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I understand that perspective. If you will also notice that there are two creation stories in Genesis and their authors and editors adopting the Mesopotamian flood myths of 1,500 years earlier. The creation story in Genesis 2:4 plus says the earth was void when God began to create it into the...

When do facts become a "lecture" "in praise of communism." If I have erred on the facts, please correct me! I explained that the difference between Marx's idea and what evolved from it is horrible and now dead Communist Russia where Oligarchs now rule with no connection to the "voters." Does...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Please explain "demonic spirit from hell."

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...

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...

What is your data to back up your claim?

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...

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.

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...

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

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...

Without using Google: When did God kill a man for NOT having sex with his wife?

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...

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...

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...

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