RE: [TruthTalk] Exegetical Fallacies and Generational Sin

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One could take the position that, because it wasn’t mentioned in scripture, that an activity is either sinful, or is not sinful—depending upon what you prefer.  I think this is one of those hard areas where we have to conclude right from wrong from what is in the Word.  (Is it sinful to use a computer?) Izzy   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 4:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Exegetical Fallacies and Generational Sin   In a message dated 6/28/2004 3:03:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Though I cannot say that I have not been guilty of doing exactly that, the idea does not sit well with me.  There are people who contend that it is a sin to bet on a football game because the soldiers cast lots for Jesus' garments when He was nailed to the cross, but I don't see the connection and do not subscribe to that kind of thinking.  There are others who feel that because drunkenness is a sin, that drinking a beer must be a sin.  I do not agree with them either.  The church of Christ seems to be a prime example of what you are talking about if I understand you correctly.  Their refusal to use musical instruments to accompany hymns, is supposedly because there is no record that the early church used instruments.  These things may not be just what you are speaking of, but they seem related to me. Hope this answers your question. Terry Terry, my recent post on the silence of the scriptures and my  upbring, is actually a discussion of the Stone-Campebell Movement's position on silence of scripture -- but more specifically, a discussion of how the Church of christ (notice large "c" and small) view the subject.  I ministered in that fellowship for years and that post is their doctrinal defense of such thinking.   One of our more free thinking leaders (a Carl Ketcherside) once said, "All that the silence of the scriptures proves is that the scriptures are silent on that subject ."  John D