[Replying to another, shocked poster]Do you believe the word of God commanded slaves to obey and respect their masters, whether those masters were believers or unbelievers?

The Abolition Movement was the culmination of BAD THEOLOGY, centered around Unitarian/Universalist belief. It was a humanistic, knee-jerk reaction to perceived ills. Until that movement there was never a problem with Baptists and slavery... The Feminist Movement was the culmination of BAD THEOLOGY form liberal churches that did not accept the Biblical teaching or authority about the role of women. It was a humanistic, knee-jerk reaction to perceived ills. Until that movement, only the most liberal of Baptists would even consider ordaining a woman. And on with Blacks and Civil Rights And Gay rights Think you're on to something here, Mark. Good post.

i do not believe that god willy nilly overrides the principle of female subjection and i wouldn't accept a lady's word for it without irrefutable supernatural confirmation...

You are playing around with words because you don't like the fact that John Ritter was not a brethren and is in hell just as Jesus promised...

from my current understanding of scripture, i think a woman is wrong to be a policeman, since obviously that involves exercising authority over men.

Get a life and stop reading into me and my life. The topic is John Ritter not me! For the record those who are unrepentant and continue to commit sexual sins and associate with those who do, like John Ritter, go to hell, not heaven. So get off your high horse and open your eyes before God calls you a liar and a deceived one for defending a sinner and attacking a saint and you will join John Ritter...

is it right for men to post in forums moderated by women? isn't this an example a of lady having authority over a man? how about in a christian forum? should a christian lady exercise authoiry over her brothers in this way?

If a man lives like a pig and with the pigs then we know he is dirty? We know how John Ritter lived and the character he portrayed on three is company and we know he is in hell!

It was a movement of humanism, human self-worth, human as God. It was called Unitarianism (often called Universalism today). It's new Gospel was one of rights and dignity and good works - a social Gospel of 'do-gooders' to replace the blood of Christ. THAT group were the core of the rabid abolitionist movement sweeping some northern areas (like Massachusetts). Social programs, strong government laws, liberal liberal liberal agenda.

What in the world is a woman doing on the pulpit search committee? Why is it not the men who are deciding. Since when did God give that kind of authority over to the women?

good point. should i move?

i don't know, maybe there shouldn't be any female managers, along with all the other things you described. at this point i personally wouldn't take a job under the direct authority of a female manager.

I also love it how you say we are commanded not to judge and yet have judged me a saint to be a sinner while Ritter who is a sinner to be a saint! You nothing but a false and deceived one who is probably on the way to hell for judging a brother in the Lord according to Matthew 5:22

The issue is twofold:  1. That, as long as slavery was legal, it was the duty of Christian slaves to be obedient to their masters, 'not only to the good and gentle but also to the froward.'  2. That the word of God never judges a man for the mere fact of owning another man. To the contrary, it commends several slave owners in highest terms. For example, Abraham, the Roman Centurion, and Philemon.  The abolitionist and other social movements of the the 19th and early 20th centuries - namely the feminist movement, the "temperance" movement, the youth movements, and the socialist movement - greatly affected the Baptist approach to the Scriptures. It was during that time that Baptists began to exalt human wisdom above the Scriptures. Now we are moving towards the 'gay rights movement.' Just as before, there will be those who resist, but in a matter of time acceptance of homosexuality among Baptist churches will be common place.

If you are saying that the simple fact of owning another man is unjust then you must also assert that Roman slavery was unjust, for they, too, practiced human bondage. As far as the mistreatment of slaves, I agree it is wrong, but it does not chang the obligation of the slave to obey the master.

SO STOP BEING CHILDISH AND PICKING ON SAINTS AND DEFENDING IMMORAL ADULTEROUS SINNERS LIKE JOHN RITTER WHO IS IN HELL WHERE HE BELONGS

Hogwash John Ritter is no more saved then a pig is saved... John Ritter didn't have integrity so he played an immoral character on an immoral sitcom [Three's Company] that glorifed a man living together with two unmarried women for the glory of the devil and influenced many to follow his example. As I said John Ritter is in hell where he belongs...

Under these circumstances, the man would have fully repented of homosexuality and would wholly reject the label 'abstinate homosexual' but rather 'former homosexual'. In short, anyone who considered themselves a 'homosexual', abstinate or active, would not be fully repentant and therefore not qualifed to minister.

[Replying to 'I prefer strong and outspoken women']Then your preference is for women who are disobedient to Scripture.

Well the sources you provide [rebutting the errors in Chick tracts] appear to be Catholic... I'm considering the source there. I know without a doubt that Jack Chick and Dr. Rivera were telling the truth.

I really can't blame you. It is an affect of sin that is the reason you can't understand the scriptures, that is until the day God finally reveals their truths to you.

So for me, the jury is out on Jack Chick. At best, he is a guy who has done much to expose the ultimate evil in our world (the Vatican and the forces of Satan in our government).

[Replying to 'would you object to a celibate homosexual minister?']Absolutely I would! He would get a one way Greyhound bus ticket to the middle of nowhere!

But would they [even] be a homosexual if they were celibate. Aren't YOU implying that you can tell a homosexual person by how they look or act?

I have found with the evolutionary side is that they have an excuse for everything. There is NOTHING which they cannot accomodate one way or another. That makes any evidence presented by creation folk irrelevant, ignorant, too limited to count, etc.

Just don't send him to US Blackbird! No way would I EVER EVER EVER tolerate a homosexual minister! I'd leave that church so fast!

One cannot simultaneously be truly repentant and label themselves by a predisposition towards a particular sin. Contrary to popular indoctrination, 'homosexual' is defined by what some perverse people do, not by what they are.

I surely wouldn't be considered by most a feminist. If I had my way and had written in the Bible, I would have taught that no woman should ever be in a position of leadership. Alas, however, I did not write the Bible.

So just because some schlub who threw together a web site says Chick's not honest, I should just jump on *their* bandwagon? Anyway, I did my research on it a long time ago and I can say with confidence that Chick is not dishonest.

Sherrie is right, gay people do recruit. When I was 18 I had a roommate that tried to recruit me. She got me very confused. God did help me thru it and would not let me stray.

Maybe I'm an exception; however, this earth doesn't look ancient to me... Oh yes, perhaps 10 thousand years old or so but billions of years seems totally idiotic.

They [Mormons] claim some ancient civilizations here on the American continents. There is not only no evidence for that claim, there is evidence against it! ... But they will not admit to either weakness, because they 'know' L[atter]D[ay]S[aint] theology is true! Why do they know it is true? Because they were taught it is true -- or because any alternative was handled so poorly by others that Mormonism becomes a default theology. Nevertheless, it is a lie.

History will prove the JBS [John Birch Society] was correct, after all. There is a global effort for a one world government.

What would happen if people actually found the Ark? Massive tourism; shrines; it would become Super-Relic and wood from the Ark would be faked and sold all over the world. Those who did not want to believe it real would continue to refuse -- after all, they already refuse in the face of other evidence of the actual reality of Genesis!

You see, life isn't just chemicals. If it were, you could take a recently dead organism and get it to live again, simply by jump-starting the molecules somehow. But that doesn't work, does it? Instead, we know that life is something apart from the chemicals; something somehow imposed on them which uses them but is not them.

All gays recruit. And this is what is going on! You are not born gay...you are recruited.

Evolution is merely a myth for adults who reject the Gospel. It is doomed from the start.

evolution is based purely on the imaginations and fantasies of scoffers of the Bible. There's no science involved.

The Paluxy river in Glen Rose, Texas... was found to have millions of dinosaur and human footprints side by side! Now if them years were millions of years old why are there human footprints beside dino ones??

One of the reasons I was impressed with creationist writing and speaking at the beginning was not just their use of data, but the attitude with which it was presented. Instead of hearing, or reading, “this is the way it was” as though it were already known for sure, I was hearing an invitation to think and reason for myself, which was quite refreshing.

The demons in hell are dancing with glee! The enemy is rejoicing....another blow to Judeo-Christian heritage in the USA! What's next, an atheist stamp?

I think this issuing of a Muslim stamp on George Washington's Birthday is a deliberate slap in the face by the USPS to traditional American Judeo-Christian beliefs...... This is another selling out of America in the name of political correctness. It is a slap in the face of the 09/11 Islamic jihad victims, as well. And contrary to what was posted above, I do believe God is interested in the affairs of even mundane things such as postage stamps. God is going to JUDGE the NATIONS someday as well as individual people. If He cares about a sparrow that falls, He cares about stamps!

Muslim postage stamps?!?! PLEASE, make sure you write the USPS and tell them "NO WAY" to this nonsense...This is America! - not islam...

I don't know what you are suggesting, but you are sadly mistaken if you think I have any sympathy for an atheist maggot who spent most of his life trying to legitimatize a Satanic ideology. He's a Christian now, but a little too late.

[Commenting on Stephen Jay Gould's death]I'll bet that atheist is wishing he had not led so many people astray! I am sure that leeches like him get an "extra special" treatment in Hell. He asked for it, and he deserves it!

Supporting Islam runs contrary to the spirit of this nations founding Fathers...that of not kissing up to anyone, not being afraid to take politcal risks and tell something like it is. I guess if you boil it down, as a Christian I don't really care for most of the pettiness this world, society, and government has to offer, especially stupid, false religions like Islam.

The only thing that proves is there are many Biblical teachings about Jesus that satan has mimicked via "santa claus". 1)His white hair like wool. 2)Has a beard. 3)Comes in red apparel. 4)Hour of his coming is a mystery. 5)Is a carpenter. 6)Comes as a thief in the night. 7)Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent 8)Ageless, eternal 9)Giver of gifts. 10)Sits on a throne. 11)Wants little children to come to him. 12)Judges ...and there is so much more! Satan/santa is leading adults and children away from Jesus. Ask any child what christmas is really about.

I am the principal of a Christian School. A child in our second grade asked her teacher about "Santa". The teacher told her that "Santa" was a fairy tale not to be confused with Jesus who was not. The next day the parents were in contact with me about disallusioning their child. What was especially enlightening was when the parent expressed alarm when the child asked her "What else have you lied to me about?

I use to live in the Milwaukee area a few years back, and witnessed homo-sexuals walking and other things in public, and on the streets in broad daylight. A deplorable sight and very embarrassing for my children to witness such abominations.

How can a Christian believe that we came from apes is ridiculous! They are not Christian!