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Something Fishy: Stop That!

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                                          Dear Pastor Lee, To start with splendid harmony, I appreciate your excellent preaching.  Namely, boldness in using strong volume, secondly, your great enthusiasm, thirdly, fine personal testimony, fourthly, your willingness to call out sin, and fifthly, the depth of knowledge you have for someone your age. And a bonus, covering one of my more favorite books, that of Jonah.  Yet there's a problem! Actually several. First, you persist in binding divine literalism. Now whale is a mistranslation, its great fish. And whales aren't fish, they're mammals. No giant fish could ever swallow a man without killing him. And Jonah never went to Ninevah, let alone converting the Assyrians.  The Royal Library of Ashurbanipal was established in the 7th century BC, over 30,000 cuneiform tablets. And we have the Assyrian National Library, biggest...

Once Saved Always Saved?

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                                     Knowing whether or not you can lose your soul after having been saved should be of top importance.  Ideally, this should be settled by Scripture. Now an elderly church leader relayed that when he was young, him and his grandmother took opposite sides on this issue. His grandmother compiled a list of scriptures supporting her stance and he compiled a list supporting his. Nothing ever changed. I did likewise, and others claimed to see absolutely nothing from it.  Also, I was convinced that their use of select scriptures completely distorted the texts.  So, to avoid wasting time and energy, I exclude it here.  First, since both sides claim it is crystal clear that their position is right and the other wrong, one side has to be very dishonest.  And oftentimes, both sides cannot agree to disagree, rightfully so.  So, this excludes a...

"Sex Work"

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  The New York politician known as AOC said:  "Sex work is work."   That is like saying eating work is work, drinking work is work, breathing work is work, sleeping work is work, urinating work is work, or defecating work is work.  Sex is not work! It is a bodily function.  It also implies that she sees sex as only an unenjoyable chore that calls for heavy compensation. She also includes in so-called sex work women who sell videos of themselves naked, not even having bodily contact with the foolish men who pay for it.  That is highly offensive to those who work long hard hours for low pay. Everyone naturally takes their clothes off occasionally.  It is no product or service whatsoever and takes advantage of men and their impulsive desires.                                         In reference to a female paramedic who supplemented her income wit...