NES,
You're just not very bright. Did you ever stop to think that Jesus sometimes used hyperbole to make a point? Do you think when he said
this:
If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
that he meant that you should literally pluck your eye out? Or, perhaps he was using hyperbole to make a point?
So when a crime called for a public stoning in those times they werent throwing rocks at people until they died? Like I said its great that you conservatives can pick and choose the parts that are literal and the parts that are just parables for the purpose of getting a point accross. Whatever helps you sleep at night, God has a plan for you, not for gays, but for you yes.
Cracker Barrel: We screwed up big time
“We were flat out wrong."
That’s the message Cracker Barrel is sending to enraged customers after the restaurant chain removed Duck Dynasty items from its stores over fears it might offend people.
“Our intent was to avoid offending but that’s just what we’ve done,” Cracker Barrel said in a statement posted on its Facebook page. “You told us we made a mistake. And, you weren’t shy about it. You wrote, you called and you took to social media to express your thoughts and feelings.”
One of those customers was Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council. He said his family has eaten in nearly every Cracker Barrel in the country.
“Cracker Barrel must be off their rocker,” he said in a statement to Fox News. “For Cracker Barrel to take the bait of an organization like GLAAD, which has led the attack on Phil Robertson, they are betraying the values of the vast majority of their customers.”
The restaurant chain known for its country cooking admitted they were wrong and not only offered an apology, but ordered Duck Dynasty products be returned to their stores immediately.
“Today, we are putting all our Duck Dynasty products back in our stores,” Cracker Barrel stated. “And, we apologize for offending you.”
Cracker Barrel took action on Friday after Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson was indefinitely suspended from the popular A&E show for making comments the network found offensive to homosexuals.
Workers were instructed to remove all merchandise that featured Robertson, local reports alleged.
The outrage and condemnation from loyal Cracker Barrel customers was swift. Thousands posted messages on Facebook vowing to eat their biscuits and country fried steak somewhere else.
Among those who took offense was former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
“I have no respect for a company that bows to the slightest pressure from the politically correct,” Huckabee wrote on Facebook.
“We were flat out wrong."
That’s the message Cracker Barrel is sending to enraged customers after the restaurant chain removed Duck Dynasty items from its stores over fears it might offend people.
“Our intent was to avoid offending but that’s just what we’ve done,” Cracker Barrel said in a statement posted on its Facebook page. “You told us we made a mistake. And, you weren’t shy about it. You wrote, you called and you took to social media to express your thoughts and feelings.”
One of those customers was Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council. He said his family has eaten in nearly every Cracker Barrel in the country.
“Cracker Barrel must be off their rocker,” he said in a statement to Fox News. “For Cracker Barrel to take the bait of an organization like GLAAD, which has led the attack on Phil Robertson, they are betraying the values of the vast majority of their customers.”
The restaurant chain known for its country cooking admitted they were wrong and not only offered an apology, but ordered Duck Dynasty products be returned to their stores immediately.
“Today, we are putting all our Duck Dynasty products back in our stores,” Cracker Barrel stated. “And, we apologize for offending you.”
Cracker Barrel took action on Friday after Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson was indefinitely suspended from the popular A&E show for making comments the network found offensive to homosexuals.
Workers were instructed to remove all merchandise that featured Robertson, local reports alleged.
The outrage and condemnation from loyal Cracker Barrel customers was swift. Thousands posted messages on Facebook vowing to eat their biscuits and country fried steak somewhere else.
Among those who took offense was former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
“I have no respect for a company that bows to the slightest pressure from the politically correct,” Huckabee wrote on Facebook.
They do mean exactly what they say, no one said otherwise. I only said the Mosaic law in the OT isn't applicable for today, nor was it applicable for the last 2,000 years.
Keep in mind that the New Testament (which is very applicable) has a lot to say about the sin of homosexuality.
Oh, and so did the American Psychiatric Association which classified homosexuality as a mental disorder for decades. And, it was declassified not because of
any scientific discovery, but because the militant gay lobby bullied them.
Is that clear enough?
Well, they certainly don't mean "if you are rich, you will never get into Heaven"
The message is (and this is consistent through 2,000+ pages): don't put too much stock into worldly possessions. Specifically, "Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf."
For example, if we trust in ourselves and don't rely on Jesus and his death and resurrection for our salvation, then we cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. When Jesus told the rich man to go sell everything he was testing him to see whether his trust and security was in Jesus or in his riches
That is the meaning and context of that citation.
