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MartialArthur
Orange Belt
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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| HongKongFooey wrote: |
| I don't know why people let religion get in the way of an activity they enjoy. Is it guilt? Fear? Someone help me to understand, here. |
In many cases it's a good thing. Religion can interfere with drug use, promiscuity, dishonesty...even though people may enjoy these activities.
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| I believe that you're taking things too literally. I believe the bible is refering to master in the spiritual sense not the physical sense. If you follow somone and serve them as if they were god, then you have a problem. |
That's the point: fundamentalists take the bible literally as part of their religion. They believe every word in the Bible is literal, including Mathew 6:24 "No one can serve two masters". I don't agree with them, but this is what they say.
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patusai
Black Belt
Joined: 11 Nov 2005
Posts: 1639
Location: Chicago, Illiniois
Styles: So Ryu, Shorin Ryu, Isshin Ryu
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patusai, while I agree that it is a rediculous argument, you are missing an important point. The Bible does not say that you cannot call someone "father", but it does say that "you cannot serve two masters" (Mathew 6:24).
This is, of course, a silly argument because I don't know anyone who "serves" his MA master. |
You're right about your bible verse. I think that there is confusion about what "serve" means. I believe that money can be considered a "master" too. The more I think about it the less I worry about it. I think that God understands the whole thing a lot better than I do and I believe that he is more worried about other things that I may do moreso than my karate |
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HongKongFooey
Yellow Belt
Joined: 26 Jan 2003
Posts: 76
Location: Baltimore
Styles: American Kenpo
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| Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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patusai, while I agree that it is a rediculous argument, you are missing an important point. The Bible does not say that you cannot call someone "father", but it does say that "you cannot serve two masters" (Mathew 6:24).
This is, of course, a silly argument because I don't know anyone who "serves" his MA master. |
You're right about your bible verse. I think that there is confusion about what "serve" means. I believe that money can be considered a "master" too. The more I think about it the less I worry about it. I think that God understands the whole thing a lot better than I do and I believe that he is more worried about other things that I may do moreso than my karate |
Exactly!
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MartialArthur
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I agree with both of you. It's the fundamentalists that want to take the words literally. I don't think there is really a problem.
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on the post.
