tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268539650499556740.post5788988113139992847..comments2023-06-29T02:51:51.236-05:00Comments on 1517: Donald Sterling and Selective OutrageTodd Pruitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08614293087144493430noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268539650499556740.post-87524411353488860642014-05-10T15:09:05.784-05:002014-05-10T15:09:05.784-05:00I think you are mounting a poor argument. The Bibl...I think you are mounting a poor argument. The Bible does not use the word Trinity but the doctrine is clearly taught. The Bible does not use the word abortion but it is clear that such a practice is abhorrent. <br /><br />It seems to me that racism is actually several sins at once. It is treating fellow image-bearers of God as less than that. It certainly involves a sense of superiority which is not in keeping with Christian humility. It is also a denial of love. If I am superior to someone on the basis of ethnicity then I have less responsibility toward them. Is racism also not a sort of negation of the great wedding feast of the lamb when all nations and peoples will be gathered together as one? Was this not a part of a Israel's sin? Were they no guilty of racism toward the other nations? Did they not hold to a kind of ethnic superiority which was actually a denial of God's promise to Abraham? <br /><br />So, I would suggest that you are quite wrong that the Bible does not call racism sin. Isn't racism (like abortion) one of those things that, based upon the full teaching of Scripture, we can't not know is wrong? Todd Pruitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08614293087144493430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268539650499556740.post-36320634360235176122014-05-09T15:15:39.961-05:002014-05-09T15:15:39.961-05:00While not denying that a racist outlook is inconsi...While not denying that a racist outlook is inconsistent with Biblical Christianity and with godliness, what interests me is that Scripture never actually says that racism is a sin - and in no place (that I can think of) does it condemn it. <br /><br />Considering that I would imagine that racism, in some form, must have existed in the ancient near east, I find this interesting.<br /><br />I do wonder to what extent my repugnance at racism is due more to the cultural environment in which I have lived my life than to the the teaching of Scripture and the work of the Holy Spirit.<br /><br />With adultery, on the other hand, Scripture is plain. Very plain.<br />Young Mr. Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16106889555211376281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268539650499556740.post-25350001830334636342014-05-06T12:30:53.171-05:002014-05-06T12:30:53.171-05:00http://time.com/79590/donald-sterling-kareem-abdul...http://time.com/79590/donald-sterling-kareem-abdul-jabbar-racism/JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06684142528414196410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268539650499556740.post-56346398171246107272014-05-05T14:47:00.639-05:002014-05-05T14:47:00.639-05:00Amen
"Be sure they know that, that sacrifice...Amen<br /><br />"Be sure they know that, that sacrifice made near a garbage heap outside Jerusalem was sufficient to cleanse all sinners be they racists or adulterers or hypocrites."<br /><br />and amenJoanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02746191687098015875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268539650499556740.post-34638094692163872252014-05-05T09:31:53.000-05:002014-05-05T09:31:53.000-05:00Well put finale, Pastor Todd.Well put finale, Pastor Todd.f4rthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15469629634617245624noreply@blogger.com