Comments by "Ash Roskell" (@ashroskell) on "church in Sheffield condemned in report" video.

  1. P.S. I cannot find a link to your video in the description. Please tell me the title or give me the link, as I would very much like to see it? Though I feel a dispute coming on, if the clues in your discussion are anything to go by?
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  2. May I ask you two questions and have an answer?
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  3. Well, I watched your video (compilation?) with great interest and was riveted. Your knowledge and expertise in languages is genuinely impressive, but unsurprising. Despite entertaining the Old Testament translation debates in a manner more original than I’m used to hearing from most theologues and cleverly expressed, I still feel it’s a trap unworthy of falling into, as the Old Testament laws are no longer pertinent to Christians who follow Christ’s teachings. However, you do go on to point this out, or reference Christ’s fulfilment of the laws. So, one could say you were simply being thorough and, as an academic, I’m sure you enjoyed the exercise for its own sake. I was struck by how gently you touched on most points when drawing your conclusions; or even indirect? I cannot deny I learned an awful lot, as I don’t have any other languages (not really), let alone ancient ones, and I have had to rely on the research of others and the help of books like The Strongest Strong’s for translation and deeper understanding. I think you and I are closer to agreement on these issues than I first believed, though probably not 100%. I thank you for the link and the education, though, entertaining and informative as it was. I have things to ponder and pray about as a result.
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  4. Thanks for the like. I’d rather have an answer. What’s your video on Biblical miss-teachings on sexuality called, please?
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  5.  @ProfessorTimWilson  : Thank you.
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  6. Conversion therapy is guilty of all the things it seeks to prevent. And its perpetrators are generally in need of therapy themselves, or sociopaths seeking money and power. I will always concede that, gender, “dysmorphia,” will be, in some cases, a genuine mental health condition that needs treatment from qualified, compassionate, professionals who are removed from all, “ideologies,” by both their professional oaths and their disinterested appointment by the state as a mental health professional, who’s job is to protect the interests of their patient above all other considerations. “Do no harm.” Only such professionals would be able to discern whether their patient needs a gender reassignment or needs to process damage from their history before being able to make that decision. As to your video on the Biblical concerns: You don’t need Hebrew to discern this issue, Prof Wilson. The New Testiment tells us, unambiguously, that we Christians do NOT live by the Old Testament laws. They have been, “fulfilled,” by Jesus and dispensed with. That is why we no longer put witches to death, or attempt to burn offerings at our church alters. We would be shown the door, outside of which the police would be waiting. Ignorant churches keep the old traditions alive (selectively) because they want your tithes. Those who use Old Testament teachings as dogma are charlatans. The Levites were disbanded by Jesus’ day and Leviticus was already dead lore. Only history, morality, philosophy, mythology and general education remain to be gleaned from the Old Testament for a modern Christian. Hence, it remains invaluable to a Christian, for understanding your faith, its place in history and its context in the world, but it is useless as a guide to life and worse than useless as a guide to Christianity! This issue frustrates me immensely. I will watch your video with great interest, but I do hope you do not fall into the trap of dealing with Old Testament laws as though they are relevant to Christianity? That is rather like disputing the colour of the car that ran me over, when simply establishing that I was run over is all that matters.
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