Everybody Wang Chung wrote:Pahoran wrote:And now: CFR that "Snitching is... harshly condemned in the Bible," please.
Hello Pahoran,
What else was Judas Iscariot, in the end, but a snitch?
Thank you for asking.
I'll tell you: he was a traitor. One who pretended to believe but actually did not. A saint in name only who cosied up to the Church's enemies. Like you. And Twede.
Everybody Wang Chung wrote:One of the first Christian "stop snitching codes" was established at the Synod of Elvira:
"A Christian who denounces someone who is then ostracized or put to death may not commune even as death approaches. If the case was less severe, he or she may commune in less than five years. If the informer was a catechumen (someone who was investigating Christianity) , he or she may be baptized after five years."
Not in the Bible, hence irrelevant to your claims.
Ostracism in the ancient world was a legal sanction imposed by the secular authorities. Scott did not "denounce" your fellow-apostate to any secular authorities, so this irrelevant prooftext is doubly irrelevant.
Incidentally, Kishkumen knows that perfectly well; but we could all grow old waiting for him to inform you of a relevant fact that undermines your case; his partisan loyalties won't let him.
Everybody Wang Chung wrote:Also, 1 Corinthians 6:1-7,
Says nothing about "snitching." It talks about lawsuits in the secular courts.
Everybody Wang Chung wrote:Hebrews 10:30,
And since this is shorter, I will quote it in full:
"30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people."
Again, it says nothing about "snitching," but says that the Lord will be the one handing out judgements.
Didn't you say you wished you could hold a Disciplinary Council for Scott Gordon? What hermeneutic of this passage supports your wishful thinking while condemning Scott's honesty?
Everybody Wang Chung wrote:Mathew 16:15,
Eh?
15 He saith unto them, But whom say aye that I am?
This is part of Jesus' conversation with the apostles that led to Peter's famous testimony. What on earth are you talking about?
Everybody Wang Chung wrote:Leviticus 9:18,
18 He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron’s sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about,
You're just pulling references out of the air now, aren't you?
Everybody Wang Chung wrote:Romans 10:13.
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Yep, that's what you're doing.
Everybody Wang Chung wrote:I could go on and on and on,
And on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on with irrelevant prooftexts that don't support your claims
Everybody Wang Chung wrote:but I think you get the picture.
You're right; I do.
You cannot find a single passage that says anything that amounts to "It is wrong to tell the leaders of the Church what apostates are up to."
So you bluff, instead.
Regards,
Pahoran