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i think china will be involved because this is spiralling out of control, people try to say its not ww3 but it already is in my opinion there is not a country that has not acted shamefully that is involved in this bloodbath this is now existential for russia so they will not give up or negotiate...

yes i like that. the only problem is most Christians i know are so wrapped up in their lives they won't commit to much, everything else is more important. this relates to attempts to form a small worship meeting. i thought it would be quite easy to set this up, hmm

Truth is part of personal relationship with God, you're talking about heavenly Truth and in heaven there's worship so it's meant to be like that here. Worship is truth as long as the Holy Spirit abides in it, which is not always the case. The quality of the worship is how to judge the...

I think it's quite simple: If God is love, according to scripture, then the literalist concept of hell is alien to that, and an aberration. Because it is not love Thus, those who believe in such a literalist idea are forced to re-interpret what love is - a fools errand! It's interesting that...

The demons rejoice as they sucker another denizen into their grasp The poor little innocent victim, that I choose to defend... Once all their freedom of thought and sentience is eliminated, they are food for the evil one But the free person realises the deception - that it is all a lie That God...

The mistake is taking things to logical conclusions according to human logic (whether inspired by scripture or not) Yes there is eternal life and perfection But the mechanism that deals with imperfection is in itself perfect and if we knew its full operation we could by definition think of...

That is what people who are wedded to the 'old testament' idea of God would say. Of course they say that Jesus is nothing different from that - that Jesus introduced nothing new, represented nothing differently. Had nothing really to say. They deny the 'old testament' God is but an image - a...

Do you really think people are condemned just for what they happen to believe, through no fault of their own? If this is wrong so too are the rest of the man-made doctrines that make God appear vengeful and to behave like a spoilt child, not a holy God. Any God that throws people into 'hell' is...

God made women/men to be very sexually attractive, glad to see you think he did not fail Even strange, dayglow animals lurking in the ocean with odd bits sticking out find their opposite counterpart attractive, before they bite their head off You have to go crazy to get your head around...

being worried about this sort of thing is what makes us Christians

aha so you feel a crumb! that's very encouraging. i think if things were as you worried you wouldn't feel, my honest advice would be just to seek this, take some time out doing that and don't think about anything and see where it goes with an open mind not knowing what the outcome will be. i...

Daniel it's ultimately up to God, and no-one knows or can presume what God is going to think beyond a certain point That 'certain point' is well informed guesses but still not certainty. You do not know that God rejects you, because of the sovereignty He has (sovereign grace is an interesting...

Weber is constructing a believable narrative. He starts from scripture and goes from there. I prefer to go from God's revealed character to cherry pick scripture. Yes I admit I cherry pick scripture, everyone does it, everyone gives some or other verses more importance than others. So if we...

I meant that, you seem worried. Well, this worry is a bit like the 'pharisee' that looks down on people. i meant there's no need to worry i think that sometimes we get thoughts or whatever, and it's not really 'us'. I think God knows that. He knows that and isn't going to just judge based on...

i think people are rarely honest. that interests me, unlike the mechanics of the resurrection, yawn. who cares if it's new body, old, body, spirit only or you find you're a marshmallow (toasted according to weber), its still going to be you

Daniel you're being a dumbass. It's way more likely that thought that you're down for punishment is the real pharisee thought here

Jesus did not truly die as in cease to exist "for to God all are alive" His body died but He didn't. He flew away from there He did give his earthly life for us of course but his eternal life he gives to us so we can know him. That's what never died on the cross I think the most important thing...

Matthew and Revelation are like 95% of the hell references in the NT. But we're so used to being told the scripture is all the same or one word in one piece automatically means its in the others even if its not there. i don't think thats a good way to explore scripture and find out the truth

Runningman I think the Pharisee's believed they were 'orthodox' and 'right thinking'. But Jesus was far more orthodox then them, and they didn't like it. To them true orthodoxy looked like heresy. But you can't get more orthodox than getting the Holy Spirit right or more heretical than getting...

Watchers you're right, and the irony is this the Spirit of God, that's how conflicted things are in our world of which the pharisees are only a example of, and only certain pharisees said this, same thing can happen anywhere/time also the opposite, the Spirit praised as good by a rabbi who isn't...