Chick-Fil-A Says It Plans to Stop Giving Donations to Anti-Gay Groups: Beautiful or Being Bullied?
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Chick-Fil-A dealt with a storm of bad press a short while ago because of a statement by Dan Cathy, the president of the fast-food chain, saying he was "guilty as charged" when asked about his opposition to gay marriage. His comments, along with Chick-Fil-A's monetary donations to anti-gay organizations, led to a media frenzy.
But times have changed. Now, a Chick-Fil-A executive has confirmed that the chicken-loving, fast-food chain will stop donating to such anti-gay groups like Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council, according to The Civil Rights Agenda. Do you think this news is a great step for the fast-food company? Or do you feel that Chick-Fil-A was bullied into making this decision?
NYDAILYNEWS.COM reports:
But times have changed. Now, a Chick-Fil-A executive has confirmed that the chicken-loving, fast-food chain will stop donating to such anti-gay groups like Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council, according to The Civil Rights Agenda. Do you think this news is a great step for the fast-food company? Or do you feel that Chick-Fil-A was bullied into making this decision?
NYDAILYNEWS.COM reports:
Chick-Fil-A had plenty of support for its anti-gay-marriage stance, but in the end, the restaurant chain chickened out.
Read More: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/chick-fil...
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American Nate 2012/09/20 20:43:06
Reading through the thread, I cringe at seeing how many have conflated peaceful protest with compulsion simply because their opinion matches the capitulating side. Such redefinitions would not be applied to their own use of such tactics I am sure.
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No one is "anti-gay" PERSON. One is only against gay BEHAVIOR. The problem with liberals is that they are unwilling to make the distinction between the person and the CHOICE the person makes.
This is what leads to liberals calling those who are for legal immigration as "racist" when race has nothing to do with anything. It's why liberals call those who disagree with anything a racial-minority says as "racist" when race has nothing to do with anything.
Have you ever considered that Gay Organizations are anti-God, anti-Christian, anti-family, anti-Truth, anti-child? You should.
There is no god, and that's the simple truth, If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again...
However, that is not the case at all, dear friend. In fact, my documentation at work is a legal document which can be used for or against either me, or my employers, in a court of law.
Could I lie on my documentation at work? Yes. Could it be proven that I lied? Yes.
And I assume that by "biography of..." you do mean the New Testament right?
Now when we are discussing eyewitnesses, we are indisputably using the language of legal and historical documentation.
We also know that the gospels of John and Matthew were written to the contemporaries of these times. That is essential, because both of these men were eyewitnesses of the life of Jesus of Nazareth. It is also essential, because if they would have lied, other eyewitnesses would have flatly rejected their writings. In fact not one single document exists from the first century which rejects the resurrection.
We also have a P52, a copy of the gospel of John, found in Alexandria and dated 117-138 The original by default would have fallen within the contempory times of the apostles--certainly not 100 years after the events.
We also know that John was written before 70 CE because he speaks in present tense of the pool of near the Sheep Gate. The pool was destroyed during the destruction of Jerusalem, and not discovered until the 19th century, by archeologists.
We also have epistles of the church fathers dated in the first half of the second century, in which they quoted from the texts of the apostles.. Since they were able to quote from these documents, then the documents were obviously written well before the end of the first century, and certainly well before "100 years later."
And actually there was an historical account of the eclipse of the sun from Roman times. Julius Africanus recounted the record of Thallus, who recorded the earthquake (@52 CE)
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Thallus (historian)
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Thallus (Greek: Θαλλός), was an early historian who wrote in Koine Greek. Some scholars believe that his work can be interpreted as the earliest reference to the historical Jesus, and argue that it was written about 20 years after the Crucifixion. He wrote a three-volume history of the Mediterranean world from before the Trojan War to the 167th Olympiad, c. 112-109 BC. Most of his work, like the vast majority of ancient literature, perished, but not before parts of his writings were repeated by Sextus Julius Africanus in his History of the World.[2][3][4]
"On the whole world there pressed a most fearful darkness; and the rocks were rent by an earthquake, and many places in Judea and other districts were thrown down. This darkness Thallus, in the 263 third book of his History, calls, as appears to me without reason, an eclipse of...
And actually there was an historical account of the eclipse of the sun from Roman times. Julius Africanus recounted the record of Thallus, who recorded the earthquake (@52 CE)
Wikipedia
Thallus (historian)
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Thallus (Greek: Θαλλός), was an early historian who wrote in Koine Greek. Some scholars believe that his work can be interpreted as the earliest reference to the historical Jesus, and argue that it was written about 20 years after the Crucifixion. He wrote a three-volume history of the Mediterranean world from before the Trojan War to the 167th Olympiad, c. 112-109 BC. Most of his work, like the vast majority of ancient literature, perished, but not before parts of his writings were repeated by Sextus Julius Africanus in his History of the World.[2][3][4]
"On the whole world there pressed a most fearful darkness; and the rocks were rent by an earthquake, and many places in Judea and other districts were thrown down. This darkness Thallus, in the 263 third book of his History, calls, as appears to me without reason, an eclipse of the sun. For the Hebrews celebrate the passover on the 14th day according to the moon, and the passion of our Savior fails on the day before the passover [see Phlegon]; but an eclipse of the sun takes place only when the moon comes under the sun. And it cannot happen at any other time but in the interval between the first day of the new moon and the last of the old, that is, at their junction: how then should an eclipse be supposed to happen when the moon is almost diametrically opposite the sun?" - Julius Africanus, Chronography, 18.1
"On the whole world there pressed a most fearful darkness; and the rocks were rent by an earthquake, and many places in Judea and other districts were thrown down. This darkness Thallus, in the 263 third book of his History, calls, as appears to me without reason, an eclipse of the sun. For the Hebrews celebrate the passover on the 14th day according to the moon, and the passion of our Savior fails on the day before the passover [see Phlegon]; but an eclipse of the sun takes place only when the moon comes under the sun. And it cannot happen at any other time but in the interval between the first day of the new moon and the last of the old, that is, at their junction: how then should an eclipse be supposed to happen when the moon is almost diametrically opposite the sun?" - Julius Africanus, Chronography, 18.1
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And Thallus tried to ascribe a natural cause for it, which Africanus noted didn't make sense, scientifically. Reread the passage.
In addition as I noted, the resurrection itself was recorded by eyewitnesses within their lifetime. It was read and accepted by eyewitnesses, within their lifetime.
Luke 2:2
(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)
There was at least two censuses that occurred under Quinorus.Roman Cilicia. Luke notes that a more well known census occurred, by stating that this was the first census The word governor, is the Koine Greek word that is more broadly used than the word Legate. In fact Quirinius was a hegemon (Strong's G2230 - hēgemoneuō ) of Cilicia, which included Syria
Quirinius
12 - 1 BC, he led a campaign against the Homonadenses, a tribe based in the mountainous region of Galatia and Cilicia, around 5 – 3 BC, probably as legate of Galatia. He won by reducing their strongholds and starving out the defenders.[3] For this victory, he was awarded a triumph and elected as duumvir by the colony of Pisidian Antioch.[4]
Roman Cilicia
See also: Cilicia (Roman province) and Cibyrrhaeot Theme
Cilicia Trachea became the haunt of pirates, who were subdued by Pompey in 67 BC following a Battle of Korakesion (modern Alanya), and Tarsus was made the capital of the Roman province of Cilicia. Cilicia Pedias became Roman territory in 103 BC first conquered by Marcus Antonius Orator in his campaign against pirates, with Sulla acting as its first governor, foiling a...
Luke 2:2
(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)
There was at least two censuses that occurred under Quinorus.Roman Cilicia. Luke notes that a more well known census occurred, by stating that this was the first census The word governor, is the Koine Greek word that is more broadly used than the word Legate. In fact Quirinius was a hegemon (Strong's G2230 - hēgemoneuō ) of Cilicia, which included Syria
Quirinius
12 - 1 BC, he led a campaign against the Homonadenses, a tribe based in the mountainous region of Galatia and Cilicia, around 5 – 3 BC, probably as legate of Galatia. He won by reducing their strongholds and starving out the defenders.[3] For this victory, he was awarded a triumph and elected as duumvir by the colony of Pisidian Antioch.[4]
Roman Cilicia
See also: Cilicia (Roman province) and Cibyrrhaeot Theme
Cilicia Trachea became the haunt of pirates, who were subdued by Pompey in 67 BC following a Battle of Korakesion (modern Alanya), and Tarsus was made the capital of the Roman province of Cilicia. Cilicia Pedias became Roman territory in 103 BC first conquered by Marcus Antonius Orator in his campaign against pirates, with Sulla acting as its first governor, foiling an invasion of Mithridates, and the whole was organized by Pompey, 64 BC, into a province which, for a short time, extended to and included part of Phrygia. It was reorganized by Julius Caesar, 47 BC, and about 27 BC became part of the province Syria-Cilicia Phoenice. At first the western district was left independent under native kings or priest-dynasts, and a small kingdom, under Tarcondimotus, was left in the east; but these were finally united to the province by Vespasian, AD 72.[28] It had been deemed important enough to be governed by a proconsul, containing 47 known cities.[29]
Before or after the death of Herod? It cannot be both ask the Romans.
It was before the death of Herod, and during the time that Quirinius was a hegemon of Cilicia/Syria, (5-3 BCE) as noted by Wikipedia
Were all animals created fully formed as stated in Genesis? The evidence proves otherwise.
They were fully formed, and you have no evidence whatsoever that proves otherwise.
Could animals with very specified diets who are found only in the New World live in or even get to the ark?
God brought the animals into the ark, and after the flood, the animals immigrated. In addition, it was after the flood that the earth was divided.
did Judas hang himself or throw himself from a cliff?
No Judas did not throw himself from a cliff, and the bible says no such thing.
Did David kill Goliath or was it Elahanan?
David killed Goliath. Elahanan a different Goliath, at a different time, and a different location, not to mention a different war.
Was Nebuchadnezzar victorious against Amasis II as Ezekiel predicted or even moreso why is Ezekiel considered still a true prophet when he admitted to having a failed prophecy of the fall of Tyre?
You seem to be confused. Nebuchadnezzar conquered Egypt under the Pharaoh Necho. Amasis II was conquered by the Persians.
Wikipedia:
Second campaign
Meanwhile, the Babylonian king was planning on reasserting his power in Syria. In 609 BC, King Nabopolassar captured Kumukh, which cut off the Egyptian army, then based at Carchemish. Necho responded the following year by retaking Kumukh after a four month siege, and executed the Babylonian garrison. Nabopolassar gathered another army, which camped at Qurumati on the Euphrates. However, Nabopolassar's poor health forced him to return to Babylon in 605 BC. In response, in 606 BC the Egyptians attacked the leaderless Babylonians (probably then led by the crown prince Nebuchadrezzar) who fled their position.
At this point, the aged Nabopolassar, passed command of the army to his son Nebuchadrezzar II, who led them to a decisive victory over the Egyptians at Carchemish, and pursued the fleeing survivors to Hamath. Necho's dream of restoring the Egyptian Empire in the Middle East as had occurred under the New Kingdom was destroyed as Nebuchadrezzar conquered Egyptian territory from the Euphrates to the Brook of Egypt (Jeremiah 46:2; 2 Kings 23:29) down to Judea. Although Nebuchadrezzar spent many years in his new conquests on continuous pacification campaigns, Necho was unable to recover any significant part of his lost territories. For example, when Ashkalon rose in revolt, despite repeated pleas the Egyptians sent no help, and were barely able to repel a Babylonian attack on their eastern border in 601 BC. When he did repel the Babylonian attack, Necho managed to capture Gaza while pursuing the enemy. Necho turned his attention in his remaining years to forging relationships with new allies: the Carians, and further to the west, the Greeks.
The fall of Tyre occurred exactly the way God described. Many nations were involved in the destruction of Tyre exactly as Ezekiel prophesied
Ezekiel 26:3
3 therefore thus says the Lord [a]God, ‘Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.
The problem with being a book that claims to be the infallible word of God the Bible fails quite a bit.
Fortunately, the Bible never fails.