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It is neither a fairytale or most precise truth. It is a metaphor. Describing heaven in physical means must be, by necessity, metaphorical. Heaven is not a physical place, so it does not have deminsions. It cannot have "3 levels". The "third level of heaven" that Paul mentions is likely a...

Faith is not knowledge, and faith is what saves. Odds are your church isn't a plaything of Satan, as described in the OP. It's probably not perfect, but what person on this planet is perfect? Continue striving toward perfection, including the perfect church, but know that we are limited beings.

@aspen Free will. And free will is part of the perfection. If we didn't have free will, we could never truly love God. We didn't blindly choose, we were given two options: trust in the Lord or be independent. And each and every one of us would have done the exact same thing that Adam and Eve...

From the thread titled "soul sleep", Replying to Martin, If there is a real Jerusalem in Heaven with gold-paved streets where the spirits of the faithful reside... how do they use said street? They don't have legs... How do they know they are in heaven? They don't have brains... The spirit...

Ok, so what you're saying is that God creates the world... and then decides it has mistakes? So he goes, "woops! looks like the world needs more wine!"? That god is a moron. My God understood when wine needed to be from the beginning and planned for it. It wasn't magic. There is a totally...

What you just proposed is called "God of the gaps". Do not ever believe that junk. Science cannot explain something, so therefore God? That is how every pagan religion began. I can't explain lightning, so Zues. I can't explain volcaneos, so Mars must be mad. One day, scientists will find out how...

It's both. Homosexuality, without a doubt, MUST do with the body. It has to do with sexual attraction, all of which is about the body. First, the person must have the capacity to have their sexual preference distorted. That is something born with and has to do with genetic code. Second, the...

@ OP, First, a better translation will help. I like the NIV, but I really like the ESV. Gender neutral, and it shouldn't be, but its otherwise the best I've ever seen. There is free will because we choose what we do. When I eat eggs rather than toast, it's because I chose. When I feed the...

Wormwood, You're correct that what I'm proclaiming is more philosophical than biblical. The bible certainly does not teach this. I could pull random verses that kinda sorta lead someone that direction, but really, the bible isn't here to teach us metaphysics. So, if I'm going to talk about...

Jesus is Savior. What is required? Jesus. And that's all. I do not recieve salvation because I know something, do something, or have any sort of merit to me. I recieve salvation because of God's grace through Jesus Christ. Anyone who pretends otherwise does not understand how unworthy we are and...

In my opinion, the Christian outlook on death has been highly romanticized. Death, which is a consequence due to sin, is now a blessing. The most common thought is a variation of Christians getting to run around with Jesus in heaven with clouds and golden streets, etc. This is, ultimately, not...

The flood did happen, at least in the middle east. It also seems that there have been floods in all parts of the world at some point or another, regardless of how farfetched the location. Did all the world get flooded at exactly the same time? It doesn't really matter. God is the master of all...