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    rewriter replied to the thread Bibles.
    And I trust that there was absolutely NO canon of scripture during the lifetime of the apostles, so any reference to scripture made...
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    rewriter replied to the thread Bibles.
    Actually, the meaning in the OT is often subjected to the concept of "pesher" when it gets cited in the NT. That is...
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    rewriter replied to the thread Apologetics: witnessing to atheists.
    Justness and righteousness are not necessarily equivalent terms. Equating them can lead to very bad theology. Psalm 23 is an...
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    rewriter replied to the thread Bibles.
    Your argument clearly demonstrates why for just one verse in Isaiah there are three very old variations, the Masoretic, the Septuagint...
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    rewriter replied to the thread New.
    Welcome Jenn98765. Check out any interesting sounding forum, find an interesting sounding discussion and jump in.
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    rewriter reacted to GWH's post in the thread Bibles with Like Like.
    After dealing with the KJ English as a teen in twelfth grade, I requested a modern English version for Christmas and was given the NEB...
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    rewriter replied to the thread Free will, what does it mean?.
    "Psuche" is also found in words like "psychology" and "psychiatry". This might be viewed as a connection to the "ego", the sense that...
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    rewriter replied to the thread Free will, what does it mean?.
    The fallen nature fits as broken relationships. An infant does not appear to distinguish itself totally from others, it reacts to...
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    rewriter replied to the thread Bibles.
    You are correct in large part, but there are cases where translation choices can dictate doctrine. I can think of one verse in the NT...
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    rewriter replied to the thread Free will, what does it mean?.
    This is a question about the nature of sin. Traditionally sin is viewed as a moral issue, and if this is correct then your question is...
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    rewriter reacted to Roger316's post in the thread Free will, what does it mean? with Like Like.
    Yes. If sin was our choice, why do we always sin? What we are by nature is sinners to the depth of our being. We can choose to serve...
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    rewriter reacted to Roger316's post in the thread Free will, what does it mean? with Like Like.
    Assuming that we have the ability to choose whether to sin or not sin, why do we continue to sin and why can't we stop? This is where...
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    rewriter reacted to Gideon300's post in the thread Free will, what does it mean? with Like Like.
    The problem with some discussions is that people don't share the same understanding of terminology. One of the more vexed subjects is...
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    rewriter replied to the thread Bibles.
    One big problem is that grammar in the original languages is far too often guesswork. Punctuation was not common, especially in the...
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    rewriter reacted to GWH's post in the thread Bibles with Like Like.
    The ancient (but not original) manuscripts were copied by fallible folks before modern "world system" systems existed, but not before...
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