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Eschatological writings, such as Daniel is in large part, are exceedingly difficult to understand. They are written in symbolic language but usually reference current events that the people of the time when it was written would recognize. The problem arises when some fool, reading at a time...

Christians are called to be loving, not nice. Love can sometimes be very harsh and hard. It might be nice to give an alcoholic a bottle of whiskey, but it is not loving to do so. Love tells the alcoholic to either get sober or live with the nasty consequences of their choices.

As this post points out, there are false beliefs about salvation possible. If one makes certain assumptions about what the scriptures say and base their confidence regarding their salvation on their assumptions, then their foundation is weak, no matter how many others agree with their...

I have a busy day, but I will get back to you. Glad you escaped COVID, sorry that your father did not. But keep up on the vaccinations, I knew one man who caught COVID 3 or 4 times over five years before he died of other causes.

There are far more squatter laws than most people realize. If one examines property records far enough, they usually acknowledge that the land belonged to God before human governments claimed ownership (squatting), and then allowed other humans to claim portions of what was stolen from God.

And I trust that there was absolutely NO canon of scripture during the lifetime of the apostles, so any reference to scripture made during that time is vague. There would be no generally accepted Christian canon until the 4th century for the OT and the 5th for the NT, and even then, the canon...

Actually, the meaning in the OT is often subjected to the concept of "pesher" when it gets cited in the NT. That is meaning/understanding is read into or inspired by the cited passage. Perhaps you have heard of the "Habakkuk Pesher" which has no clear connection to the OT book, unless you find...

Justness and righteousness are not necessarily equivalent terms. Equating them can lead to very bad theology. Psalm 23 is an interesting case, depending on how one understands what it is saying can greatly influence one's theology. But unfortunately, many people do not know enough to...

Your argument clearly demonstrates why for just one verse in Isaiah there are three very old variations, the Masoretic, the Septuagint, and two others, also translations from the original Hebrew, all major changes. That is unless you claim that "destruction", "righteousness", a specific city...

Welcome Jenn98765. Check out any interesting sounding forum, find an interesting sounding discussion and jump in.

"Psuche" is also found in words like "psychology" and "psychiatry". This might be viewed as a connection to the "ego", the sense that we are separable individuals and that only the individual can see their "true self", which is a lie as there is no place where one can stand to see themselves...

The fallen nature fits as broken relationships. An infant does not appear to distinguish itself totally from others, it reacts to discomfort but rapidly learns that the presence of significant others means that the discomfort is about to vanish and thus ceases to be an issue. However, about 7...

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 (in one of Paul's letters) that has multiple different translations, depending on which specific Bible one looks at, with another possible translation that no...

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 difficult to answer. However, if sin is a relationship issue, then it can be argued that we choose to be like the other humans we see, and in so doing break...

One big problem is that grammar in the original languages is far too often guesswork. Punctuation was not common, especially in the Greek. Some verses can be translated with completely different meanings depending on how one assigns the grammar, while staying consistent with the known rules...

That would not be a total surprise to me. I have thought that it was to get some idea of one's background and general beliefs about the spiritual. I know the term and have usually heard it in medical type settings. But some new age aspects could fit.

And if you are unfamiliar with him, reading about Corbulo and his career, especially under Nero, might be interesting for you. For a time, he was second only to Nero, able to order around other imperial governors..

I know of a medical assessment of one's spirituality, is that what you are talking about? I associate such with psychology/psychiatry.

Welcome SleepyBlossom829, there are many discussions on many topics. Find a forum that sound interesting, then find a discussion in that forum that you think you will like and joinin.

When, if I am correct, there is a history of 1950+ years of active concealment, it is hard to break through all that coverup without making a serious argument, and such is not brief. I am seeing active, deliberate concealment into the 14th century. There might be solid proof of said...