William Tell

Thanks, yeah, I thought it was cute.... And I also thought that you and Dr. 3-D would like to see another giraffe.

Thank you... I really appreciate your prayers and kind words!

Yes, He can, and I'm praying with that same mindset too! Thanks again!

Thank you. I appreciate it! Hugs!

I have something to forward to you....I was told your inbox is full.

The standard theonomic interpretation is that a guy who fornicates with a girl has to marry her, whereas forcible rapists were executed.

A minority do exegete it as someone who rapes a woman who is not married has to marry her, while if she is married (or pledged to be married) he is executed, but that's not the normative interpretation.

Thank you! Great to see you too!

I'll start one in a few days. Remind me.

Basically, this article is the logical, absurd conclusion of sola's logic.

I actually do know of at least one pastor who I really respect who takes the same position he does on Arminians (possibly more than one, but one comes to mind [note that I do not take that position]) but I think that once you start judging Christians for how they judge other professing Christians it just gets absurd, IMO.

Here are the absurd, logical implications of the line of thinking. I do not know if Sola would accept his conclusions, but its the logical implication and its completely absurd and impossible to actually apply in real life:

http://www.outsidethecamp.org/efl268.htm

Yeah I like a lot of what Sola says but a few things are just way over the top

:eek:
Idaho woman defends trophy killing: ‘Giraffes are very dangerous animals’
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/idaho-woman-defends-trophy-killing-giraffes-are-very-dangerous-animals/

:(

Famous Baby Giraffe Breaks Neck in Tragic Accident
http://www.newser.com/story/210518/famous-baby-giraffe-breaks-neck-in-tragic-accident.html

I thought of you when I came across this...

I think so.

I've been at 55 for a few weeks.

I think there's a difference betwee capital I idolatry and lowercase i idolatry. The former is something you literally worship, the latter is more generic.

Yeah, I'm probably closer to Sola theologically than anyone else here, but I don't even think he thinks I'm a Christian anymore. Although, he never actually explains WHY he thinks theonomy is heretical, or answers my links where I show him some theonomists hate the Federal Vision. Whatever

Regarding "main guys in the Bible", I'll say that Daniel was a unique situation. Israel was being punished for national sin, and the punishment was to SERVE Babylon for seventy years. That kind of means sucking up. This isn't normative. If you have other instances in mind, let me know.

hmmm... I don't know. I still don't have all of the issues down yet.

But, one of my big issues with this is that Rand is condoning IDOLATRY and giving comfort to IDOLATERS. I didn't even really think about that aspect as a libertarian.

Although it is true that theonomy has many libertarian elements, especially on economics, foreign policy, and police. And really, most things that aren't social issues

yes, I am a theonomist. Which makes me very apprehensive about Rand's strategy, which isn't MORAL. It also makes me a bit less interested in secular politics, and a bit more willing to think 100 + years ahead

That said, I'll still probably hold my nose and vote for Rand. Unless my covenanter friends talk me out of it