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Yes, you don't ALWAYS have to, but sometimes you DO. 
Could someone shed some light on... (simpleman)
It is all in the mind. (Interested )
Wrong! (prophet)
If you are scared of something then you should do something about it. Fear is a bondage. n/t. (Interested )
Truth (prophet)
Sorry, don't agree with you. (Interested )
A word of caution -Fro Interrested (John Doe 666)
Fear of the Devil (from the Net). (Interested )
maybe word use is NOT FEAR EVIL BUT TO SHUN & AVOID EVIL (Little Man of God)
Well, the Lord by His Spirit is speaking to us to have no fellowship with the demons promoted thru' whatever form.eom. (Ivan)
Most amusing thread (Eveline How)
Thread 648-3 (Joe)
"H Potter" is fit for the potty, no matter how many accolades and box office records set (Ivan)
Untitled
On the contrary..... (John Doe 666)
Please (Eveline How)
Casting down every imagination (Ivan)
So (Eveline How)
It's all about choices, knowing the difference and doing what's right (Ivan)
If (Eveline How)
Of (Ivan)
Untitled (Eveline How)
To Ivan/Eveline (John Doe 666)
Adults and Children are different (Christopher Yip)
A new category: RA(BAD) (Ivan)
Which category of reader are you? (Christopher Yip)
Almost persuaded (Ivan)
Read and meditate (Ivan)
Sad indeed. (Christopher Yip)
Do we have to ? (John Doe 666)
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JD,
YOU: My question to you is, do we always have to taste things for ourselves in order to know if it good or bad ? ME: If it is about taste, then yes, you always have to. But if it is about EFFECTs, sometimes seeing is enough. For example, by seeing what happens to a body when it is cremated, I immediately understand what fire does to human flesh. There is no need to try it for myself. To say that Harry Potter the literature is evil, do you think by looking at its cover or reading the review is good enough for you to form your own opinion? Think of the many TV commercials and radio advertisements you are bombarded with each day, are these sufficient to convince you that what they say is true? YOU: If this is the case, Do I have to know that drugs or pre-marital sex is bad, I have to try it first ?? ME: For drugs, you don't have to. Again, watching someone else take it, and seeing the withdrawal symptoms, the wasting of the body can be sufficient evidence. For premarital sex, it is not so simple. There is evidence to show that premarital sex is bad for future marriage. Josh McDowell in his tape about premarital sex cite many statistics about how such memories of premarital sex affect the marriage. But if I got it right, he is referring to those cases where the premarital sex partner is not the same person you finally married. But there are also statistics that show that premarital sex does not affect those who end up marrying each other anyway. However, if you are talking about the MORALITY of premarital sex, for Christians who go by the Bible, it is WRONG. But I believe you are not talking about MORALITY, but about EFFECTS. YOU: But If you are indeed saying this, then there is no need for teachers and critics to be around or even the Holy Spirit. You see, somethings, we are not to TOUCH at all. There are things we cannot say " Let me try and read it first or taste it first or ..etc then I will be convinced".... That is the mistake Adam & Eve did..... ME: The Holy Spirit does not tell you that premarital sex will cause psychological problems for your future marriage, He tells you that premarital sex is morally wrong and sinful in God's sight, whether or not it feels good. We are told not to touch witchcraft and magick, I believe this means to practise them. It does not mean you remain ignorant of what it is, or to read about them. It is questionable why any Christian would want to use witchcraft even in imaginative literature, such as C S Lewis in Narnia, but that is another issue. But our acceptance of Lewis' Narnia shows that our standard is more complex than a simple dichotomy of "touch - no touch". Christopher
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