My feeling is that because those posts were all different bible verses, each merit their own place in this discussion. Each one speaks to a different aspect and nuance of humans relationship with eachother, and humans relationship with the divine. It is in fact traditional to have seperate sections of commentary for each verse, because they all have their own context. Meaning comes from context, and I think it would be theologically and philosophically dishonest to ignore that.
But beyond that, having each one in a different post, spread out through the thread clearly displays how underrepresented traditional Christian values are in this discussion, and in this community as a whole, whos name and members claim to be conservative. It illustrates to me at least, that there is very little interest here in conserving what I personally feel are the better parts of the America that I grew up in.
It illustrates to me that there is a great depth and breadth to the discussions here which are largely unspoken and unacknowledged. In this thread about Thanksgiving, which is at its heart a spiritual practice, just mentioning God makes people annoyed.
Finally, the scattering of verses brings to mind the parable of the sower of seeds:( Matt 13:1-23, Mark 4:1-20, Luke 8:4-15) briefly, a farmer scatters seeds on different types of terrain and the different types of soil determine different outcomes. In this parable, it’s not the farmer who is at fault for the scattering of seeds, rather it’s the ground they are cast upon that is the subject of judgement.
My feeling is that because those posts were all different bible verses, each merit their own place in this discussion. Each one speaks to a different aspect and nuance of humans relationship with eachother, and humans relationship with the divine. It is in fact traditional to have seperate sections of commentary for each verse, because they all have their own context. Meaning comes from context, and I think it would be theologically and philosophically dishonest to ignore that.
But beyond that, having each one in a different post, spread out through the thread clearly displays how underrepresented traditional Christian values are in this discussion, and in this community as a whole, whos name and members claim to be conservative. It illustrates to me at least, that there is very little interest here in conserving what I personally feel are the better parts of the America that I grew up in. It illustrates to me that there is a great depth and breadth to the discussions here which are largely unspoken and unacknowledged. In this thread about Thanksgiving, which is at its heart a spiritual practice, just mentioning God makes people annoyed.
Finally, the scattering of verses brings to mind the parable of the sower of seeds:( Matt 13:1-23, Mark 4:1-20, Luke 8:4-15) briefly, a farmer scatters seeds on different types of terrain and the different types of soil determine different outcomes. In this parable, it’s not the farmer who is at fault for the scattering of seeds, rather it’s the ground they are cast upon that is the subject of judgement.