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Kobe Bryant’s Life Is A Reminder Of The Reality Of Redemption, Even If People With Checkered Lives
The Federalist ^ | 01/28/2020 | John Daniel Davidson

Posted on 01/28/2020 9:18:21 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: AAABEST

Yeah that’s how I feel about it too


21 posted on 01/28/2020 10:10:26 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat (Guns up . . . We cominÂ’ PS: Eric The Blower Ciaramella. PASS IT ON)
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To: SeekAndFind
Maybe you're dense, but I DON'T GAF ABOUT "KOBE" or your posts on the matter.

I don't want to have a biblical discussion about him. I don't want to hold relics of him under a bright light until I see the mystical revelations that came to you.

You're such a great Christian, but don't know the name of his RAPE victim, or any of the other people who died in the crash - including someone else's little girl.

I have several people on my block who are dying. I've seen people die in the sand, nobody even knows them. People die tragically every day, your ball-bouncer just happens to be a celeb - which, unfortunately, is nearly god-like in modern America.

Fk "Kobe." Not sure how to make it any more clear.

22 posted on 01/28/2020 10:10:46 AM PST by AAABEST (NY/DC/LA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: AAABEST

RE: Maybe you’re dense, but I DON’T GAF ABOUT “KOBE” or your posts on the matter.

I always say to myself, if a person says he doesn’t GAF about someone and still BOTHERS to post about how he feels, then he does GAF.

RE: I don’t want to have a biblical discussion about him. I don’t want to hold relics of him under a bright light until I see the mystical revelations that came to you.

This article is NOT about making him a saint or discussing mystical revelations, it’s about REDEMPTION. How an individual, ANY individual, you and me included, can surmount past mistakes and leave a better legacy in his life. NOTHING MORE.

RE: You’re such a great Christian, but don’t know the name of his RAPE victim, or any of the other people who died in the crash - including someone else’s little girl.

It is better that the rape victim’s name is anonymous. This protects her identity.

1) Kobe apologized to the woman.
2) Kobe SETTLED with her and she accepted the settlement.
3) Kobe did his best to make things right with his wife and family over a decade after the incident and in this, we succeeded.

As Christians, why should we dwell on past sins and past failures when we can move on?

Oh, I used the pronoun, “we”, I’m not even sure if I should use this pronoun in discussing this with you...

RE: I have several people on my block who are dying. I’ve seen people die in the sand, nobody even knows them. People die tragically every day, your ball-bouncer just happens to be a celeb - which, unfortunately, is nearly god-like in modern America.

It is sad and tragic and they should be helped, but what this has to do with Kobe Bryant and this article, I don’t know.

RE: Fk “Kobe.” Not sure how to make it any more clear.

This remark tells me more about what’s in your heart than anything else. Yes, you’ve made it quite clear.


23 posted on 01/28/2020 10:18:19 AM PST by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: I want the USA back

Unless Kobe was just going through the motions of being a Catholic and was not a believer, we Christians have to rejoice he is now in heaven. Kobe lived a sinful life just like all of us flawed humans.

Jesus Christ died for all of our sins so we can have eternal life. It will be interesting to see who will be in heaven when we arrive. I expect to run into Kobe when that time comes.


24 posted on 01/28/2020 10:27:36 AM PST by reaganbooster
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To: I want the USA back

Much less a church going Catholic. Doesn’t fit their agenda.


25 posted on 01/28/2020 10:28:35 AM PST by georgia peach (georgia peach)
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To: SeekAndFind
As Christians, why should we dwell on past sins and past failures when we can move on?

Oh, I used the pronoun, “we”, I’m not even sure if I should use this pronoun in discussing this with you...

You're right. I'm nothing like you, and don't wish to be. I have no use for whatever version of Christianity you think you're practicing - where your brain is all full-o-fk yet you insist on Sunday school type lectures.

You're not a priest - you're some sentimental dope on the internet, with a grasp of theology that is beyond horrific.

Go piss off someone else, and don't forget to take me off your ping list, which I never asked to be on.

26 posted on 01/28/2020 10:37:21 AM PST by AAABEST (NY/DC/LA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: reaganbooster
Unless Kobe was just going through the motions of being a Catholic and was not a believer, we Christians have to rejoice he is now in heaven.

No offense, serious, no offense, but you really need to brush up on your catechism. We have to rejoice in NOTHING - as we have absolutely no idea of his disposition.

"He was a believer thus he is saved" is a entirely heretical notion.

27 posted on 01/28/2020 10:40:16 AM PST by AAABEST (NY/DC/LA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: AAABEST

RE: You’re right. I’m nothing like you, and don’t wish to be.

I never said you should be like me.

RE: I have no use for whatever version of Christianity you think you’re practicing - where your brain is all full-o-fk yet you insist on Sunday school type lectures.

I’m not sure what version of Christianity you’re talking about. I only refer to what is written in the Bible. If you don’t like that version, then I guess you’re practicing a different form, or don’t call yourself a Christian at all.

RE: You’re not a priest - you’re some sentimental dope on the internet, with a grasp of theology that is beyond horrific.

One does not have to be a priest to understand what thew Bible teaches. I don’t know what theology you are referring to, but it certainly isn’t a Biblical one.

RE: Go piss off someone else, and don’t forget to take me off your ping list, which I never asked to be on.

I never pinged anyone. You were the one who took time to come to this thread. Perhaps you confused me with someone who did ping you.


28 posted on 01/28/2020 10:41:44 AM PST by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: AAABEST

^^^^^^^


29 posted on 01/28/2020 10:43:59 AM PST by TnTnTn
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To: SeekAndFind
I’m not sure what version of Christianity you’re talking about. I only refer to what is written in the Bible.

Says the babbler - who reads scripture then thinks he's ordained, or even qualified to teach anyone anything. I wish you knew how dumb you sound.

No you didn't ping me here, but yes, you've had me on some ping list for YEARS now - despite this being my very first interaction with you.

Please remove.

30 posted on 01/28/2020 10:47:29 AM PST by AAABEST (NY/DC/LA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
We all live chekered lives.

Amen to that - and to the good news of the Gospel that saves us from what we deserve.

31 posted on 01/28/2020 10:48:12 AM PST by Quality_Not_Quantity (A law means nothing if it isnÂ’t followed.)
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To: AAABEST

First of all, I’m not a Catholic. I’m a Lutheran.

I believe that my belief in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will allow me to go to heaven when I die. Simple as that. I don’t consider that heretical. You can choose to view it as you believe. Have a good day.


32 posted on 01/28/2020 10:48:39 AM PST by reaganbooster
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To: SeekAndFind

I just don’t understand why people like AAAABEST HATE the idea than a person can be redeemed and get past a former life of sin.

There are many threads like this. Threads which display the good, positive and Christ like qualities of Kobe. He is not the same man who had consensual sex all those years ago.

Yet people will come to these threads with such vulgar hatred and anger. I don’t get it. Perhaps they themselves are lost and without redemption.

I’ll pray for the victims. And for people like AAAABEST.


33 posted on 01/28/2020 11:00:02 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Click my screen name for an analysis on how HIllary wins next November.)
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To: AAABEST

I never pinged anyone. It’s not my way.
So, asking me to remove you is asking me
to do something I never did in this forum.

But should you want to discuss what the Bible teaches about forgiveness and redemption, you are more than welcome. Maybe by doing that we can see who really has reason on his side.

Name calling like you’re doing tells me more about your psychological makeup than our ability to reason.


34 posted on 01/28/2020 11:03:55 AM PST by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: Responsibility2nd

+100!


35 posted on 01/28/2020 11:17:53 AM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: SeekAndFind
I never pinged anyone. It’s not my way.

You're right. It was someone else with a similar screen name. I was wrong and apologize to you. I mean that.

Name calling like you’re doing tells me more about your psychological makeup than our ability to reason.

You're talking to someone who would think seriously about having heretics FLOGGED if it were legal. Upsetting you on an internet forum is sooooo 21st century.

You'll get over it.

36 posted on 01/28/2020 11:34:25 AM PST by AAABEST (NY/DC/LA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: AAABEST

Do I sound as if I were upset?

I simply invited you to a Biblical discussion on forgiveness and redemption. You seem to see the inquisition in our exchange.


37 posted on 01/28/2020 11:47:31 AM PST by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: SeekAndFind

I so hope that Kobe’s heart was regenerated and that he and his daughter were saved. However, if he was saved it certainly wasn’t because he was baptized into the Church of Rome. The catholic church isn’t going to save anyone.


38 posted on 01/28/2020 11:47:43 AM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: AAABEST

Its not worth getting upset over, settle down fellow old timer, or just leave the thread.


39 posted on 01/28/2020 11:48:18 AM PST by Paradox (Don't call them mainstream, there is nothing mainstream about the MSM.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
I just don’t understand why people like AAAABEST HATE the idea than a person can be redeemed and get past a former life of sin.

Nice straw man - something I never alluded to or come even CLOSE to believing.

He is not the same man who had consensual sex all those years ago.

Yeah, that's how all her blood got on HIS shirt, and why she immediately went to the hospital with multiple vaginal tears - then got a huge settlement.

But to hell with the victim(s), we have a sports star to suckle. I love all of these stellar self proclaimed "Christians" on FR.

I’ll pray for the victims. And for people like AAAABEST.

You don't even know their names, and I don't need prayers from some ass using his supposed prayer time to make a point on FR.

Anymore phony BS you'd like to deposit here?

40 posted on 01/28/2020 11:51:25 AM PST by AAABEST (NY/DC/LA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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