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Thanks for your contribution to this discussion about Christian health. Sorry if we distracted you. .

What would I do if I didn't have you to correct me about how I see things? Here, I thought I didn't accuse you of an attack but simply asked you to follow the rules of the forum that you agreed to upon joining. Thanks for straightening me out. Trouble is, you're not Jesus. You might do...

The Bible doesn't contradict itself. Sorry, but I don't feel like repeating the refutations of the objections you pose here. No offense intended. .

No one has accused you of an attack. The offense is the same as it always is with you. You consider yourself to be exempt from following the rules you agreed to when joining the forum. You make equivocation to anti-ecumenism wherever you feel like imposing upon discussion. Then you play the...

Better off? What could be better than following the whole counsel of God in His word? Does He direct people and guide their choices otherwise? .

Please don't SPAM this Christian Health Forum thread with your religio-political, agenda-driven trumpeteering. .

"S'ppos'n' I was to go to work learnin' to read writin'. How'd I know that the feller that wrote the writin' was a-writin' the writin' right? It could be that he wrote the writin' all wrong and here I'd be just a-readin' wrong writin', don'tcha see? You probly been a-doin' it yer whole...

As someone who is frequently surrounded by annihilationists of the Adventist variety, I can assure you that for over 160 years, within that framework, such a risk has proven to be virtually non-existent. This would be a great argument if anyone was insisting on removal or erasure of the...

I couldn't agree more, my Friend. I just don't equate 'very uncomfortable' with 'inconceivable.' For me, personally, eternal torment goes far beyond being very uncomfortable. But receiving one's own just reward—and no more—as a result of ultimately rejecting pardon and empowerment just seems...

So, the only two options are "predestined for hell" or "obligated to grant eternal life to everyone?" Sort of sounds like His thoughts aren't beyond understanding, after all. Just sayin'. :)

Kind of makes the plight of those who came before modern translations seem unenviable, at best. :)

The unbalanced view of the character of God puzzles me. Actively beholding Him whom to know is life eternal is lacking from from so much of 'Christian' discussion. The Man who completely healed so many suffering ones in 1st century Palestine also thoroughly cursed an unfruitful fig tree...

Do we then simply dismiss portions of Scripture such as this as uninspired(?): Romans 11:22 — Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. :)

Denominations are simply the natural outgrowth of a church that, while rejecting a denial of the necessity to organize for mission and ministry, is naturally inclined to do such organizing in groups that hold similar views of Scriptural interpretation. I have watched over the space of nearly 40...

Sure am glad to see ya back! :)

I got nothin'. :)

Why not? I am. :P :)

You're just showing off. :P :)

Lol - why would you say that you argued against something you believed was correct? To be fair, you're a slightly odd duck, my Friend. Most folks can't wrap their brain around a view that isn't considered both 'biblical' and correct. ;) .

I think there's a definite difference between testimony and orthodoxy—a difference most folks are not willing to fully parse. And I think Calvin was tormented by his own intellect, as many other theologians have been throughout history. I also believe he was a good man, contrary to...