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As I said, Sin is a *spiritual condition* and not just a matter of reproducing defective physical DNA. As such, we inherit our parents' DNA physically as well as their Sin Nature spiritually. So I take issue with your claim infants are not born in Sin. I believe they are.

I can be conscious of you being corrupt without focusing purely on that. You can be conscious of my being corrupt without focusing purely on that. We can be conscious of corruption in politicians without focusing purely on that. We can be gracious and focus on some of the good that is done, as...

You don't seem to show any grace, such as Paul did when he called for Christians to pray for their governors. I like Thomas because he takes the side of every Conservative issue. Yes, the fine art of deflection. Show the people what a fine car they will arrange for you to afford, and ignore...

What a strange response! No, I'm a Christian and certainly no Muslim. Being "filled with Grace" does not say or mean "Sinless."

I tend to place greatest trust in the oldest documents, accepting Alexandrian text types. I've always had some questions interpreting 1 John 5 in the matter you're bringing up. I memorized 1 John entirely back in around 1972. I understand the entire letter with the exception of the part you're...

Obviously John 1.47 has nothing to do with the notion of any human being thought to be sinless. Nathanael was as unworthy as any other human being descended from Adam. And that is the biblical distinction--all descended from Adam, ie all of mankind, became unowrthy of God's Kingdom the instant...

No, I quoted Scripture. Since Jesus is the redeemer from sin and is said to be sinless it goes without saying that the universal sinfulness of mankind would exclude Jesus. He stands over mankind as Deity. Mankind, apart from the Divine Jesus, can not excuse itself from the original indictment...

Your adoration of a flawed human being is highly suspect and ignores biblical statements on the universal sinfulness of mankind, including Mary.

Kibbutzim is not representative of a national government. Strict controls are necessary in many applications. But in government it leads to a tyranny. And yes, people are treated like bricks in a wall. They are tools to be used with indifference to their humanity. Socialism/Communism sounds...

I don't know what Justice Thomas has to do with anything--I love him. But where do you think Bernie Sanders spent his honeymoon in 1988? Right--the Soviet Union! ;)

Suit yourself. But the Scriptures indicate that all descended from Adam, save Christ, are infected with Sin. Your choice not to believe it. Rom 3.23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Rom 5.12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin...

No, I did not. I specifically addressed it. I stated that Mary is no more sinless than any Christian who has God's favor with them. The Born Again Christian naturally has God's favor with them, assuming they continue to walk in the Spirit. This is not a state of sinlessness, but rather, walking...

It has already split the Dem Party. A number of prominent Democrats have already come out against the Democrat Socialsts. Too late. The current administration is neither ocrrupt nor undemocratic. The Democrats, by contrast, always vote as a bloc, even when issues like immigration are 80-20...

Christianity is a religion that can be generalized as people who embrace the Christian tradition, culture, and doctrine, in particular embracing the historic creeds. However, true Spiritual Christianity is determined by the event of personal acceptance of Rebirth, which is nothing short of...

The Democratic Socialists now enjoying popularity in the Democratic Party may very well split that Party. They are virtual Communists who want to undo our system of government here in America. They will talk in a populist way, but in the end the people will be subject to iron-clad government...

I think anybody who, like Mary, has embraced Rebirth remains filled with Grace. John wrote, "Nobody born of God practices Sin." Mary called God her "Savior." That implies inherent Sin that needed to be atoned for. If she was descended from Adam, and she was, she carried the spiritual deformity...

I was focusing on another forum which as of today I have quit--way too over-moderated. :) Nice people, but extremely biased on certain subjects. The moderators are way too invested in their own opinions, and control the arguments to make their arguments reign supreme. That isn't the way I like...

Yes, Jesus may have been from David on both sides if God perfected Joseph's DNA. But it couldn't be Joseph's actual DNA because it was contaminated with sin.

My thought was theoretical and not dogmatic. I suggested not that it was "Joseph's sperm" in reality, but a creation by God of sperm that looked exactly like Joseph's sperm. That would not make Joseph the actual father, but it would mean that Jesus would carry characteristics of David on his...

I agree that Mary was passive with respect to Works. Joseph would be the instigator in reproduction, and this Work was illegitimate in terms of bringing Christ to birth. Therefore, God's Work was done in Mary without Mary's Work delegitimizing the birth. Perhaps God placed a perfect form of...