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That's an interesting point. I can see assets and liabilities on both sides of it. On one side the believers have a relationship with a tyrannical church. On the other side believers have a relationship with God but you have 10s of thousands of denominations. (the oppositions says, "They...

Do you believe that Adam understood all this and chose Works anyway? Or was he ignorant and deceived? [

Agree. But there is a difference between inspired and inspiring. God can speak through a donkey. Agree. That being the case, how can we claim infallibility? [

What view have you arrived at then? [

What makes a doctrine false? Please quote what you would like to respond to. Thanks. 1. You've never heard it before. (knee-jerk defensive response) 2. You have heard of it before, but assume it's false. (haven't looked into it) 3. Doesn't align with your church's doctrine (your church...

The forbidden tree placed where it had to be confronted often. Why was the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil placed in the center (midst) of the orchard (garden) of Eden? Interestingly, Adam and Eve had to be deceived to "eat thereof". It seems they had no intention of eating from the...

Question: Which English translation of the Bible is inspired by God? (it seems that not all the translations agree word-for-word) [

I used to believe that. But what happens if you never find "the one"? Or if "the one" is taken away? [

Why? Is Jesus unlovable? [

To whom was "the law" given? - What law and when? Please state why either way. For this topic I want to focus on this scripture quoted below. Notice that this refers to a time "before the law was given" when "sin was in the world". When was that time? When was the law given and to whom was...

St. SteVen said: For the most part, the Good News is no longer news. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In areas where the gospel has not been preached before, or is unknown, the Gospel is indeed Good News. With the emphasis on NEWS. But does the gospel lose its newsworthiness if known by the hearer...

"My doctrinal opinion is true; you're doctrinal opinion is false." - Got it? Say what? Or worse... "Who should I believe, you, or the Word of God?" (in reference to a man-made doctrinal opinion) Basically, playing the "God card" to win a doctrinal argument. "How will you top that?" Why do we...

Everyone (hopefully) is familiar with the "lukewarm" passage about the church in Laodicea . Oftentimes related to the modern church of today. Seems appropriate. Text at the bottom of this OP. That "lukewarm" passage states that God (Jesus) prefers EITHER hot or cold to lukewarm. I had always...

They knew; but they hid the truth from us. Probably thought we couldn't handle it. Which is true, I suppose. When did we learn this? And from whom? Not from the church. At least I didn't. [

Adam had no intention of eating thereof. They were deceived by the serpent. It was part of God's plan for the redemption of humankind. There had to be a reason for humankind to be in need of redemption. Who should we blame for that? Who's plan was it? And who is sovereign over that plan...

Yes. We should expect both consequences AND rewards for our willful deeds. But in the end we had no idea what we were doing. Life is a puzzle. In general, we fail when we are reactive and win when we are proactive. Good point. Ultimately, it's rather futile to think we have all the answers...

I found myself in a bit of a minor frustration. My reaction was to raise a fist and blame God. All in jest of course. I believe that God has a sense of humor and can stand a bit of honest frustration. If we believe God is sovereign, then he is ultimately responsible for this mess we are in...

Consider the whole process involved to put a Bible in our hands today. 1) Oral traditions 2) Written accounts (usually long after the events occurred) 3) Collected writings (merged into books) Multiple authors 4) The body of original autographs/manuscripts (now all gone) 5) Copies of copies of...

Biblical Inerrancy is not a provable claim. IMHO Even when applied to the original autographs (manuscripts) that no longer exist. All we have is copies of copies of copies of copies... Which are littered with textual variants. (scribal errors) To what SINGLE Bible translation would inerrancy...

The church lied to us. [