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Old 05-03-2017, 01:01 PM   #1020
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Default Re: Politics and the Church

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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah View Post
OK -- simple logical progression.

1. I believe that God is omniscient. Standard belief for most fundamental Christians though I suppose it is up for interpretation exactly what that means to each individual.

2. I also feel, based on the evidence I have seen, that pollution from the industrial revolution is going to result in . . . .
blah blah blah . . . .

In other words, you want to take a scenario that you find compelling and work hard to string a number of passages together and force them to be a unit that makes your case.

They call that eisegesis, "an interpretation, especially of Scripture, that expresses the interpreter's own ideas, bias, or the like, rather than the meaning of the text."

Consistent with so many other rabbit trails you have gallivanted along.
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