In the past I really liked reading every post on a forum and when I responded I tried to cover every detail of the post to which I responded. A measure of my own decline became apparent to me a number of years ago when I kept getting farther and farther behind. At that time I was active on several forums and staying on top all of them. Gradually I reduced the number of forums and began only scanning threads and leaving some alone completely. For quite a while now I have been down to just this one forum and even on it I read only a small fraction of the posts and respond to even a smaller number.Many people make up the 'body', and each has a differing mind, a differing past. It is our relationship to God, even Jesus Christ, by the Holy Ghost/Spirit through the word, that binds these differing 'parts' together into one, just as the Bible (KJB) is a perfect example of this - many writers, differing stations in life, men and women, high and low, king to commoner, prophet to priest, shepherd to scribe, and so on, yet all united ('one') with 'one' voice of many waters. If you will not begrudge my methods, I will not begrudge yours. I do however point out error of theology in faith or practice when I see it, such as in this thread. If you will notice, I did not begin this thread, and was in another thread berated by another certain individual for not participating in more threads, and merely sticking to the ones I made ('babies' do need care after all, until they grow, after which they look more after themselves).
Since I am Seventh-day Adventist, I do not drink coffee (because of caffeine - a neuro-toxin), though there are purely herbal replacements that have no such thing in it, such as TeaChino, Roma, etc.
I do not mind talking about my Father in Heaven, or His Son or His Holy Ghost/Spirit, but that is not really so much the purpose of this thread, unless it comes up in relation to the topic, of 'modern versions' affecting such doctrine (which some do, such as the NWT of the WTS/JW, etc).
People might come to this thread looking for conversation on other subjects, or short response, but I came looking for evidence of persons claims, and to also be able to provide evidence, and/or documentation for those interested in the subject. I have several very thick books on the subject, yet even so, I spend a lot of time chasing 'rabbits' down, and it took me some time to track that Vaticanus and Sinaiticus mss references. Reading Lexicon or Interlinear or Concordance koine Greek, etc is nothing like actually looking at mss, codice, papyrus mss and their Hebrew, Syriac or koine Greek, as "B" and "aleph" are both Majescule (all caps) and crammed together with little to no spacing, in generally, 3 or 2 (in Psalms) columns and the headings are very faint. It took awhile looking through, but was able to procure and link to the evidence.
When people type, I take it personally to read through and respond as needful, and at times to everything.
Sorry about the coffee error on my part. I knew the Mormons refrained, but was unaware of the SDA'S position on that point. That is something to remember if I visit one of your meetings. Many years ago I was hooked badly on the caffeine because of my massive intake. Because of its adverse affects on my system I weaned myself off of it completely. A few years later missing not the coffee itself, but something... I went back to decaffeinated only. Now I drink either/or, regular or decaf, but I drink it too weak to satisfy the tastes of most people and only drink it 2 or 3 days per week and no more than 2-3 cups a day. On the other days I drink no coffee of any kind. I developed this routine on purpose.
You are effectively really studying other people's beliefs with regard to God and their lives along with your in depth studies on things scriptural. I hope it produces good fruit for you. I will try not to do a critique of your methods any more...
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