tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5509207392481380457.post6467935939799302737..comments2023-12-11T06:02:28.864-05:00Comments on The Wise Fool: Swear WordsTWFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016277303703254572noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5509207392481380457.post-49590927661119391232009-10-06T16:15:55.343-04:002009-10-06T16:15:55.343-04:00Thanks for the comment Anonymous. I certainly try...Thanks for the comment Anonymous. I certainly try diligently to ensure that I do not seek or enlarge supposed contradictions, but only point out actual ones. Of course, some verses are left up for interpretation, and I may bias towards finding contradictions in those cases. That's why I appreciate rebuttals such as yours to help keep me honest.<br /><br />God had already spoken out about making careless oaths in the OT in <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=3&chapter=5&verse=4" rel="nofollow">Leviticus 5:4</a> and <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=4&chapter=30" rel="nofollow">Numbers 30</a>. Jesus could have cited these, or simply mentioned that they were too careless with their vows, but He didn't. Instead, Jesus instructs not to take vows at all.<br /><br />You are right in pointing out the example of changing a hair's color as being a blast to man's ego. However, I would say that this is from the aspect that Jesus is saying that God is in charge of everything, and therefore your promises will only be allowed to be fulfilled if God wills that to be the case. Jesus, or at least some of the NT authors, apparently view oaths as matters of hubris, marked by unjustified confidence and determination which could so easily be usurped by God's will. The quotes from Matthew and James in the blog entry above, as well as <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=53&chapter=4&verse=19" rel="nofollow">1 Corinthians 4:19</a> "... if the Lord is willing ..." unite in common accord: man's plans mean nothing unless they correspond with God's plans.<br /><br />This message is 100% different than the laws regarding vows in the OT. That is why I feel my position is justified.<br /><br />I am interested to hear another rebuttal if you have one.TWFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06016277303703254572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5509207392481380457.post-66928383510172849782009-10-06T12:13:48.488-04:002009-10-06T12:13:48.488-04:00Yeshua (Jesus) never contradicted or "misquot...Yeshua (Jesus) never contradicted or "misquoted" His Father; in fact He came to tell those disobeying His Father to REPENT, LISTEN TO MY FATHER!! Yeshua responds to the numerous lies associated with the oaths humans are making - rash, careless oaths that are clearly not of Yahweh (God), but of Satan. His example of one being able to change one hair white or black shows that 'your ego is making promises your body can't keep.' Be careful not to seek or enlarge supposed contradictions pitting Yeshua against His Father. That alone reveals man's evil nature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5509207392481380457.post-4240265049248351472009-02-14T12:26:00.000-05:002009-02-14T12:26:00.000-05:00Ha! Bipolar! Although I don't know if that's rig...Ha! Bipolar! Although I don't know if that's right, because we don't see much about God being excessively happy anywhere. ;-)<BR/><BR/>I think that the 1ups point to something of the origin of these teachings; perhaps an ascetic prophet who thought the Law was too relaxed, and/or maybe John the Baptist. It seems like someone was unhappy with where the Law had gotten them. That someone couldn't be God, because God knows the future and accordingly would have fixed things from the beginning.TWFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06016277303703254572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5509207392481380457.post-37192040675130615422009-02-13T18:38:00.000-05:002009-02-13T18:38:00.000-05:00In your defense you will only need to say "yes" or...In your defense you will only need to say "yes" or "no" which I think fulfills both passages rather nicely. Heh.<BR/><BR/>You are right though. Jesus 1ups God's law so many times in the NT it makes you wonder how he even got away with being associated with God at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5509207392481380457.post-14351479905438856202009-02-13T10:11:00.000-05:002009-02-13T10:11:00.000-05:00so the trinity is a single entity that is bipolar?...so the trinity is a single entity that is bipolar?Damummishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07981933714493211304noreply@blogger.com