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markedixon · #61 (**permalink**) 11-16-2007, 12:12 PM

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Ah but he does, through his priests, ministers and rabbis.

You're dodging the question, but I'll play along.

If God once spoke to regular folks, but now only talks to church officialdom, did God change? Or did we?

From Philly · #62 (**permalink**) 11-16-2007, 12:17 PM

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You're dodging the question, but I'll play along.

If God once spoke to regular folks, but now only talks to church officialdom, did God change? Or did we?

Its not a situation of God talking to people today in the manner he did when he walked the face of the earth some 2,000 years ago. He speaks through his clergy, who spread His words.

markedixon · #63 (**permalink**) 11-16-2007, 12:36 PM

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Its not a situation of God talking to people today in the manner he did when he walked the face of the earth some 2,000 years ago. He speaks through his clergy, who spread His words.

You're still dodging. God could once be heard by all (you say), but can now be heard only by a certain class of human beings. Did God change or did we?

Joel 2:28. And it shall come to pass after this, that I will pour out my
spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy:
your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.
Joel 2:29. Moreover, upon my servants and handmaids in those days I will pour
forth my spirit.

From Philly · #64 (**permalink**) 11-16-2007, 02:57 PM

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You're still dodging. God could once be heard by all (you say), but can now be heard only by a certain class of human beings. Did God change or did we?

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Thats not what I said. Christ was a teacher and spread His message to all that wanted to hear it. The clergy today are just continuing to spread his message to all that want to hear it.

markedixon · #65 (**permalink**) 11-16-2007, 02:59 PM

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Thats not what I said. Christ was a teacher and spread His message to all that wanted to hear it. The clergy today are just continuing to spread his message to all that want to hear it.

So, since JC, God has stopped talking?

To Philly · #66 (**permalink**) 11-16-2007, 03:31 PM

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I went to a gay-pride parade once when I lived in San Francisco, but just for the spectacle. That was in 1978 and I don't recall seeing any significant public manifestation of gayness anywhere since. Other than a few couples holding hands, of course. In one such case, my teen daughter was with me and seemed grossed out. But I wrote that off to her being young.

So, what's your reason? Are you just a teen or young twenty-something still figuring out how things work? And if a little gay PDA bothers you, do you also object to heterosexuals kissing, holding hands and groping in public view?

no because hetero is normal

To Philly · #67 (**permalink**) 11-16-2007, 03:35 PM

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So, since JC, God has stopped talking?

who knows? i'm not God I can't say why HE does onw thing or another. All i know is there's the Bible, where he talked, and theres no new Bible since, so He must think the original is prettty good.

markedixon · #68 (**permalink**) 11-16-2007, 05:02 PM

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who knows? i'm not God I can't say why HE does onw thing or another...

It's your job (as a Christian) to ponder, pray over and figure these things out, not merely say "yassuh" to the guy in the collar. Good luck.

markedixon · #69 (**permalink**) 11-16-2007, 05:05 PM

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no because hetero is normal

Hetero is merely a lot more common. (It's also the condition from which I suffer.) "Homo" is normal (i.e., naturally occurring), too.

Personally, I doubt the 10 percent that gay activists toss around. But even if it's 5 percent -- or 4, 3, 2 or 1 -- homosexuality is normal.

From Philly · #70 (**permalink**) 11-16-2007, 06:19 PM

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So, since JC, God has stopped talking?

Directly, yes.