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On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 20:35:26 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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John: So, eventually , on this earth, I Co 8:1-3 can be cut
out of our Bibles. I'll sharpen my scissors. Most of us on TT
have already excluded the passage anyway. John
Judyt:
What
has this conversation got to do with eating meat bought in the marketplace
that has first been sacrificed to idols or
"things offered to idols?"
John: You think the principle of knowledge verse love only applies
when we are arguing about the eating of meats?? JD
Judyt:
I've never argued about "eating of meats" because so far as I
know the meat I buy at the Commissary has not been sacrificed to idols; but
we see that it is not good to be in ignorance regarding this because Jesus
says so when He brings up the subject once more in Revelations
2:14,20. I believe that idolatry is always divisive and never ever
leads to unity. When Jesus is the root in our heart we gladly put all
of this away. Incidentally our daughter's pastor uses the "meat
offered to idols" argument to justify things like celebrating Halloween. I
fail to see the connection but they respect him and this is what he has
taught them, so sadly our grandchildren are not being tutored in true
spiritual discernment and walking in the fear of God. Our grandson
along with all of his little Christian friends who attend the Christian
school are heavily into Pokemon cards and this Yugi character which leads to
a Japanese form of D&D; if not stopped this will eventually lead to the
same type of fantasy role playing games along with the same evil fruit in
the lives of these boys..
John: Did I miss something? Nothing in the
above paragraph has anything to do with my question about the principle of
knowledge verses love.
Judyt: John, God is not against knowledge, that is the
wisdom from above; who said to be wise as serpents but harmless as
doves. Also there is no principle in all of the references about eating
things strangled and meat offered to idols other than that 'if we love God
we will not do it'
John: Oh, and one more thing. Pokeman will lead to nothing of the
kind .... unless done to excess. We celebrate
Christmas and entertain Halloween. Been doing it for 38 years
with my kids and now the grand kids. All of them
Christians. All of them in some capacity of Christian
leadership. Everyone has their demons, I guess. John
Judyt: Well John, it's good if we are not condemned by the things
we allow and what you, your kids, and grandkids have been doing for all
these years is between you, them, and the Lord since He is the
Judge. However, that does not alter the fact that Halloween is and has
always been the devil's day. As for Pokemon. Look at the
characters and what they represent. I guess it's like all sin, a
little drink, a little cigarette, a little gambling, a little gossip, a
little fornication, never hurt anyone - Right?
I've been lurking
since I resigned up but wanted to interject a comment on Pokemon. I
see it as an agression to solve all problems issue. I felt the same
way with power rangers. I even see it in Tweety and
Sylvester. So much of what these children watch is so
agressive. I discourage these shows. As far as
Halloween is concerned. For us it is all about dress up. We go
with the kids and only let them trick or treat in areas where we know
people. Our church has trunk or treat where we decorate our trunks
(nothing occult, evil etc) and the kids go from one car to the other and end
up around a coppertype fire pit roasting marshmallows. This year they
are doing a hay maze and a chilli cook off. It is more of a harvest
party. This year the girls are an M & M , a lion and a
mouse. Last year we had a butterfly, a spider (purple) and a
target sales clerk (complete with headphones and a label machine (ala
pricing machine) To sum it all up - evil or
not why do we let the media teach our children that we
solve situations with physical means?
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