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Why are the folks preaching counter-culture and non-traditional messages protected, but those who don't are persecuted?

The Bible also says it's okay to beat your slaves as long as they don't die, just something to ponder before assigning infallibility to it.

Nope

this may not be appropriate to post on this board but... I think people have to understand the context and theology behind these passages before they jump to conclusions that God condones slavery. The book of Philemon is a case in point. To say the Bible says "its' okay to beat your slaves as long as they don't die," is to completely ignore the cultural ramifications of slavery within the context of the biblical times.

In fact God does not condone these actions but basically says "if you have slaves do not beat them to death." This isn't condoning the idea of slavery (which was actually quite different in biblical times than what we normally think of [circa 1600-1860]) but acknowledging that there are people partaking in this practice who ought to be at least held accountable to how they treat these people. Slavery in was quite different in and of itself, it was not normal to beat slaves. It was normal to treat them more like hired servants and in fact many slaves CHOSE to remain slaves to their current house after 7 years. they would pierce their ears with a wooden stake to show that they committed to living as a servant to these people for the rest of their lives. the Greek word for "salve" (doulos) is actually translatable to "servant." In other words, slaves in this time period were treated more like hired hands than the slaves we think of when we think of slavery.

Just some food for thought... carry on.

Ron Brown, if he truly cares for the kids he coaches (many of whom are Christians - Aaron Green, Rex Burkhead, Imani Cross [yet to come]) and thinks they may be going to Hell because they don't believe in Jesus would show that he cared by sharing the Gospel with them. Ameer Abdullah is a Muslim and he loves Ron Brown even though Ron Brown has no doubt shared the gospel with him.

In other words if Ron Brown didn't evangelize to his kids in his mind he wouldn't really care about them.

If he's hurting the Nebraska brand and the football team then yes.

WOW. I think you may know more than anyone here, but I hope you are wrong on this.

I know there has been talk of this prior to this topic, but he deserves to resign on his terms and his timeline. Coach Brown is a shining representative for the university, athletic department and community. He doesn't deserve the negative publicity.

Eh, maybe resigning now is on his terms.

No.

I think he should be. He is using his position as an employee of the University to support discriminatory policies. If we had an assistant coach campaigning against interracial marriage or nondiscrimination policies for women he should be fired as well. Ron Brown is going to retire in a few years and will have all the time he wants to preach his message of intolerance. By ignoring Perlman and refusing to stay quiet for just a few more years he is creating an image problem for the University.

Statistics estimate that around 8% of males are gay or bisexual. There are most likely gay or bisexual members of the football team. For all the good Ron Brown does for players he can't be making those players feel good.

IMHipp,
No misunderstanding at all, I understand your point of view.

Thanks for sharing and come by more often.

AMEN TO THAT!