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Originally Posted by photon
Of course in practice that doesn't work since the Bible is unclear/ambiguous/silent on so many things, but the churches would still come up with scriptures that if you looked at them through the sides of your eyes so you could find scriptural support for whatever it was they taught.
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That's one thing I could never stand. People can just about bring up any verse to justify any argument. I turned on my TV a few nights ago and Vision TV was playing John Hagee Ministries. He's one of the most prominent, respected pastors and televangelists in the United States.
He was arguing that the Iraq war was just and that God advocates warfare because even Jesus favored soldiers. He brought up the story of Jesus healing the Roman Centurion's daughter and argued that he favored him as a soldier. This is completely false. This story is completely about the centurion's blind faith - not his profession (although it is also political because it is a story that also shows that Christianity is open to gentiles and even the supposed oppressors - the Romans).