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		<title>By: God's dark italian princess</title>
		<link>http://www.completinggodsmission.com/bible-studies/difficult-verses-in-the-bible/comment-page-1#comment-9</link>
		<dc:creator>God's dark italian princess</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The latter (kills) but the Spirit gives life.

To truly understand we need the Holy Spirit to illuminate our eyes with understanding of what it really says. 

It is not allways literal. 

Jesus meant the seriousness of that sin. You must read the (whole) context of what it means.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The latter (kills) but the Spirit gives life.</p>
<p>To truly understand we need the Holy Spirit to illuminate our eyes with understanding of what it really says. </p>
<p>It is not allways literal. </p>
<p>Jesus meant the seriousness of that sin. You must read the (whole) context of what it means.<br /><b>References : </b></p>
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		<title>By: Iwantoknow</title>
		<link>http://www.completinggodsmission.com/bible-studies/difficult-verses-in-the-bible/comment-page-1#comment-8</link>
		<dc:creator>Iwantoknow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>He speeks some time in parables.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He speeks some time in parables.<br /><b>References : </b></p>
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		<title>By: Swash</title>
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		<dc:creator>Swash</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Most of those are hyperbole - other ones aren&#039;t commandments, they are written as part of a letter..  Here..  I&#039;ll handle the &quot;women talking in church&quot; one.

  That&#039;s from 1 Corinthians - IT&#039;s written by Paul to the church in Corinth.   Now, we need to keep in mind that this is a letter we&#039;re reading.  In those days, synagogues would usually have the men sitting separate from women.  However in those days, men were the educated ones and women were not.   I&#039;m not endorsing that, but that&#039;s the way it was back then.   It was very common for women to talk or &quot;clarify&quot; what was being spoken about by asking their husband sitting elsewhere in the congregation - leaving many women talking or yelling back and forth during the service.   So Paul wrote what he wrote as a plea for some kind of order and was trying to say that women should talk later rather than yell over everything. --    The important thing to take away from that verse is that things should be run in an orderly fashion and not be allowed to be a chaotic fashion.  That&#039;s all.

  It&#039;s NOT written as a rule that no women should talk in church until the end of time.


  Gouging eyes:
  Hyperbole - Jesus was not commanding people to &quot;Gouge their eyes out&quot; .  He was using it as part of his: &quot;It&#039;s better to be blind on Earth and get into Heaven than have your eyes on Earth and experience the afterlife without him.  
  Have you ever said the phrase:  &quot;I&#039;d rather sit on a tack than do......&quot;  or &quot;I&#039;d rather get hit by a car than go to school today..&quot;   You&#039;re not asking anyone to hit you with their car, you&#039;re describing how badly you don&#039;t want to go to school.

  Tongues:
  You could write a book on that.  Tongues is rarely ever used correctly in North America - It&#039;s usually recognized as part of the hyper southern gospel movement and frankly, I&#039;m not going to bother dealing with it.   Bottom Line:  The fact that so many people waste (yes, I said waste) so much time focusing and arguing about it, it just a testament to how easily distracted people are from Jesus.

   Orders of killing the rebellious people are usually found in the Old Testament.  New Testament references aren&#039;t written as commandments.  The Old Testament isn&#039;t discounted, but there are principles and precepts to what was written.  The principle is the descendant and main point and the precept is the physical rule that died off and became useless under the new covenant that Jesus brought.  Remember that Jesus was very anti-religious and went against what many of they religious leaders demanded.  Which included many of those things you listed.   Again, this is a very large topic and there&#039;s many books on the matter..

 Hope this helped even a little bit.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most of those are hyperbole &#8211; other ones aren&#8217;t commandments, they are written as part of a letter..  Here..  I&#8217;ll handle the &quot;women talking in church&quot; one.</p>
<p>  That&#8217;s from 1 Corinthians &#8211; IT&#8217;s written by Paul to the church in Corinth.   Now, we need to keep in mind that this is a letter we&#8217;re reading.  In those days, synagogues would usually have the men sitting separate from women.  However in those days, men were the educated ones and women were not.   I&#8217;m not endorsing that, but that&#8217;s the way it was back then.   It was very common for women to talk or &quot;clarify&quot; what was being spoken about by asking their husband sitting elsewhere in the congregation &#8211; leaving many women talking or yelling back and forth during the service.   So Paul wrote what he wrote as a plea for some kind of order and was trying to say that women should talk later rather than yell over everything. &#8212;    The important thing to take away from that verse is that things should be run in an orderly fashion and not be allowed to be a chaotic fashion.  That&#8217;s all.</p>
<p>  It&#8217;s NOT written as a rule that no women should talk in church until the end of time.</p>
<p>  Gouging eyes:<br />
  Hyperbole &#8211; Jesus was not commanding people to &quot;Gouge their eyes out&quot; .  He was using it as part of his: &quot;It&#8217;s better to be blind on Earth and get into Heaven than have your eyes on Earth and experience the afterlife without him.<br />
  Have you ever said the phrase:  &quot;I&#8217;d rather sit on a tack than do&#8230;&#8230;&quot;  or &quot;I&#8217;d rather get hit by a car than go to school today..&quot;   You&#8217;re not asking anyone to hit you with their car, you&#8217;re describing how badly you don&#8217;t want to go to school.</p>
<p>  Tongues:<br />
  You could write a book on that.  Tongues is rarely ever used correctly in North America &#8211; It&#8217;s usually recognized as part of the hyper southern gospel movement and frankly, I&#8217;m not going to bother dealing with it.   Bottom Line:  The fact that so many people waste (yes, I said waste) so much time focusing and arguing about it, it just a testament to how easily distracted people are from Jesus.</p>
<p>   Orders of killing the rebellious people are usually found in the Old Testament.  New Testament references aren&#8217;t written as commandments.  The Old Testament isn&#8217;t discounted, but there are principles and precepts to what was written.  The principle is the descendant and main point and the precept is the physical rule that died off and became useless under the new covenant that Jesus brought.  Remember that Jesus was very anti-religious and went against what many of they religious leaders demanded.  Which included many of those things you listed.   Again, this is a very large topic and there&#8217;s many books on the matter..</p>
<p> Hope this helped even a little bit.<br /><b>References : </b></p>
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		<title>By: mas1az</title>
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		<dc:creator>mas1az</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If you are a true bible believer, which I think you are not, and if you think the verses you&#039;ve quoted again are of God and they mean exactly what they say, then you are truly a fool.

The bible has men&#039;s words also in them and they are the lines make up the crust of the worldly churches.  Gods words all relate to his fathers&#039; kingdom,

The first one you quoted about gouging your own eyes, out, is a metaphor which means that when you look and lust after a woman you are committing a sin in the eyes of God, with you mind, for God can read thoughts.

The second one is of men&#039;s interpretation of woman&#039;s role in society as a whole.  Very very wrong.  For when one truly learns of God, one learns that male and female are equal in the eyes of God.  God does not mock himself.

The third one represents men&#039;s view of those who worship all other things, beside God, the one and only true God, the Father.  The commandment, Thou shall not kill, stands.  God follows his own rules.

And the one that says you are to interpret tongues, is another view of mans, twist on things unexplainable, that only God executes miracles of understanding which touches ones life.  That is between man and God and not of worlds interpretation of such things unexplainable in the world of men.  

In the bible there are two churches represented.  One of Gods which is invisible and the other of Satan, which is visible.

If one literally follows the scriptures you quote, then they belong to the visible churches of Satan.

Those who follow God, follow God and not men.

Gods laws are spiritual, not temporal.  Men have chosen specific Gods words and interpreted them all temporally to fit the visible world we live in.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;I thank God for all I&#039;m learning since he is my teacher and not the false prophets of the world</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are a true bible believer, which I think you are not, and if you think the verses you&#8217;ve quoted again are of God and they mean exactly what they say, then you are truly a fool.</p>
<p>The bible has men&#8217;s words also in them and they are the lines make up the crust of the worldly churches.  Gods words all relate to his fathers&#8217; kingdom,</p>
<p>The first one you quoted about gouging your own eyes, out, is a metaphor which means that when you look and lust after a woman you are committing a sin in the eyes of God, with you mind, for God can read thoughts.</p>
<p>The second one is of men&#8217;s interpretation of woman&#8217;s role in society as a whole.  Very very wrong.  For when one truly learns of God, one learns that male and female are equal in the eyes of God.  God does not mock himself.</p>
<p>The third one represents men&#8217;s view of those who worship all other things, beside God, the one and only true God, the Father.  The commandment, Thou shall not kill, stands.  God follows his own rules.</p>
<p>And the one that says you are to interpret tongues, is another view of mans, twist on things unexplainable, that only God executes miracles of understanding which touches ones life.  That is between man and God and not of worlds interpretation of such things unexplainable in the world of men.  </p>
<p>In the bible there are two churches represented.  One of Gods which is invisible and the other of Satan, which is visible.</p>
<p>If one literally follows the scriptures you quote, then they belong to the visible churches of Satan.</p>
<p>Those who follow God, follow God and not men.</p>
<p>Gods laws are spiritual, not temporal.  Men have chosen specific Gods words and interpreted them all temporally to fit the visible world we live in.<br /><b>References : </b><br />I thank God for all I&#8217;m learning since he is my teacher and not the false prophets of the world</p>
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		<title>By: M to the R Mighty RA</title>
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		<dc:creator>M to the R Mighty RA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Because if you change some of the words around it says you don&#039;t have to bother with those ones, oh except the really obscure ones that supposedly forbid homosexuality, they still seem to count for some reason.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Because if you change some of the words around it says you don&#8217;t have to bother with those ones, oh except the really obscure ones that supposedly forbid homosexuality, they still seem to count for some reason.<br /><b>References : </b></p>
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		<title>By: Imagine That</title>
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		<dc:creator>Imagine That</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Bible doesn&#039;t exist.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;References : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Bible doesn&#8217;t exist.<br /><b>References : </b></p>
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		<title>By: doubtingthomas</title>
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		<dc:creator>doubtingthomas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;b&gt;Why are the difficult-to-obey bible verses often ignored or not taken literally?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;Like whn Jesus told christians to gouge out eyes if they lust with their eyes.

Or that verse when Bible says women cannot speak in churches.

Or that verse that tells them to kill rebellious children, adultery couples, blasphemers, followers of other religions.

Or that verse that tells them to interprete tongues.

Why are all these difficult verses ignored?
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Why are the difficult-to-obey bible verses often ignored or not taken literally?</b><br />Like whn Jesus told christians to gouge out eyes if they lust with their eyes.</p>
<p>Or that verse when Bible says women cannot speak in churches.</p>
<p>Or that verse that tells them to kill rebellious children, adultery couples, blasphemers, followers of other religions.</p>
<p>Or that verse that tells them to interprete tongues.</p>
<p>Why are all these difficult verses ignored?</p>
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