Recent content by Spyder

Contrary to some opinions, I believe that true understanding and wisdom come from putting effort into validating what we claim to believe. Someone not willing to admit that they just might not know God's truth is someone who is walking in the pathway of some man who claims that his truth is...

Well, brother, there has been no evidence of a genetic reason for these situations. However, our social climate and condition of broken family units alter the way children develop and think. I do believe it is a nurture problem. One can have sinful desires (and I think we all do), the issue is...

Well, science has not found a "gay gene." It is not genetics. The question of nature or nurture is invalid. If someone is a pyromaniac, and sets fire to things belonging to another, we don't excuse the person because of an internal desire. The same can be said about kleptomania, and we know...

It's not silly to acknowledge that bible translators chose to capitalize "word" to "Word" in John 1: 1. The original word logos appears hundreds of times, but only in John is it ever capitalized. That verse is used like bullets from a machine gun whenever the trinity is defended as if that...

I could spend time doing that, but Aunty Jane did a good job already in post #90. However, for the curious, a little time spent looking at a page that addresses such things may be interesting. https://www.ranker.com/list/ways-the-king-james-bible-is-wrong/genevieve-carlton

I absolutely use the requirement for scriptural harmony when searching for truth. I typically become suspicious when translators choose words which interrupt the harmony. That causes the deep dive into passages and then await the truth from God regarding scripture.

As I expected Aunty Jane, a considered response. I have discovered over the years that Strong's is more a report of how the KJV translators used the original words rather than straight language definitions. I also use Thayer's, Easton's, and Smith's. There are differences that I use for my...

There are some obvious cases where word or punctuation choices were made to support pet doctrines. Once those choices made it into print, they became "God's word." That is why we cannot just "read the Bible." We must devote time to study - which takes time and effort. It is so easy for a...

I have several translations of the bible in English, but when I study for discern what I should see, I visit places like Bible Hub and Scripture4All - Greek/Hebrew interlinear Bible software to get an interlinear look. Despite all my personal effort, I still ask Yahweh my Father for the lesson...

Yes sir, I have studied the history of the "Bible" as we have it, and I have also looked at the Didache. I managed at one time to find the earliest known version, but I can no longer find it anywhere. It has been amended since the original version, and I wish I had kept the website that had it...

It is the student's fault. It is also the fault of those who manipulated scriptures but they are dead now. The bibles we have now have been manipulated to support pet doctrines. We, however, have God as our teacher, but He desires that we diligently seek Him. He did not promise us a Rose...

As in the word of the Apostle Paul - he has run the race.....

I think I'll step in here for a moment to offer what occurred to me while reading this posts: The "gospel" message is that the Kingdom of Heaven is near. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are books about the man who was born to Yahweh and Mary to become the sacrifice to enact the New Covenant...

I have seen many refuse to listen to anything that might run afoul of the the things they have learned in the past. I think the battle cry of the willfully ignorant sounds like this: "My bible says it, and I believe it, and that settles it." Ignoring what man has done beginning with the oldest...

There is one true essential, but that essential is simply the starting line. We cannot then sit back and claim it as our fire insurance. We must grow. That growth requires our desire to do so. One could say that, if we do not have the desire to do so; we skipped the one true essential.