Bookworm

https://time.com/5639876/joshua-harris-christian-divorce-apology/ Thoughts?

Do you own any Bibles? If so, do you read them as literature? Do they just collect dust? I have one Bible, and I have not opened it in years. I treat it like a recovering alcoholic does with drinks in the house. I know how I can get when I open a Bible. That devotional mindset comes right back, and I want to get to the point where I can read the Bible as literature, and have no emotional investment.

I've seen so many Christians misuse the "upper room" mentioned in Acts 1:12-14 to give themselves a higher spiritual status and treat others as unclean. I used to belong to a Christian forum where there was an "Upper Room" for believers and a "Seekers Room" for unbelievers. Seekers were not allowed in the upper room. Not only does such separation prevent Christians from doing the witnessing they say they do, but also hurts others by casting them out as unclean. The upper room is literally a room upstairs. The writer is stating a fact. It's like saying "the curtains were blue."

I viewed non-Christians as agents of Satan in a cosmic war between good and evil. But my experience proved otherwise. It was the Christians who treated me like a social leper, and the heathens who reached out in friendship.

What scientific evidence would Christians cite for the extraordinarily long lifespans of Old Testament people?

What got me was the last part, "perhaps being tortured they were more open to salvation." That's a whole new level of demented.

This is the most recent conversation I've had:

These people are impossible!!!

Funny how the guy tried to avoid the question by mentioning Messianic Jews. Come on, man.