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rob117 · 01-08-2007, 06:05 PM

They will beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
nor will they train for war anymore.

Micah 4:3

perfessor · 01-08-2007, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lógos Sokratikós

"The truth shall set you free". Who doesn't believe that one? Who's so dull and uneducated not to feel immensely inspired by it?

Quote:

Originally Posted by rob117

They will beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
nor will they train for war anymore.

These are excellent.

Gamera · 01-08-2007, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aristophanes

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.”
-Corinthians 13:4-8

My favorite verses also. And the last lines:

"So faith, hope and love abide, these three. But the greatest of these is love."

Absolutely gorgeous thinking unknown in the classic world.

Coleslaw · 01-08-2007, 06:58 PM

"[L]et instead justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever flowing stream (Amos 5:22-24)”

Chris Weimer · 01-09-2007, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Gamera

My favorite verses also. And the last lines:

"So faith, hope and love abide, these three. But the greatest of these is love."

Absolutely gorgeous thinking unknown in the classic world.

Indeed, which is why it makes up one of the three quotes I used.

epepke · 01-09-2007, 03:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aristophanes

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.”
-Corinthians 13:4-8

That's one of my favorites, too. But there is the irony that this is pretty much the opposite of how people normally do what they call "love."

tubalkain · 01-09-2007, 06:40 AM

I like

"What is truth?" (Jhn 18:38)

I find it so modern, especially because there is no answer.
We can still say this, and still get no answer.

Lógos Sokratikós · 01-10-2007, 06:46 PM

If Christians would have paid the attention you have given to it, mio amico romano, human history for the last 2 thousand years would have been very different, much less bloody.

Sven · 01-10-2007, 11:07 PM

Oen should bookmark this thread as a reference for silly claims of fundies that "You don't believe anything in the bible" or "You think the entire bible is garbage" etc. !

HiddenWolf · 01-11-2007, 12:22 AM

15-17 I've seen it all in my brief and pointless life—here a good person cut down in the middle of doing good, there a bad person living a long life of sheer evil. So don't knock yourself out being good, and don't go overboard being wise. Believe me, you won't get anything out of it. But don't press your luck by being bad, either. And don't be reckless. Why die needlessly?

18 It's best to stay in touch with both sides of an issue. A person who fears God deals responsibly with all of reality, not just a piece of it.

19 Wisdom puts more strength in one wise person
Than ten strong men give to a city.

(from Ecclesiastes 7)

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01-08-2007, 06:05 PM	#21
rob117 Regular Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New York State Posts: 440	They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore. Micah 4:3

01-08-2007, 06:58 PM	#24
Coleslaw Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: The cornfield Posts: 555	"[L]et instead justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever flowing stream (Amos 5:22-24)”

01-09-2007, 06:40 AM	#27
tubalkain Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Roma, Italia Posts: 6	I like "What is truth?" (Jhn 18:38) I find it so modern, especially because there is no answer. We can still say this, and still get no answer.

01-10-2007, 06:46 PM	#28
Lógos Sokratikós Contributor Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Virtually right here where you are Posts: 11,138	If Christians would have paid the attention you have given to it, mio amico romano, human history for the last 2 thousand years would have been very different, much less bloody.

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Sven Contributor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: outraged about the stiffling of free speech here Posts: 10,987	Oen should bookmark this thread as a reference for silly claims of fundies that "You don't believe anything in the bible" or "You think the entire bible is garbage" etc. !

01-11-2007, 12:22 AM	#30
HiddenWolf Regular Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: EU Posts: 158	15-17 I've seen it all in my brief and pointless life—here a good person cut down in the middle of doing good, there a bad person living a long life of sheer evil. So don't knock yourself out being good, and don't go overboard being wise. Believe me, you won't get anything out of it. But don't press your luck by being bad, either. And don't be reckless. Why die needlessly? 18 It's best to stay in touch with both sides of an issue. A person who fears God deals responsibly with all of reality, not just a piece of it. 19 Wisdom puts more strength in one wise person Than ten strong men give to a city. (from Ecclesiastes 7)

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