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by Tychicus
Fri Feb 03, 2017 5:36 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Hypocrisy
Replies: 13
Views: 6806

Re: Hypocrisy

It appears the fence with the watchtowers is between Israel & the West Bank. Thanks for clarifying this. So it appears that Guatemalans come into Mexico unfettered and try to make it into the USA often at the mercy of smugglers who abuse them. Your concern for the Guatemalans is much appreciated. T...
by Tychicus
Fri Feb 03, 2017 1:36 am
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Hypocrisy
Replies: 13
Views: 6806

Re: Hypocrisy

Wondering whether you all have found the answer yet. Is there really a wall across the southern wall of Mexico?

I'm also curious about the appropriate thing to do when you find out you have inadvertently passed on false information. What action ought you to take?
by Tychicus
Mon Oct 03, 2016 1:26 am
Forum: Acts & Epistles
Topic: How should it be translated?
Replies: 31
Views: 21105

Re: How should it be translated?

Paidion and Homer,

For the sake of completeness, 2 Pet 2:12 also has φθείρω. It is translated "destroy" in most translations I have looked at. Regarding 1 Cor 3:17, the ESV, NASV, NET, NIV, NRSV have "destroy" in both places. Most of these translations also have "destroy" in Jude 1:10.
by Tychicus
Sun Mar 23, 2014 3:50 am
Forum: Teachers, Authors, and Movements
Topic: Rob Bell comes out in support of gay marriage.
Replies: 149
Views: 66512

Re: Rob Bell comes out in support of gay marriage.

In a certain way wasn't Mary like a surrogate mother except she ended up raising Jesus? Mary was married to Joseph but someone else was the father but Joseph legally adopted Jesus in a way. Mary was like a surrogate in that her child was not by her husband; I'm not sure how else. God was Jesus's fa...
by Tychicus
Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:45 am
Forum: Teachers, Authors, and Movements
Topic: Rob Bell comes out in support of gay marriage.
Replies: 149
Views: 66512

Re: Rob Bell comes out in support of gay marriage.

Excellent point! The use of a surrogate takes time, a good lawyer, and usually lots of money. I guess you could say that makes the child worth a lot more. Another advantage, as well, is that you get to pick the genetic stock of the surrogate. Perhaps someone very intelligent and beautiful; certainl...
by Tychicus
Thu Mar 20, 2014 3:15 am
Forum: Teachers, Authors, and Movements
Topic: Rob Bell comes out in support of gay marriage.
Replies: 149
Views: 66512

Re: Rob Bell comes out in support of gay marriage.

It is not my point here to judge the motivations of people who do this, but only to suggest that, as this practice increases and becomes better accepted, our notion of the origin and worth of children will be altered. I am not at all convinced it will be for the better. Tychicus If the parents can'...
by Tychicus
Mon Mar 17, 2014 2:17 am
Forum: Teachers, Authors, and Movements
Topic: Rob Bell comes out in support of gay marriage.
Replies: 149
Views: 66512

Re: Rob Bell comes out in support of gay marriage.

I'll just observe here that John Locke lived in a world where it was clear that children had the "civil right" to be brought up decently by their biological parents, who were supposed to be married. Civil rights was placed in quotes here, which leaves me uncertain as to whether or not you are asser...
by Tychicus
Sun Mar 16, 2014 3:32 am
Forum: Teachers, Authors, and Movements
Topic: Rob Bell comes out in support of gay marriage.
Replies: 149
Views: 66512

Re: Rob Bell comes out in support of gay marriage.

In the part that you quoted, I was speaking in the context of physical property and addressing the situation morbo3000 raised about whether discrimination should be allowed by a merchant who does not sell their flowers to a potential customer because of their sexual orientation. John Locke did not ...
by Tychicus
Fri Mar 14, 2014 11:51 pm
Forum: Teachers, Authors, and Movements
Topic: Rob Bell comes out in support of gay marriage.
Replies: 149
Views: 66512

Re: Rob Bell comes out in support of gay marriage.

It seems to me that the simple recognition that a persons private property is that which truly belongs to himself, and that therefore he has the right to dispose of it as he pleases - even if that involves discrimination - solves this issue [of civil rights]. In saying this, I am following the same...
by Tychicus
Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:26 pm
Forum: Teachers, Authors, and Movements
Topic: Rob Bell comes out in support of gay marriage.
Replies: 149
Views: 66512

Re: Rob Bell comes out in support of gay marriage.

Re marriage , constitutional law will guide the culture about the definition of a civil marriage but that doesn't mean it's a biblical marriage. It is clearly true that constitutional law will determine the definition of a civil marriage in our country . It is determined by our legal experts, and a...

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