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NASB | 1 Corinthians 10:20 No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 10:20 On the contrary, the things which the Gentiles (pagans) sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons [in effect], and not to God; and I do not want you to become partners with demons [by eating at feasts in pagan temples]. [Deut 32:17] |
Subject: Clearing up philosophical confusion |
Bible Note: I am not as "Young and Impressionable " as you may think. Actually, I have been through a lot in my life time. My parents separated when I was five years old. They were divorced by the time I seven years old. My mom had custody of all five of us children. I am the youngest of five. My father was an alcoholic. He was just getting off the booze when I was born. My MOm went through a lot. She says that "just as things were getting better" my father left. He had found another woman. He married this woman. My father's second wife's name was Ruth. Ruth had also been married previously. She had a daughter from her first marraige. I forget the spelling of her daughter's name. It is something like Jo-Anne or Joanne. Ruth had custody of JO. When I was nineteen years old I had my first child. I almost didn't graduate from High School. But I did. Probably because I conceived late in the year. Around my 19th birthday. Which is in February. When NOvember would come around, I would be out on my own. Here I was raising a child by myself. The biggest slap in the face is that my daughter's father had found someone else. He didn't marry me. He married Shiela. And I knew of Shiela. You would have thought I would have learned the first time around. But in my early twenties I had another child. So I was an unwed mother twice over. My children are grown now. My daughter is in her mid twenties. She will be twenty - seven by November of this year. My son's birthday is in April. I think he will be around twenty- five. My kids are about two and a half years apart. So figure the ages from there. Maybe my son will be twenty-four this year. I think he might have been born in 83. I can't remember my own children's ages. So I am not young. Actually I am 46 years old. But perhaps I am still a little niave. Like thinking that it didn't matter who taught this course. People are going to approach religion from their own perspective. So the teacher did great on Hinduism. For Islam we have a couple of students in the class that are from that culture. They are Muslim. But the majority of us are Christians. Now that isn't to say that we are all practicing. We simply have that background. I think it is too late to get my money back on this course. I am not sure I want to drop it. Although, the Lowell Assemlby of God is strongly encouragin me to do so. I have finished one paper already. I was suppose to visit a mosque or temple and do an oral presentation. The class has a problem with this assignment. After reading my book for class, I had a problem with the assignment. Although I did it anyway. I determined by reasoning that we couldn't visit a Jewish Synagogue. Going to church didn't count. We had to go outside ourselves. So I visited a Hindu Temple. The teacher suggested I bring a flower for an offering. So I did. It was a potted Flowery plant. I didn't really understand a lot of what was going on. I mean there was a language barrier. But one thing I didn't do, was bow to their idols. So I am learning about my strong points and my weak ones. And I am learning about other people's beliefs as well. Also to note: A lot of counselors don't think of a person as mind, body, and spirit. Secular counselors treat the mind. Doctors treat the body. And the spirit isn't attended to. When I took my abnormal psychology class, I realized that some cultures don't recognize certain mental illnesses. They are called something else. Some of this is due to the religious backgrounds of the people they are counseling. Which was why I took this course. And the DSM-IV-TR manual is something else to read. My MOther's comments on me taking the "Religion of the World's Class" was that it was going to be almost a continuum of the "Abnormal Psychology" course I had just taken. I didn't expect to get confused taking "Religion of the World." I think the book I am reading isn't kind. See previous note. |