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Originally Posted by Evangelical
Nope. Not even answered prayer or God speaking to us shows God's approval. In the Old Testament God reluctantly answered people's requests, but possibly with some consequence or suffering on their part. Numbers 11:30-33 is one example. The only thing, or person, rather, that gains God's approval, is Christ. You see, if we think God approves of us because we sense His presence in the catholic church or even a Buddhist temple, that is because He approves of the Christ in us, nothing more and nothing less.
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Okay, now I'm confused. If God only approves of Christ then that means he doesn't approve of anything else. So it means he doesn't approve of guitars or pianos, or pizza or pot luck dinners, or blue jeans or even white shirts and gray ties. So that either says we can doing anything so long as we have Christ or we can do nothing even if we have Christ.
So this undermines your argument. Because we must be able to do some things. So if we can do some things then that means there must be some things God approves of other than Christ.
By the way, a lot of pizza is consumed at parties where alcohol and maybe even drugs are. Does that make pizza bad? Just wonderin'. If spiced drinks are bad then spicy pepperoni must be awful.
I would argue that to the pure pepperoni is pure.