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   > When my father was alive I  used to play one off the others: "If mother   
   > agrees can I...." and so forth.   
   > I could get away with murder with my father, in whose eyes I could do no   
   > wrong.   
   > But my mother was say No and that was the end of the discussion.   
      
   Not in my house -- we each tried this. . .ONCE.   
      
   Normally if we askedsome thing of one, they'd reply, "What does [other   
   parent]  say?" & we knoew if one said no, it was no, firm, & trying to elicit   
   a yes from   
       
   the other was a Bad Thing.   
      
   >> But this is, I admit, more about human decisions as to what was God-inspired   
   > specific to their homiletic interests.   
   > Scripture is made of several types of books: history, poetry, ethics,   
   > ritual, religion in general.   
   > Sometimes two or more writers will have a different take on something.   
   > Its like taking a report from two or three witnesses to an event.  Each   
   > witness will describe the event in general, with a few different slants:   
   > He was driving a red car, she was in a blue.   
   > He was driving a red Ford Explorer, she in a blue Chevy Tahoe, etc.   
      
   Exactly. Both are giving honest testimony from their own perspective.   
      
   People whgine about "contradictions." I point out how tghe Bible is varous    
   authors & books. & how even in one book of "sayings" you'll have both: "Look   
   before you leap" &   
   "He who hesitates is lost"   
      
   Nopt a contradiction, as both have their own application.   
      
   To the whingers about geographical & cosmology evidences, I point out that   
   the  Bible was not written to be a sciece textbook following modern rules of    
   scxientific method. It's a handbook providing a basic Constitution & law codes,   
   & guidance useful for any moral question/situation for one who cares to    
   understabd it as such.   
      
   I never preess the issue.  Not my job to FORCE anyone to be what thewy're   
   not.  Who am I to say that God didn't make them to be a different religion, or   
   even  an athiest for a reason I don't see?   
      
   I don't speak for God. I don't fight His battles, either.   
      
   None of my business, unless I'm invited to chime in.   
      
   I'm happy where I'm at, & that's as far as my beliefs should go.   
      
   Because I'm a happy person, I speak freely about that which elates me, hoping    
   to share so even one other person might get a taste of it for themselves, if    
   needing it.   
      
   That was the key problem with imperialistic religions: they broke away from   
   the original "invitation" model & switched to "Obey or suffer & die at our   
   hands"  model.   
      
   A simple misunderstanding of the early mistranslation "make disciples of    
   nations" that clearly should've been rendered, "Accept seeking students   
   without concern for their nationality."   
      
      
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