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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Sun Feb 16, 2014, 07:28 PM Feb 2014

Luke 4 verse 12. Thou shalt not tempt the LORD!!!

http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/16/us/snake-salvation-pastor-bite/

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Luke 4 verse 12. Thou shalt not tempt the LORD!!! (Original Post) hrmjustin Feb 2014 OP

Apt passage. rug Feb 2014 #1

Lol thanks. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #2

Actually, a better translation is "Do not put the Lord your God to the test." Fortinbras Armstrong Feb 2014 #3

Good translation. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #4

Very apt. okasha Feb 2014 #5

As long as it makes a believer look bad they are all for it. But to be fair this pastor hrmjustin Feb 2014 #6

rug

(82,333 posts)

1. Apt passage.

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Mon Feb 17, 2014, 09:34 AM

Feb 2014

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

2. Lol thanks.

Reply to rug (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 17, 2014, 09:35 AM

Feb 2014

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)

3. Actually, a better translation is "Do not put the Lord your God to the test."

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Mon Feb 17, 2014, 01:35 PM

Feb 2014

Which is even more apropos.

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

4. Good translation.

Reply to Fortinbras Armstrong (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 17, 2014, 01:48 PM

Feb 2014

okasha

(11,573 posts)

5. Very apt.

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 10:13 PM

Feb 2014

The grave dancing on the corresponding thread in Religion was toxic in its own right, though. And a lot of it was just plain ignorant.

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

6. As long as it makes a believer look bad they are all for it. But to be fair this pastor