[Vision2020] 8 year old girl denied divorce

[Ralph Nielsen]

Dear Donovan,

We are talking about God, not man. You wrote:

"Do you tolerate that which you dislike?"

"God tolerated slavery, and tried to regulate it."

Cheers,

Ralph


On Apr 16, 2009, at 7:38 AM, Donovan Arnold wrote:

> Yes, He also created Man, and he tried to regulate him.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Donovan
>
> --- On Thu, 4/16/09, Ralph Nielsen <nielsen at uidaho.edu> wrote:
>
> From: Ralph Nielsen <nielsen at uidaho.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] 8 year old girl denied divorce
> To: "Joe Campbell" <philosopher.joe at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>, "vision 2020"  
> <vision2020 at moscow.com>, "Joseph Campbell" <josephc at wsu.edu>
> Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009, 7:24 AM
>
>> On Apr 16, 2009, at 7:01 AM, Donovan Arnold  
>> <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Joe,
>>>
>>> Do you tolerate that which you dislike? Do we as society try to  
>>> regulate that which is bad and evil?
>
>>> On Apr 15, 2009, at 4:51 PM, Donovan Arnold  
>>> <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>      God tolerated slavery, and tried to regulate it.
>
>>>
>>> --- On Wed, 4/15/09, Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> From: Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] 8 year old girl denied divorce
>>> To: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
>>> Cc: "Ralph Nielsen" <nielsen at uidaho.edu>, "vision 2020"  
>>> <vision2020 at moscow.com>, "Joseph Campbell" <josephc at wsu.edu>
>>> Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 9:32 PM
>>>
>>> "God tolerated slavery, and tried to regulate it"? What sense can  
>>> this make? How can a benevolent being tolerate slavery? How can  
>>> an omnipotent being try to do something and fail?
>>>
>>> Joe Campbell
>>>
>>> On Apr 15, 2009, at 4:51 PM, Donovan Arnold  
>>> <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ralph,
>>>>
>>>> I quoted you "exactly". I didn't write the words, you did. it is  
>>>> clear by reading your words, you agree with Doug Wilson.
>>>>
>>>> I was simply following your lead. As you like to distort the  
>>>> Bible, and the meaning of what it means by taking things out of  
>>>> context, taking one line from one book, then another line for  
>>>> another, than ignoring the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and  
>>>> John, putting it together and drawing your own conclusions  
>>>> without any formal training or understanding of the Bible.
>>>>
>>>> God tolerated slavery, and tried to regulate it. Jesus was not  
>>>> pro-slavery. And Christians are not pro-slavery.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Donovan
>>>>
>>>>
>

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