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Thought and Theology, the marriage of intellect and religion

"Ye shall know the truth and the truth will set you free."

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made by [DC]³ on Dec 9, 2007

So I'm a believer of Christ (I admittedly have my doubts [if I'm …

So I'm a believer of Christ (I admittedly have my doubts [if I'm really being honest with you all]), and the other day I was posed with this question.. "The Bible says that love is not jealous, but it also says that God is Love and is a "jealous god." What's up with that? It's a very simple, and maybe petty question.. does it come down to semantics in the translation or what?

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Travis Morgan, Dec 11, 2007:

Way to go. You know what it means when you start finding contradictory statements don't you? Can you post the sections in the bible where these two statements are? I'd like to use them as a reference later.

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annihilation [floating upon little pink pills], Dec 12, 2007:

looking about.. there seems to be a fair amount of continual debate as to the nature of the writing of these books and what that means to the understanding of their contents. [conflicts, translations, authorship, nature of the authorship and so on...]

hah... so it's not really a question so much as a field of study.

edit: changed critisism to debate... which is perhaps the corrector of the two

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Pastor Chris, Dec 18, 2007:

1 Corinthians 13 (which I'm guessing is what you're referencing)
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.

I think Love is quite jealous. I know that when my wife spends more time at work or on hobbies than she does with me, I become jealous. Its not that I dont trust her its just that I would like to be that one spending time with her. I dont feel this is unhealthy in anyway, but conversely showing a healthy desire. God's relationship with us could most easily placed in this context.

edit: its good to be communicating again with you fine people

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