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04-14-2010, 11:57 PM
Well? Where is the United States mentioned in the Bible?
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Re: What's so special about the United States? -
04-15-2010, 12:00 AM
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Well? Where is the United States mentioned in the Bible?
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Got a chip on your shoulder, boy?
Here is a partial list from just a few scripture verses:
Hypocrites (Matthew 24:51), The Unforgiving (Mark 11:26), Homosexuals (Romans 1:26, 27), Fornicators (Romans 1:29), The Wicked (Romans 1:29), The Covetous (Romans 1:29), The Malicious (Romans 1:29), The Envious (Romans 1:29), Murderers (Romans 1:29), The Deceitful (Romans 1:29), Backbiters (Romans 1:30), Haters of God (Romans 1:30), The Despiteful (Romans 1:30), The Proud (Romans 1:30), Boasters (Romans 1:30), Inventors of evil (Romans 1:30), Disobedient to parents (Romans 1:30), Covenant breakers (Romans 1:31), The Unmerciful (Romans 1:31), The Implacable (Romans 1:31), The Unrighteous (1Corinthians 6:9), Idolaters (1Corinthians 6:9), Adulterers (1Corinthians 6:9), The Effeminate (1Corinthians 6:9), Thieves (1Corinthians 6:10), Drunkards (1Corinthians 6:10), Reviler (1Corinthians 6:10), Extortioners (1Corinthians 6:10), The Fearful (Revelation 21:8), The Unbelieving (Revelation 21:8), The Abominable (Revelation 21:8), Whoremongers (Revelation 21:8), Sorcerers (Revelation 21:8), All Liars (Revelation 21:8)
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04-15-2010, 12:03 AM
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Got a chip on your shoulder, boy?
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Not at all. Do you have an answer for me?
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Re: What's so special about the United States? -
04-15-2010, 12:04 AM
"Wha' chu talkin' about Liam?" I see no mention of cats in the Bible either. Are you saying that the USA does not exist?
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Re: What's so special about the United States? -
04-15-2010, 12:07 AM
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Not at all. Do you have an answer for me?
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Don't get uppity with me, boy.
Here is a partial list from just a few scripture verses:
Hypocrites (Matthew 24:51), The Unforgiving (Mark 11:26), Homosexuals (Romans 1:26, 27), Fornicators (Romans 1:29), The Wicked (Romans 1:29), The Covetous (Romans 1:29), The Malicious (Romans 1:29), The Envious (Romans 1:29), Murderers (Romans 1:29), The Deceitful (Romans 1:29), Backbiters (Romans 1:30), Haters of God (Romans 1:30), The Despiteful (Romans 1:30), The Proud (Romans 1:30), Boasters (Romans 1:30), Inventors of evil (Romans 1:30), Disobedient to parents (Romans 1:30), Covenant breakers (Romans 1:31), The Unmerciful (Romans 1:31), The Implacable (Romans 1:31), The Unrighteous (1Corinthians 6:9), Idolaters (1Corinthians 6:9), Adulterers (1Corinthians 6:9), The Effeminate (1Corinthians 6:9), Thieves (1Corinthians 6:10), Drunkards (1Corinthians 6:10), Reviler (1Corinthians 6:10), Extortioners (1Corinthians 6:10), The Fearful (Revelation 21:8), The Unbelieving (Revelation 21:8), The Abominable (Revelation 21:8), Whoremongers (Revelation 21:8), Sorcerers (Revelation 21:8), All Liars (Revelation 21:8)
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Re: What's so special about the United States? -
04-15-2010, 12:09 AM
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"Wha' chu talkin' about Liam?" I see no mention of cats in the Bible either. Are you saying that the USA does not exist?
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Not at all. I just want to know why you attach this special significance to the United States as if it was God's preferred country, when there is no mention of that in the Bible.
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Re: What's so special about the United States? -
04-15-2010, 12:09 AM
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Well? Where is the United States mentioned in the Bible?
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America is a great country and I love living here. However, people who think that the US is founded by God himself and is his chosen country are pretty arrogant. America gets enough bad rep on its own with out people like the Baptists here.
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04-15-2010, 12:14 AM
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Not at all. I just want to know why you attach this special significance to the United States as if it was God's preferred country, when there is no mention of that in the Bible.
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Liam, I know you boys get only sufficient education to join a welfare queue but I'd ask you to remember that it is Man who gave the names to the lands outside the Bible.
When God wishes to reward and favor a race, he grants them an agricultural paradise and displaces the native population: Ex:3:8: And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
Are you seeing what I'm seeing Liam? Or are you restricted by your 'culture'?
Are you remembering how my (not your) forefathers were guided to America in the face of persecution in their own lands?
Think about it Liam.
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Re: What's so special about the United States? -
04-15-2010, 12:15 AM
God wants us to be richly rewarded for our faith.
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2 Samuel 22:21
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
2 Chronicles 15:7
Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
Psalm 31:23
O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
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The United States is the single most powerful and wealthy nation in the world. Thank you Jesus!
Here is a partial list from just a few scripture verses:
Hypocrites (Matthew 24:51), The Unforgiving (Mark 11:26), Homosexuals (Romans 1:26, 27), Fornicators (Romans 1:29), The Wicked (Romans 1:29), The Covetous (Romans 1:29), The Malicious (Romans 1:29), The Envious (Romans 1:29), Murderers (Romans 1:29), The Deceitful (Romans 1:29), Backbiters (Romans 1:30), Haters of God (Romans 1:30), The Despiteful (Romans 1:30), The Proud (Romans 1:30), Boasters (Romans 1:30), Inventors of evil (Romans 1:30), Disobedient to parents (Romans 1:30), Covenant breakers (Romans 1:31), The Unmerciful (Romans 1:31), The Implacable (Romans 1:31), The Unrighteous (1Corinthians 6:9), Idolaters (1Corinthians 6:9), Adulterers (1Corinthians 6:9), The Effeminate (1Corinthians 6:9), Thieves (1Corinthians 6:10), Drunkards (1Corinthians 6:10), Reviler (1Corinthians 6:10), Extortioners (1Corinthians 6:10), The Fearful (Revelation 21:8), The Unbelieving (Revelation 21:8), The Abominable (Revelation 21:8), Whoremongers (Revelation 21:8), Sorcerers (Revelation 21:8), All Liars (Revelation 21:8)
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Re: What's so special about the United States? -
04-15-2010, 12:22 AM
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When God wishes to reward and favor a race, he grants them an agricultural paradise and displaces the native population: Ex:3:8: And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
Are you seeing what I'm seeing Liam? Or are you restricted by your 'culture'?
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I'm seeing what you're seeing, partially. This passage makes reference to only one particularly case of God granting an agricultural paradise at the expense of the native population. Nowhere does it suggest that He will do it again.
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Are you remembering how my (not your) forefathers were guided to America in the face of persecution in their own lands?
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I am remembering how your 'forefathers' travelled to America for a variety of reasons. The earlier settlers came in expeditions funded by the governing power of European countries in order to capitalise on the supposed wealth to be garnered in the New World, and to compete with their rivals in setting up overseas colonies. Later settlers did, admittedly, come due to persecution, but that wasn't everyone. After the independence of the USA, immigrants arrived due to the allure of 'the land of the free', where they could supposedly get rich and live a better life than they were used to elsewhere.
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Re: What's so special about the United States? -
04-15-2010, 12:25 AM
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God wants us to be richly rewarded for our faith.
The United States is the single most powerful and wealthy nation in the world. Thank you Jesus!
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Just like the British Empire before it, and the People's Republic of China after it.
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Re: What's so special about the United States? -
04-15-2010, 12:37 AM
And who has God on its side now? The British Empire, the USA or China?
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04-15-2010, 12:39 AM
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And who has God on its side now? The British Empire, the USA or China?
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Oh, China, definitely.
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04-15-2010, 12:57 AM
Your opinion is as chaff before the wind. China may be growing but so did the Assyrian Empire before God slaughtered them. God commands us not to speculate upon the future, and yet here are you doing just that and, if I may say so, spreading sedition and depressing the hopes of millions of Americans.
Why do you do this? Is the country that put you in a suit such a bad place? Do you think that God is wrong with His Current Choice?
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04-15-2010, 01:11 AM
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Oh, China, definitely.
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Simple logic dictates that God does not appreciate state-mandated abortion. No, China's rise is only there to give Americans that much-needed wake-up call that God isn't going to be there for us if we - as a country - continue down the Liberal path.
What's your beef with the USA anyway? Is it that slavery thing still?
You do realize that the slave sellers were often Africans themselves, right? They sold members of the tribes they conquered. Now to us, it's all "negro", but there are actually different brands out there.
I take my orders from Jesus H. Christ, supernatural born US citizen
Be wary of false Kumbaya Christians who use a highlighter and scissors to read the Bible. God wants us to read the lines, not between the lines. False Christians will go to Hell:
Matthew 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Matthew 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Asking a Christian to prove God exists is like asking him to prove his phone rings because yours doesn't. Make that call yourself! Dial 0800-get-on-your-knees-and-pray.
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Re: What's so special about the United States? -
05-16-2010, 02:33 AM
You do realize that the only time foreign soldiers of any number set foot on American soil was during the Revolutionary War? (Your people call it the Rebellion of the American Colonies but that's so one-sided )
The Hessian soldiers that God sent us to oust your Red Coats and their deranged King were a "loaner" from God, and played a small but handy part of this first truly holy war since Biblical Times.
Since then, God has clearly protected this country. After yours lost its grip upon us, the sun began to set on the British Empire because God was clearly shining His favor upon us. How else do you suppose we won if not for divine intervention? Britian was the major superpower of the day and we sent 'em back home with red behinds to match their red coats. They immediately made themselves a cup of tea to comfort themselves over their humilation.
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05-16-2010, 03:06 AM
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You do realize that the only time foreign soldiers of any number set foot on American soil was during the Revolutionary War? (Your people call it the Rebellion of the American Colonies but that's so one-sided )
The Hessian soldiers that God sent us to oust your Red Coats and their deranged King were a "loaner" from God, and played a small but handy part of this first truly holy war since Biblical Times.
Since then, God has clearly protected this country. After yours lost its grip upon us, the sun began to set on the British Empire because God was clearly shining His favor upon us. How else do you suppose we won if not for divine intervention? Britian was the major superpower of the day and we sent 'em back home with red behinds to match their red coats. They immediately made themselves a cup of tea to comfort themselves over their humilation.
Patrioticly Yours,
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Re: What's so special about the United States? -
05-16-2010, 03:11 AM
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You do realize that the only time foreign soldiers of any number set foot on American soil was during the Revolutionary War? (Your people call it the Rebellion of the American Colonies but that's so one-sided )
The Hessian soldiers that God sent us to oust your Red Coats and their deranged King were a "loaner" from God, and played a small but handy part of this first truly holy war since Biblical Times.
Since then, God has clearly protected this country. After yours lost its grip upon us, the sun began to set on the British Empire because God was clearly shining His favor upon us. How else do you suppose we won if not for divine intervention? Britian was the major superpower of the day and we sent 'em back home with red behinds to match their red coats. They immediately made themselves a cup of tea to comfort themselves over their humilation.
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Well, there was that incident in 1812 where the British burnt down the White House, but other than that your post was rubbish.
I see you're planning on becoming a landovarin. Such a pity.
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05-16-2010, 03:50 AM
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They immediately made themselves a cup of tea to comfort themselves over their humilation.
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You're killing me with your spelling. What happened?
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You're killing me with your spelling. What happened?
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For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
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