The Unpopular Opinion thread.

[JARZJR]

If you ask any geniune believer, they'll say Jesus saved them. Even Free Willies believers. How God saved them is the debate (regenerate then believe (Pollen Posee). Or believe then regenerate (Free Willies) But they both will ultimately God saved/regnerated them.

but yes this is the unpopular opinion thread. That's a whole nother debate.

Share your unpopular opinion on that...

[GloMoGo]

Birther does not equal racist, but at this point I think it's safe to say that birther does equal crazy.
http://visiontoamerica.org/262/is-ob...ficate-a-fake/

[eve]

birthers live in a racially polarized context. as ignorant as they and others may be about the history of the nation in which they live, they're not uninfluenced. they don't live in a vaccuum. if someone said "where are your papers, boy?" in 1811, and their biological or cultural descendant said the same in 2011, there's a connection. the orangutan pics, outright racist talk, questions about his educational credentials, and all manner of UNPRECEDENTED response to an american president exist in a socio-historical context. only the blind could deny this.

but of course people will continue to deny it.

and those who were born with the wrong skin will always look like whiners when they express the obvious.

you can't win.

[Ras]

Share your unpopular opinion on that...

http://forum.holyculture.net/showthr...l=1#post635570

[BlackCalvinist]

I don't understand how believers can enjoy music that doesn't highlight God in some way. Yes, I'm a Jesus 40x cat, and I'm not saying EVERY song must do this...but if a person really gets more enjoyment out of songs that don't highlight Him I seriously wonder what's going on.

It's irritating to me that when people post something pushing believers to hate the world more and go hard after Christ that the people get mocked & called legalists. This is discouraging and makes me wonder how much Christians really do love the world.

I'm really curious as to your opinion in Ras' thread on 'tyrant pastors'. Both his initial post AND my post on the subject.

On topic:

Some people will never be 'convinced' of solid biblical truth on a particular topic because they aren't open to being convinced. This is part o' the reason we have folks who solid exegetes in scripture on a host of issues (and I'm not talking message board folks, but people with actual advanced degrees from REAL accredited universities), but when they get to theology they don't like, they abandon that model of exegesis for something based on how they feel about the topic.

Too many people are caught up with serving in a position when they need to sit back and do some more learning first. The scene in Karate Kid where Jayden Smith comes up to Jackie Chan and starts on and on about what he can do and how much of a 'good base' he has for being taught, but then gets arrogant when he doesn't get what he wants (and instead he's told to take off his jacket, drop it, put it on, hang it up repeatedly) ONLY to find out that during this time of not doing what HE wanted to do, he was actually LEARNING is a great example of this.

Everyone (everyone means me too) could use a lot more humility.

[The_Expositor]

birthers live in a racially polarized context. as ignorant as they and others may be about the history of the nation in which they live, they're not uninfluenced. they don't live in a vaccuum. if someone said "where are your papers, boy?" in 1811, and their biological or cultural descendant said the same in 2011, there's a connection. the orangutan pics, outright racist talk, questions about his educational credentials, and all manner of UNPRECEDENTED response to an american president exist in a socio-historical context. only the blind could deny this.

but of course people will continue to deny it.

and those who were born with the wrong skin will always look like whiners when they express the obvious.

you can't win.

What about birthers who are African-American/Black? Are they confused?

[JARZJR]

http://forum.holyculture.net/showthr...l=1#post635570

http://forum.holyculture.net/showthr...l=1#post635656

[Ras]

http://forum.holyculture.net/showthr...l=1#post635656

Are you asking me which do I view as biblical?

[Devin]

"I have a great relationship with the Blacks" - Donald Trump
"Donald trump may not be a racist,but he may be the racist persons greatest hope" - Lawrence O'Donnell

[yellow_glass27]

yup, those are CCM. i like chris tomlin and a couple others (todd agnew) but that's about it.

i just need some edge. CCM bores me to death. i prefer alternative (rebecca st. james, leeland) better. or even acoustic such as ETA.

unpopular opinion!

How about Ashmont Hill? I know they would be considered to be CCM, but I quite enjoy them.

[Devin]

What about birthers who are African-American/Black? Are they confused?

Black Birthers don't exist.And if they do, they ONLY do because of what WHITE birthers have done. They are just hoping on the bandwagon.

[GloMoGo]

Black Birthers don't exist.And if they do, they ONLY do because of what WHITE birthers have done. They are just hoping on the bandwagon.

So black people are incapable of being skeptical on their own? They need to be led into it by white people?

[Devin]

This whole idea of questioning Obama's citizenship is White led.

[Xodiz]

The album I'm listening to is the best one released from this label...

[Tarii_2sweet]

so... i read something extremely, very very interesting this evening. I observed some of the rules today and I've read the mod don't read everything unfortunately so be good.

[BlackCalvinist]

Most people who have objections to Calvinism cannot define it correctly and are too intellectually lazy to take the time to do so.

The rest just don't like it and look for excuses to bash it.

[Ras]

To say "We don't know what happened to Osama Bin Laden? He may have confessed Christ before he died. Sounds silly to me. I believe the Gospel was the further thing from his mind before he died.

Lil Wayne actually had some decent wordplay on 6'7.

[Xodiz]

Lil Wayne actually had some decent wordplay on 6'7.

ORLY? In that case ... Tech N9ne is G.O.A.T.

[SemperReformanda]

ORLY? In that case ... Tech N9ne is G.O.A.T.

Cmon son. Real G's move in silence like lasagna!!!!


But really: I despise LeEgo and DWhine Wade more than any other NBA duo in the history of historic NBA duos.

[LUPE]

The "American Dream" turns out to be the "American Nightmare" for African slaves and native peoples in North America.