Guest shiloh357 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 When I go into the woods and the mountains, by rivers and streams and lakes, the world is a beautiful place. There is no "garbage" about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplejeff Posted November 16, 2017 Group: Mars Hill Followers: 12 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 7,689 Content Per Day: 2.39 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 20 Joined: 06/30/2015 Status: Offline Share Posted November 16, 2017 6 minutes ago, shiloh357 said: When I go into the woods and the mountains, by rivers and streams and lakes, the world is a beautiful place. There is no "garbage" about it. That's a different "world".... Consider instead what was said about the "world" = "society" / "mankind" (unregenerated) / "sodom and gomorrah" / especially as written in the BIBLE: the world (society) is pernicious (death dealing), seeking to drag down everyone everywhere.... See Galatians RE Wuest Expanded Greek for more full description of "pernicious" (from the Greek) society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplejeff Posted November 16, 2017 Group: Mars Hill Followers: 12 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 7,689 Content Per Day: 2.39 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 20 Joined: 06/30/2015 Status: Offline Share Posted November 16, 2017 2 hours ago, simplejeff said: Let's get to the point more directly, shall we ? Yahweh willing and if you're willing and able . Why do you think the world (society) is so pernicious? (death dealing) Why do you think the world (society) is so completely and utterly full of sin ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 4 minutes ago, simplejeff said: That's a different "world".... Consider instead what was said about the "world" = "society" / "mankind" (unregenerated) / "sodom and gomorrah" / especially as written in the BIBLE: the world (society) is pernicious (death dealing), seeking to drag down everyone everywhere.... See Galatians RE Wuest Expanded Greek for more full description of "pernicious" (from the Greek) society. People are not a garbage dump. The world's system is fallen and in rebellion, but the world's system is unredeemable. People are not garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Robinson Posted November 16, 2017 Group: Senior Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 22 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 903 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 516 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/01/2011 Status: Offline Birthday: 05/03/1952 Share Posted November 16, 2017 9 minutes ago, shiloh357 said: People are not a garbage dump. The world's system is fallen and in rebellion, but the world's system is unredeemable. People are not garbage. I agree. And the Earth itself is beautiful beyond measure. I can't wait to see how it pales in comparison to heaven! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplejeff Posted November 16, 2017 Group: Mars Hill Followers: 12 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 7,689 Content Per Day: 2.39 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 20 Joined: 06/30/2015 Status: Offline Share Posted November 16, 2017 About 2,030,000 results Why are all of our righteous acts considered filthy rags? https://www.gotquestions.org/filthy-rags.html - Cached filthy rags. Question: "Why are all of our righteous acts considered filthy rags? ... Yet he includes himself in the description, saying “we” and “our. ... Yet God did not esteem their acts of righteousness as anything but “polluted garments” or “ filthy ... Isaiah 64:6 All of us have become like one who is ... - Bible Hub biblehub.com/isaiah/64-6.htm - Cached - Similar When we display our righteous deeds, they are nothing but filthy rags. ... NET Bible We are all like one who is unclean, all our so-called righteous acts are .... Thus says the LORD, "Where is the certificate of divorce By which I have sent your ... Isaiah 64:6 - Bible Gateway https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Isaiah%2064%3A6 - Cached - Similar But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us ... 1 Peter 4:18King James Version (KJV) 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? King James Version (KJV) Public Domain Romans 6:1-2King James Version (KJV) 6 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? King James Version (KJV) Public Domain Matthew 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: So then, how much of society is blameless, pure in heart, right with God ? as Jesus says, "Few" And (according to Scripture) how much of society/mankind/ the world) is dead in sin, opposed to God, all their lives ? (and then thrown in the lake of fire ? ) As Jesus says, "Many" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplejeff Posted November 16, 2017 Group: Mars Hill Followers: 12 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 7,689 Content Per Day: 2.39 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 20 Joined: 06/30/2015 Status: Offline Share Posted November 16, 2017 Concerning the physical world, which yes was once beautiful, and by the looking of the eyes still appears beautiful in places; mankind (the world: society/ corporations/ governments/ etc etc etc ) has done a real number on it...... About 1,250,000 results Pollution is Everywhere - Cool Australia https://www.coolaustralia.org/pollution-is-everywhere-primary/ - Cached Should pollution ever be the price of prosperity? ... Pollution is Everywhere ... planet is so big that no matter how much we pollute it nature will take care of things. Images for how much pollution is in the world ? everywhere ? BBC - Future - Are there any pollution-free places left on Earth? www.bbc.com/future/.../20141104-is-anywhere-free-from-pollution - Cached - Similar Nov 4, 2014 ... Is there anywhere pristine left on the planet? ... “One thing we see very often is that pollution starts off in one place but ends up somewhere very ... Air Pollution Now Threatening Health Worldwide | Worldwatch Institute www.worldwatch.org/air-pollution-now-threatening-health-worldwide - Cached - Similar In the U.S., air pollution causes as many as 50,000 deaths per year and costs as ... Around the world, Milan, Shenyang, Tehran, Seoul, and Rio de Janeiro reported ... everywhere are discovering that pollution prevention is a sound investment. 51 Facts About Pollution - Conserve Energy Future https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/various-pollution-facts.php - Cached Fact 12: Children contribute to only 10% of the world's pollution but are prone to 40% of global disease. ... due to consistent oil spills in the water body which spreads everywhere else. ... It is wide spread in many things that we eat and drink. 11 Facts About Pollution | DoSomething.org | Volunteer for Social ... https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-pollution - Cached - Similar Pollution is one of the biggest global killers, affecting over 100 million people. That's comparable to global diseases like malaria and HIV. Cleanups can save ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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