Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm,,, you said that was the "trick". Here's your words "I think there are three categories: right, wrong, irrelevant. The trick is to determine how God categorizes each item. And things are not necessarily categorized the same way for each person."

You implied (copied above for reference) that WE need to figure out how God categorizes each item. So then you changed your thought pattern, by asking "who said I should figure it out (once again, copied from above for reference) "Who said God wants YOU to figure it out? You JUST got done telling me I have to figure out which is which!!!!!!!!!! <"Perhaps He already knows the trick, and is just waiting for someone to listen to Him." >

God might be trying to figure anything out
Does God really play tricks on us?
the one I love would NEVER trick anyone

And if you want to play word games

you are wrong about nobody getting hurt from jumping off a cliff. While it's true that it's the stopping and not the falling, people have died from cardiac events DURING the fall.

you seem to be the only one having a hard time with colors, I learned that one in kindergarten, and sabbath school.

If the size matters, that's gotta be a "you" thing as well.

He's not counting out just enough room for all the "good" people in heaven.

Usually it's people with "small" things that have a problem with size.

I know that God accepts all sizes. All colors. All faith's (even those with NO faith).

I don't NEED to seek out the rules. I'm here, on a mission from God, to help you see that it's not the "rules" that matter. It's how we actually treat God.

Ask God to show you the way.

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm,,, you said that was the "trick". Here's your words "I think there are three categories: right, wrong, irrelevant. The trick is to determine how God categorizes each item. And things are not necessarily categorized the same way for each person."

You implied (copied above for reference) that WE need to figure out how God categorizes each item. So then you changed your thought pattern, by asking "who said I should figure it out (once again, copied from above for reference) "Who said God wants YOU to figure it out? You JUST got done telling me I have to figure out which is which!!!!!!!!!! <"Perhaps He already knows the trick, and is just waiting for someone to listen to Him." >

And it's hard to believe that you would even consider that God might be trying to figure anything out (He is after all, omni-everything). Does God really play tricks on us? IF so, then I'd like nothing to do with Him. You must be talking to some other God, because the one I love would NEVER trick anyone, not even Satan. There's no trickery (except in this chruch).

And if you want to play word games, you are wrong about nobody getting hurt from jumping off a cliff. While it's true that it's the stopping and not the falling, people have died from cardiac events DURING the fall. So, be careful with such strong words, they are powerful things, and can do as much harm as good.

I don't accuse your standards of being faulty. But here(or there as it may be) you sit (yeah it's a guess, you probably arent' standing) and accuse my standards of being sub-standard? Well, don't worry, you'll get your time in front of the judge as well. I'll just not be the one doing the judging.

And if you have a hard time telling black from white, you should ask God for some glasses. He's shown us the difference, you seem to be the only one having a hard time with colors, I learned that one in kindergarten, and sabbath school.

If the size matters, that's gotta be a "you" thing as well. God does NOT have a preset number of people to save. He's not counting out just enough room for all the "good" people in heaven. There's PLENTY of room in heaven, and if not, God can make more room. I don't think we need to push and fight in line. With your line of reasoning, size does matter, sorry to hear that! Usually it's people with "small" things that have a problem with size.

I know that God accepts all sizes. All colors. All faith's (even those with NO faith). ALL those that would only accept what He has provided for us. It's got nothing to do with anything earthly. I don't NEED to seek out the rules. I'm here, on a mission from God, to help you see that it's not the "rules" that matter. It's how we actually treat God. As you have done this, the least, unto my brother; you have done this unto me. This applies to "rules" as much as it does in how we treat other people.

IF we know God, we'll know what He want's us to do. If we only know the dogma of this church, we will only know what the people that run it want us to know. That is not what God wants from us, is it? No, obviously it's not.

Ask God to show you the way.

Define a 'pagan market' as I havent seen one in my neighborhood....


1 Corinthians 10:28
But if any man say unto you, this is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:

Yes, that's the passage I had in mind (verses 23 thru 33). Although, I was thinking of a different verse: "Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake."

So, is it a sin to buy and eat it? Or, is it a sin to offend a weaker brother? What is gray about this situation?

Again, like fun2believe, I suspect there is plenty of room for gray and all the other colors in the spectrum. Not everything in life is easily classified as black or white, right or wrong, good or bad, righteous or sinful. A class in situational ethics makes it clear that circumstance may permit something not acceptable under different circumstances. Which opens a can of worms.

Wow! I guess I wasn't thinking of drug trafficking. I see nothing "gray" about the illegal drug business and use. For me, I also see nothing "gray" about other "drugs" - alcohol, tobacco, coffee, etc.