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LT Barclay

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7. There are more scriptures that support every major tenet of environmentalism than there are that

Reply to Beachnutt (Original post)

Mon Jul 31, 2023, 09:32 AM

Jul 2023

than those that are used to prohibit abortion and those that are used against abortion are contradicted by other scriptures. But creation care is rarely talked about.

I’ll publicly called out the church my wife picked (Abundant Life in Lee’s Summit, Missouri) for a sermon series that promised to be “line by line” but conveniently skipped verses criticizing the wealthy.

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The evangelicals ignore parts of the bible that they do not like [View all] Beachnutt Jul 2023 OP

What is one of the first of the Commandments? ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2023 #1

Just like US SC rulings too................... Lovie777 Jul 2023 #2

They love to accuse us of removing "Christ" from "Christmas" MissMillie Jul 2023 #3

Protestants took the "mass" out of Christmas too. Effete Snob Jul 2023 #8

I want to get a bumper sticker that says "Keep Yule in Yuletide." Because that's a lot Scrivener7 Jul 2023 #10

That's the woke version of the Bible. You need the updated Republican version. Ray Bruns Jul 2023 #4

Wow, I'm saving this one. Beachnutt Jul 2023 #5

They also ignore Matthew 25:34-40: raging moderate Jul 2023 #6

There are more scriptures that support every major tenet of environmentalism than there are that LT Barclay Jul 2023 #7

In fairness, every Christian ignores part of the Bible they don't like. brooklynite Jul 2023 #9

Some pick the cherries, while... stuck in the middle Jul 2023 #14

Matthew 6: "And when you pray, go the hell into your closet and don't do that hypocritical Scrivener7 Jul 2023 #11

Religious forum? msfiddlestix Jul 2023 #12

I'm going with what Jesus said about multigraincracker Jul 2023 #13