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@HeatherJ2652 Yes. For example, years ago, I woke up first thing in the morning and looked around, thinking God knows what. I saw my GF at the time, and my first words were, "I believe squirrels think they're telepathic."
I then proceeded outside for my morning cigarette without another word.
I see the other counters in the comments, and they stand. Even then, that wasn't someone leaving the faith. That is someone (a close relation, given the context of the words in the verse) trying to get others to worship false idols. That is a different subject than the one who leaves.
At a backyard barbecue in Tennessee, a dog named Duke stole a hot dog off a nine-year-old's plate and ran.
The yard mobilized instantly. The father dropped his tongs. Two children gave chase. A neighbor who had only come over to return a drill joined mid-stride, drill still in hand.
Duke ran a full circle around the above-ground pool, under the trampoline, through a flower bed that clearly mattered to somebody, and straight across the one patch of yard everyone had been told to stay off because of the grass seed.
Grown men changed direction like the fate of the nation depended on it. A lawn chair went over. Someone yelled "CLOSE THE GATE" and someone closed the gate the way you seal a castle.
None of it mattered.
Duke was not going to be caught, and Duke knew it. I believe the hot dog was gone by the second lap anyway. He was no longer running for the food.
He was running because for twelve glorious seconds, nobody in America could stop him.
They cornered him at the fence. He surrendered instantly and was called a bad boy while his entire body wagged.
The nine-year-old got a new hot dog. The neighbor was still holding the drill.
Duke got a piece of the next one anyway.
Everyone saw the father do it. Nobody said a word.
@logistrix Maybe I should rephrase? I do not know what content debate there could be, aside from the usual Christian versus non-Christian debate. It sounds to me like the man is simply denying Jesus, as people do.
@logistrix I'm curious as well. After reading the creed again, I do not have an argument against it. It lines up with the understanding I presently have.