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I must have missed that somewhere along the line, I didn't think that they had. They had proved that an organism will change within a pre-defined genetic variation and proved that to move beyond that is usually fatal, but I did not know that they had finally managed to observe a mutation...

Well, I don't know about no NT writer acknowledging the idea of "multiple" heavens. Arguments from silence are notoriously difficult. I’d have to think on this one. Most of the examples that immediately spring to mind aren’t appropriate to our discussion. I assume that you are not saying that...

Well Pegg, how many times indeed does God have to say it. Mark 9:2-13 (mount of transfiguration) Revelation 6:9-10 (martyrs) Isaiah 14:9-10 (dead kings rising up of their thrones in Sheol to welcome the newcomer) Ezek 32:21 (ditto) Deuteronomy 32:22 (bit of a push - but indicates God interacting...

Context, people, context! 1 Samual 28:6 is a verse in time. Refereing to a span of time that Saul tried all sorts of things to get God's attention - even though God had already laid things out to him before this whole mess arose. You cannot use this verse to prove something that happened AFTER...

Good response bigape. :)

Pegg, here’s my take on Revelation 21:1 My understanding is that there are at least 3 heavens (I will freely admit to just parroting this, I’ve never had the time & inclination to look deeper). In II Corinthians 12:2 Paul talks of having visited the “third” heaven – where God’s throne is. The...

Firstly, if there was any offence taken, please accept my apologies. It was not my intention. My intention was to indicate my expectation that my response would probably foster a heated debate. This is good. It is through such discussions that we learn more about each other and extent our...

Wohh! This will be fun! God tricked me into going to a Pentecostal church in the 90’s. I spent the first 6 months arguing with the pastor about baptism in the Holy Spirit, tongues, etc. I lost (or won, depending on how you look at it) :P . I couldn’t now imagine life as a Christian without the...

Actually, there are a number of sites that if they condemn something it makes me more likely to listen/read it as that usually means they've got something worth hearing <grin>. I know that I’ll have “made it” once I’m labelled a heretic. In the case of “The Shack”, the official released...

I was listening to a sermon on the radio the other day & got annoyed with it and i was going to turn it off. I decided in the end not to, because I wanted to learn WHY I was so disturbed by it. He started off by retelling an incident that happened while travelling in a car with some friends to a...

Just a couple of suggestions. None of them are instantaneous, unfortunately. The physical lusts are linked. You may find things that help controlling the other ones help with the sexual ones (eg. fasting). Get the demonic stuff dealt with. Find a local Christian group/ministry that know what...

Firstly, remember that this is a parable. As Jesus taught, parables were meant to hide the information in an “everyday” story. I do not believe that they were meant to portray a detailed theological discourse. Just mentally thinking through all of the parables of Jesus that come to mind, they...

I really can't see how it contradicts scripture. Just taking the passage you reference, 14:4 “He edifies himself”. Also, Pauls says that he wants them all to speak in tongues (14:5), therefore it must be “edifying”. If you need to justify tongues in a corporate sense, then read the last part of...

Filled with the wonder of our God

Sorry for stating the obvious, but it seems to have been missed. There will be new Heaven and Earth because the current one’s so stuffed up from both fallen man (a.k.a. all of us) and a corrupted nature. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m really looking forward to Dino rides! Don’t you...

Hmm, law versus freedom again. Firstly, do your maths. The giving referred to under OT practice ended up being much more than 10% (I came up with somewhere over 30% last time I did the exercise). on top of this was a whole system to allow widows, orphans and “aliens” (for you in the US the...

As usual, great posts from all. It’s wonderful to see the depth and breadth of people in these forums. All I can speak from is my understanding and experience. The God I have met is infinitely loving. His love and dedication knows no bounds. The two biggest problems I have with God’s love being...

As someone who both finished the book and really enjoyed it, I'd like to say, it's a really good book and I enjoyed it (that was a revelation, wasn't it?). You have to actually finish the whole book to get the understanding of why God appears as a black woman in most of the book. It has nothing...

First I'd like to thank all of the contributors for their fascinating posts. Secondly I’d like to weigh in with a few observations. From my understanding of God and grasp of the scriptures: 1. You should never confuse what God has or has not done with anyone else with what He wants to do or not...