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As I gather from Trinitarians, they have a Translation which differs in key areas from the KJV and others.

Thanks for replying. First, I wrote "May I ask..." - the "May" somehow got lost. I've thought and worried about this verse and others like it off and on for decades. I've heard both sides vehemently defended by different people. Unless I'm mistaken, you take the OSAS stance. I'm unsure...

QUOTE="Evmur, post: 4993246, member: 305591"]you are proof ... you can't lose your salvation. I ask - What do you make of Hebrews 6:4-6, where it says "It is impossible for those who were once enlightened...if they shall fall away, to renew themselves unto repentance...?

Were they? You may have good reason(s) to believe they were, but couldn't they have been 2 people who were caught up in the movement and were assumed to be genuine? Indeed, they may have BEEN, but were ensnared in sin. In any case, what light does this shed on salvation?! Some believers in...

I've thought similarly.

Is "print" an accurate word?

This question has interesting ramifications. I've come across disagreements between "Orthodox" (I use this term to mean non-Calvinists here for convenience, 'though I know Calvinists tend to consider themselves Orthodox) and Calvinist believers. Orthodox believers believe that "God wants none...

Interestingly, the passage in the Greek Septuagint says "I am the 'One' or 'Being'. Tell them 'The 'One' or 'Being' has sent you.". This confused me as, until I checked, I assumed the "regular" OT said the same thing, as I'd been led to believe the Septuagint (as it's readily available) was...

Calvinism baffles me. It seems to contradict Jesus' interaction with mankind. I don't know where it is, but didn't Jesus ask, in effect:- "Why won't you listen to and heed my words?" If He were God's son, wouldn't He know?! It was because ordained them not to obey.

I must admit - as I was writing it, I wondered if it were an overly nasty example, but the point was - your seemingly rhetorical question "What would it matter?" invited me to answer with an extreme example. Having acid thrown in your face would be something that WOULD matter to you. However...

You'd know what it would matter if someone threw acid in your face.

Sorry - I had to hurry to get the 'bus. I don't have good internet access at home and have to use the library computer when convenient. If you want to post in the way you suggested, feel free. I'll try to respond, for what good it will do. Maybe I'm missing something you're getting at, but...

Sorry - I'm in a hurry. By all means repond - got to go bus!

What a trite, incorrect, naive understanding.

Simplistic and by no means universally true!

I see your point, but, although I've seriously thought about it, I'm still unsure. I don't know if it's "more fundamental" than the law. I haven't a Bible with me at the moment, I think the commandment was given to Noah when he exited the ark, which predated the Mosaic Law. Therefore, I don't...

When you say "Atheists are generally confused about their positions...", are you referring to their beliefs about there being no God, Christ not being the Savior, their innate sinfulness, etc., or something more? I'm not sure what's meant by them "falling into many language contradictions". I...

Thanks for replying. I don't know how much blood God would deem acceptable, if any. As for what happens in factories, I'm by no means assured they would strictly adhere to any religious rules. The main point is - Does this law still apply? - in eating and in transfusions?

First - What's there to "discuss" about the "ideology"?! By the word - do you, as I suspect, mean more than biblical belief in Christ's sacrifice? As for "atheist's ideology", your concept of it is nonsense. I can't see anything to discuss. Second - I would quite like to know your...

May I ask - Were you born into the Church or did you find Christianity later in life? If the latter, is the way you describe an atheist's thoughts the way you used to think?