en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/3258767 Comments by ArthurMack http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-under-sword.html#IDComment861928427 Slavery does still exist in a form and I still have not really seen any real compensatory justice towards the Native American. Furthermore, I still see torture and places such as Gitmo. Furthermore, hhomosexualty and witchcraft are still wrong. Wed, 6 Aug 2014 13:02:10 +0000 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-under-sword.html#IDComment861928427 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-under-sword.html#IDComment861927324 Umm. I do have an account and I use my real name (just put a space between Arthur and Mack). It's interesting how people berated me a few years back for not taking some sort of derogative stance against Ray (of course ignoring the fact that I have stated disagreement on certain items over the years); however, your side rarely corrects the other (and it is usually only StevenJ). You have constantly misrepresented the Bible and other issues. Wed, 6 Aug 2014 12:57:15 +0000 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-under-sword.html#IDComment861927324 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-under-sword.html#IDComment861925495 No, I constantly see crime and other sordid details on television. Furthermore, why not go down a stroll in some of the slums in a major city such as New York city. Even Asheville, (where I live), has gang problems. Since I moved to Asheville, I have had 2 mopeds and a bicycle stolen as well as my apartment robbed twice; and, the police have been practically useless in the matter. In fact, my bicycle was stolen the first day that I moved to Asheville. Wed, 6 Aug 2014 12:49:10 +0000 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-under-sword.html#IDComment861925495 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/08/words-of-comfort-science-guy.html#IDComment861923458 Ethan, It would in no way make God a liar anymore than Leonardo is a liar because the Mona Lisa is only an image and not flesh. Wed, 6 Aug 2014 12:40:25 +0000 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/08/words-of-comfort-science-guy.html#IDComment861923458 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/08/words-of-comfort-keeping-sabbath.html#IDComment861745553 This blog is basically reserved for hardened atheists. The last thing that I heard about his facebook page is that atheists are banned from it at the request of the christians who frequent it. Tue, 5 Aug 2014 23:27:10 +0000 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/08/words-of-comfort-keeping-sabbath.html#IDComment861745553 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/08/words-of-comfort-teardrop.html#IDComment861528426 The problem is that, contrary to your willful denial of it, there is plenty of evidence to suggest order and design. Tue, 5 Aug 2014 08:04:23 +0000 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/08/words-of-comfort-teardrop.html#IDComment861528426 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/08/words-of-comfort-teardrop.html#IDComment861528030 First century christians were persecuted and martyred for the good news. Obviously, back then, the good news was not quite good news to some. And yet, the Gospel is good news. You can be reconciled with God and be saved from the consequences of sin. Note, I make no profit for telling this to you. Tue, 5 Aug 2014 08:02:48 +0000 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/08/words-of-comfort-teardrop.html#IDComment861528030 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-his-holiness-our-death.html#IDComment861409464 Because sin = death. Mon, 4 Aug 2014 22:56:23 +0000 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-his-holiness-our-death.html#IDComment861409464 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-under-sword.html#IDComment861408779 Deterrence. Mon, 4 Aug 2014 22:53:01 +0000 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-under-sword.html#IDComment861408779 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-under-sword.html#IDComment861408661 Bosk, The key point of Ethan's post is that things are better. The present = past does not help his point. Mon, 4 Aug 2014 22:52:29 +0000 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-under-sword.html#IDComment861408661 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-freewonderfulbook.html#IDComment861122175 From what I see, only getting 48 copies of it is $48. If you look underneath the image to the right on that webpage, you will find links to free Spanish and French versions. In fact, underneath the left side of that image, it says single copies are free. Mon, 4 Aug 2014 03:08:49 +0000 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-freewonderfulbook.html#IDComment861122175 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-his-holiness-our-death.html#IDComment861090498 No, He did not order any of those events. I am sure you have the verses where God said , "Thou shalt (insert any of the events that you mentioned)". Mon, 4 Aug 2014 00:43:59 +0000 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-his-holiness-our-death.html#IDComment861090498 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-under-sword.html#IDComment861089216 And? Meaning? Relevance? Mon, 4 Aug 2014 00:35:55 +0000 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-under-sword.html#IDComment861089216 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-under-sword.html#IDComment861089050 6 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2001). (Ro 6:1–2). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society. Mon, 4 Aug 2014 00:34:46 +0000 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-under-sword.html#IDComment861089050 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-under-sword.html#IDComment861087895 Anyone who takes a look at the news will see that America is not quite as good as you make it out to be. Mon, 4 Aug 2014 00:27:59 +0000 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-under-sword.html#IDComment861087895 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-rest.html?m=0#IDComment861019425 Ethan, The problem is the urgency of the matter. [b]27 And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,[/b] The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2001). (Heb 9:27). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society. Since individuals have not been given the ability to foresee the exact time of their demise and that judgement happens after death, it is logical to put the "fire to the feet" because of the eternal consequences of verdicts in that judgement. One does not have the motivation of "power", "money", or sway over people if one believes the previous premise. It fits logically. As Bobby T. said, "[i]You have a knack for stringing together a load of hooey and then dropping a conclusion at the end with the appropriate "therefore" or "with this in mind" as if you had just proved your point definitively.[/i] Sun, 3 Aug 2014 17:47:25 +0000 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-rest.html?m=0#IDComment861019425 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-his-holiness-our-death.html#IDComment861016350 [i]What we find in the Old Testament is murder, incest, rape, killing of children, the killing of a man to take his wife in the name of lust and the killer become immortal. All this was done in the name of a holy and just God.[/i] First, it is never murder for God to take a life as we have discussed earlier. Your definition leaves much to be desired. Is a man, using violence to defend himself and kill an assassin, a murderer? Use of violence in killing does not automatically make a man murderer. Furthermore, just because the Bible records certain events, it does not mean God actually condoned the actions in those events. For instance, you reference David's sin with Bathsheba and the killing of Uriah the Hittite. Did not God actually punish David for that act? Did not God say it was wrong? Why are you lying when you say this act was done in God's name? Where does it say that David did it for God? [i]The Old Testament and New Testament present two different types of God. This is the rub of the Old Testament along with favoritism. [/i] The New Testament does not just focus on love. [b]28 Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. 29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.” 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.[/b] The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2001). (Heb 10:28–31). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society. Sun, 3 Aug 2014 17:33:06 +0000 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-his-holiness-our-death.html#IDComment861016350 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-his-holiness-our-death.html#IDComment861012700 Where does being raped absolve a person from other crimes? Sun, 3 Aug 2014 17:14:19 +0000 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-his-holiness-our-death.html#IDComment861012700 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-ark-of-covenant.html#IDComment861012353 Why? Because the philistines also captured the Ark and it was preserved (1 Samuel 5 - 6:16). Sun, 3 Aug 2014 17:12:17 +0000 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-ark-of-covenant.html#IDComment861012353 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-freewonderfulbook.html#IDComment861010806 You have totally taken that passage out of context. It, in fact, is saying the opposite. [b]14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15 What accord has Christ with Belial?2 Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, “I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2001). (2 Co 6:14–16). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.[/b] Sun, 3 Aug 2014 17:04:01 +0000 http://www.onthebox.us/2014/07/words-of-comfort-freewonderfulbook.html#IDComment861010806