authoritative text you should take notice of; Jesus said "noone comes to the father but through me", that means all the other books don't have the same authority