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Valerie wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 1:50 pm Is the Bible are "only" source for outward apparel as Christians or do churches have the freedom to add to Scripture on specifics?

Churches don't have freedom to change "Thou shalt not kill" into "Thou shalt kill".

Szdfan,

Do you think the NFL should censure for, fire for, punish for, or otherwise disavow what this football player said in his speech?

Let me understand this. Women need to wear some kind of footwear, but men should be barefoot, except when they're going to war.

Is that what I should understand to be established Christian doctrine?

Does the Bible ever point us to such customs for footwear (or lack thereof)?

This idea of a "Jesus army that kills evildoers" is a bit disturbing. Who composes this army?

There have already been calls for the Chiefs to get rid of him. It shows that the left doesn't value free speech and thinks that if someone publicly says something they disagree with, they will try to get that person fired.

This is very toxic to a free and open democracy.

My state rep's husband runs the regional AFSCME here. Youngstown used to be famous for being full of mob bosses who ran the local unions - but there isn't much left now except the public sector unions.

I think you would benefit from people who have been speaking for Israel too and I'm sure he's not the only one in Israel running this war on terror. Shame on Hamas for putting innocent people in harms way. Most of my opinions about this I formed when I worked for an Israeli company and my colleague...

Well I have met Messianic Jews in many sects of Christianity, and also the co-founder of "Jews for Jesus" who became an Orthodox Christian, than priest. He believes the Full Gospel but interprets differently than Anabaptists, who are not infallible at interpretations. People are either Ch...

I won't speak for God on this. I'm simply conveying the way Jews throughout their history see their position as well as how God told them in their past to kill every man woman and child in aces where He was giving them ability to conquer. Since they have become a nation again there were miraculous ...

I'm not claiming she should be pardoned and as far as I know, she hasn't been pardoned. But seriously, she took out some of HER OWN MONEY from a 403(b) retirement plan and avoided paying the normal penalty for doing that? That's a Federal case? We are putting that in the same category as racially-m...