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Good Wednesday or Good Friday?
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Alan G77 Wrote:Rramlow,

My apologies for sounding harsh, as Lector Robert knows I am not one who likes to open the door to "compromise". Why? Because compromise leads to a watering down of the faith handed down by and this leads to ultimate death.

You need to understand brother that (as per your post edited post) that the Assyrian Church is by no means a "winner" and have been persecuted beyond compare. We were the original nazrenes, we know the Jewish traditions but we also understood that Yeshua fulfilled them all, that is why He is our sabbath, He is our law, He is our sacrifice and He is the only way to the Father, Ana khlapeh.

Dear Alan G77,

I understand persecution and I admire the faith of those who under fire carry their faith intact to the end. However, if I were to share with you how my people have been persecuted, I think you would agree that persecution does not lend anyone credibility with regard to correct teaching.

You note that I edited my post. If you observe me for any length of time you may become used to it. An integral part of my faith is the consideration of where I might be wrong, where I could use improvement, and where I could have done something better. I would rather catch myself in an error than leave it to someone else. In this case I decided there was a more loving way to communicate and so I scrapped most of what I had written. I had asked you to stop attacking our views because I could feel myself tempted to respond in kind and I did not like the feeling.

You cite a strong personal opposition to compromise as the source of your previous vehemence. I sincerely praise the wonderful policy of resisting compromise. Please understand that this is actually where I come from, as well. Without addressing who between our two positions is correct, it may give you some perspective to realize that just as much as you see your religion as the original faith, so also I see mine. Just as you don't want to "compromise" the faith you believe to be that of the Apostles, and that has been handed down from your ancestors, neither do I.

We can each claim all day long that our position is the original, that our understood context for any given passage is the correct understanding, etc. ...Certainly on the issues of Torah and the crucifixion/resurrection schedule your position has the advantage of being the "majority" position for over a millenium. These are items on which I can't see anyone's history of persecution having real bearing. Parties with opposite views never get anywhere arguing about who is right. A better way is to constructively discuss the right methods for reaching a conclusion. What we should be (calmly and warmly) discussing is the textual basis for our different perspectives, and the comparison/contrast between our hermeneutic methods. Hence my pleas to get back on topic and frustration with your insistence on attacking specific beliefs not related to the purpose of this thread.

My hope is that we can get this discussion back on good rails and get somewhere fruitful without bruising too much of the fruit along the way. <!-- sWink --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/wink1.gif" alt="Wink" title="Wink" /><!-- sWink -->
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Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 07-23-2010, 03:19 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by judge - 07-25-2010, 10:21 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 07-25-2010, 11:57 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by noordos - 07-26-2010, 10:25 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 07-27-2010, 12:00 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by distazo - 07-28-2010, 08:23 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 07-28-2010, 09:05 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by distazo - 07-29-2010, 06:57 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 07-29-2010, 02:33 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 07-29-2010, 07:07 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by noordos - 07-31-2010, 12:13 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 07-31-2010, 04:23 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by ograabe - 08-05-2010, 03:13 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 08-05-2010, 04:07 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 08-19-2010, 02:21 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by noordos - 08-19-2010, 10:46 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 08-20-2010, 03:27 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by noordos - 08-20-2010, 11:02 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 08-21-2010, 02:24 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by rramlow - 05-01-2011, 06:53 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Thirdwoe - 05-01-2011, 08:49 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by rramlow - 05-01-2011, 09:37 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 05-01-2011, 03:19 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 05-02-2011, 04:22 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by rramlow - 05-02-2011, 10:53 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 05-03-2011, 01:22 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by rramlow - 05-03-2011, 08:45 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Alan G77 - 05-08-2011, 05:20 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Alan G77 - 05-08-2011, 05:29 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 05-08-2011, 05:54 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Alan G77 - 05-08-2011, 10:39 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Alan G77 - 05-08-2011, 10:44 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 05-09-2011, 04:44 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Alan G77 - 05-09-2011, 10:24 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Alan G77 - 05-09-2011, 10:33 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 05-09-2011, 02:17 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by rramlow - 05-09-2011, 03:33 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Alan G77 - 05-10-2011, 02:39 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 05-10-2011, 03:00 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Alan G77 - 05-10-2011, 04:59 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by borota - 05-10-2011, 10:58 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by borota - 05-10-2011, 11:29 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Alan G77 - 05-10-2011, 11:31 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Alan G77 - 05-10-2011, 11:39 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 05-10-2011, 12:44 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by borota - 05-10-2011, 12:46 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by borota - 05-10-2011, 01:32 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by borota - 05-10-2011, 06:54 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 05-10-2011, 07:16 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Alan G77 - 05-10-2011, 10:27 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Alan G77 - 05-10-2011, 10:29 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by borota - 05-11-2011, 12:32 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by rramlow - 05-11-2011, 01:01 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by rramlow - 05-11-2011, 05:32 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Alan G77 - 05-11-2011, 09:56 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Alan G77 - 05-11-2011, 09:59 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by rramlow - 05-11-2011, 01:58 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Alan G77 - 05-12-2011, 12:09 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by rramlow - 05-17-2011, 07:06 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by rramlow - 05-17-2011, 11:21 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by rramlow - 05-18-2011, 05:19 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by rramlow - 05-26-2011, 10:28 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Alan G77 - 05-27-2011, 12:16 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by rramlow - 05-27-2011, 05:11 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by rramlow - 05-27-2011, 06:22 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by rramlow - 05-29-2011, 03:15 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Daniel814 - 05-29-2011, 04:55 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Alan G77 - 05-31-2011, 07:17 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by rramlow - 06-06-2011, 10:11 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by rramlow - 06-07-2011, 06:27 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Thirdwoe - 07-20-2011, 04:06 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by rramlow - 07-20-2011, 04:32 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Alan G77 - 07-20-2011, 12:26 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Alan G77 - 07-20-2011, 01:00 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Alan G77 - 07-20-2011, 01:25 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by rramlow - 07-20-2011, 07:41 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by bar Sinko - 07-20-2011, 08:46 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by borota - 07-20-2011, 10:54 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Thirdwoe - 07-21-2011, 03:57 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Alan G77 - 07-21-2011, 04:08 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Thirdwoe - 07-21-2011, 03:09 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Thirdwoe - 07-21-2011, 05:45 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Alan G77 - 07-22-2011, 12:11 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Dani - 07-22-2011, 09:58 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by rramlow - 07-22-2011, 06:41 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Thirdwoe - 07-22-2011, 11:06 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by rramlow - 07-23-2011, 05:09 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 07-23-2011, 05:28 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Thirdwoe - 07-23-2011, 07:21 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 07-24-2011, 05:15 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Thirdwoe - 07-25-2011, 02:22 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 07-25-2011, 02:43 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Thirdwoe - 07-25-2011, 02:56 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 07-25-2011, 03:13 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Thirdwoe - 07-25-2011, 03:20 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 07-25-2011, 05:34 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 07-25-2011, 05:38 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Thirdwoe - 07-25-2011, 06:24 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 07-25-2011, 06:47 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Thirdwoe - 07-25-2011, 07:22 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Thirdwoe - 07-25-2011, 08:44 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 07-25-2011, 05:24 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Thirdwoe - 07-25-2011, 06:17 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by konway87 - 07-25-2011, 06:26 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Thirdwoe - 07-25-2011, 08:24 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Thirdwoe - 07-25-2011, 08:48 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Alan G77 - 07-26-2011, 09:22 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Thirdwoe - 07-26-2011, 05:47 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Sarah - 02-18-2013, 03:03 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Sarah - 03-02-2013, 03:04 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Thirdwoe - 03-02-2013, 07:52 AM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by Sarah - 03-28-2013, 01:40 PM
Re: Good Wednesday or Good Friday? - by ClaudeA - 05-15-2013, 12:42 AM

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