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Originally Posted by joe707
I have to say Pascal’s wager seemed a ridiculous way to approach such serious matters when I first saw it, and remains so for me
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I have written a larger exposition of Pascal's wager here:
Game Theory: Which Faith Gives the Best Payout?
Perhaps you will have a different view after reading that.
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Originally Posted by joe707
Two possible reasons I can think of: (1) it is an oversight; one of many. Or, (2) his Creation is complete in every way, therefore TV is not part of his Creation.
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How about (3) The Bible gives us enough information that a saved Christian who has read the Bible can tell whether a particular TV show glorifies sin. Anything that glorifies sin is sin, including certain TV shows, so there is no need to list individual TV shows. Besides which, if God went ahead and described each and every future TV show, it would rob the writers of their free will.
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So it's not talking about a medical condition of the tongue? A ‘backbiting tongue’ is really a metaphor for gossip?
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It isn't a metaphor at all. It's a synonym. If you aren't familiar with a word, look it up in the dictionary.
Backbiting: The act of slandering the absent; secret calumny. 2Cor.xii
So yes, you could say that if someone doesn't understand basic English or is too lazy to look up unfamiliar terms in the dictionary, then that person might need some outside help understanding the Bible. I suppose you got me there.
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Originally Posted by joe707
Including, presumably, the price of a dog being brought in? He can’t mean homosexual prostitutes, otherwise He would have said homosexual prostitutes.
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Sorry, I skipped that part because the meaning should be obvious. Neither whore's wages nor animal sacrifices of dogs were acceptable offerings to God.
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Talk of arrows being drunk with blood? Sounds like another metaphor here.
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No, that's not a metaphor either. The word "drunk" has multiple senses. The second sense of the word "
drunk" is "Drenched or saturated with moisture or liquor."
Pastor Billy-Reuben