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  1. biblestudent78

    How has science impacted your perspective on the Hebrew Bible?

    TruthDefender: I have looked and looked for Communists running for election in the USA. Please update me. One prominent Democratic Socialist elected in the United States. Zohran Mamdani a declared Democratic Socialist holds a strong 69% favorability rating among voters within the city according...
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    Is Salvation an event or a process?

    It has been my experience that we tend to "demonize" people who have traits, attitudes and or behaviors that make us feel threatened. Karl Marx for instance, gets linked to the rise of the corrupt, predatory Communism we know but he died long before it arose. He fundamentally reshaped Western...
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    Which of Jesus teachings do you reject, personally, socially, economically or politically?

    Adstar: So let's use your quote from John. A substantial majority of Christians have been taught to believe that the actual body and blood of Jesus miraculously is transformed..in some way ... into a piece of unleavened bread and wine in the Eucharist. Another long held belief handed down over...
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    Which of Jesus teachings do you reject, personally, socially, economically or politically?

    Chester If one attempts to join the military and expresses any racial or religious hatred as a motivator they are excluded. The hate part is just one political party that has made scapegoating their failures and blaming everything on "them." The definition of "them" is whatever works.
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    Is Salvation an event or a process?

    Please explain "demonic spirit from hell."
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    Which of Jesus teachings do you reject, personally, socially, economically or politically?

    81% of all Evangelicals voted for Trump who promised to rid the country of vermin who were polluting the blood of real Americans. A convicted felon, adulter, sexual predator and persistent liar and a man whose entire life is one of personal and business corruption. His entire communications...
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    Is Salvation an event or a process?

    Lovette: You seem to believe that Christians are free from the penalty of sin? Sin killed, Jesus and every Apostle and Christian martyr. Sin killed millions of Christians in the Protestant/Catholic wars. So, I don't get the free from the penalty of sin. If you sin by murder are you free from...
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    Which of Jesus teachings do you reject, personally, socially, economically or politically?

    Unfortunately, the Christian Nationalist Ideology is in play either openly or hidden. Ever since the 1970's moral majority and the uber right wing of the formerly Republican party took over Evangelical Christianity. There is zero space between a political ideology and and highly modified...
  9. biblestudent78

    Some thoughts on the Sabbath...

    If you can reference commands from Jesus to experience two baptisms or perhaps Peter, James, John or Paul then lets talk about the requirement for two baptisms.
  10. biblestudent78

    Some thoughts on the Sabbath...

    Fredrickdoc, I see a logic to your theology. However, my alarm bells go off when theology rests on one and only one definition of proof text. Let's look at the full context of your Matthew 3 reference John the Baptist speaking: 11“I baptize you with water, for repentance, but the one coming...
  11. biblestudent78

    Is Salvation an event or a process?

    Lovette: Love the big category words, however they beg for definition. I would love to understand your definitions.
  12. biblestudent78

    Some thoughts on the Sabbath...

    I have always been fascinated by Christians who feel compelled to Keep the Sabbath. Why I find it fascinating is that those who choose to follow that 1 Torah law also reject obeying all the rest of the Torah. The Christian tradition of keep Sabbath continued in Jerusalem for a few decades...
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    Hebrew Bible test

    Without using Google: When did God kill a man for NOT having sex with his wife?
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    Is Salvation an event or a process?

    Adstar: In what ways does the Holy Spirit work to mold us and keep us in the flock...Iron out the kinks? I like the pregnancy metaphor. Is it possible for someone to claim they are "saved" without life change like a women who thinks they are pregnant but there is no delivery. So we claim faith...
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    Which of Jesus teachings do you reject, personally, socially, economically or politically?

    I am rich by every measurement. I have not curated an ability to see people in need, though I do a fair amount of personal support. I instinctively judge and thus question other people's motives. I do not consistently pray for those who I believe are victimizing others. I do not feel personally...
  16. biblestudent78

    Which of Jesus teachings do you reject, personally, socially, economically or politically?

    Matthew 5; 28 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39 But I say to you, do not resist the evildoer. But whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well. 40 And if someone wants to sue you and to take your tunic, give him your coat...
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    Which of Jesus teachings do you reject, personally, socially, economically or politically?

    Love and invite the poor into your life Luke 14:12-14 Show your love by: Feeding the hungry and quenching the thirsty Matt 25:35 Inviting in the stranger Matt 25:35 Clothing the naked Matt 25:36 Visiting the sick Matt 25:36 Visiting those in prison Matt 25:36
  18. biblestudent78

    Which of Jesus teachings do you reject, personally, socially, economically or politically?

    Yep. There are selected Jesus sayings that play well into modern Christian practice. Lets go on a journey to see how far it goes.
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    Which of Jesus teachings do you reject, personally, socially, economically or politically?

    Stay tuned. I betting you do reject or absolutely fail to obey quite a number of Jesus's commands