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"Thanks for the Sunday reading. Do zealots take things out of context? Yes. Am I a zealot? I don't think so.  \n\nI have some vague familiarity with the law and Pauline epistles. In the passage you quote Paul is not excluding the pagans of his day from anything. Rather, he is dissuading folks from \"playing the Jew\" in hopes that a simple surgery will make them right with God.  Or, that it would somehow make them a better Christians than those who aren't Jewish enough. \n  \n\nThose many divisions you speak of were fomenting before Paul even started dictating his letters. \n  \n\nBut, your desire to put tremendous theological weight on the chapter blinds you to the overarching theme, that is \"Y'all are reading my letter 'cause you believed Jesus payed a hefty price for you. Now why can't y'all be nice? Who's gonna complain about that?\" \n  \n\nIt is NOT saying that non-Christians can't be nice. That's a liberal reading of the passage. And yes, my fundamentalist friends often don't like it when I accuse them of taking liberties with scripture. \n"
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