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It's not a matter of opinion at all. It is either intentionally made poetic (thus changing scripture) or not. It's a question of fact. There is nothing wrong with God being poetic, especially considering the psalms. This is why I said "often it doesn't matter". It is not academic enough...

@RANDOR I would ask you not to reply to any of my posts any more. You aren't debating anything, you're just telling me I'm wrong. That's not debate. Frankly, it's infuriating. When I make a claim you believe is wrong, show me why it's wrong. What you're doing is no help to anyone. My claim is...

Ephesians 5:22-33 directly contradicts the "bride of Christ is not the Church" thing. Here's verses 31 and 32. "'Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.'" This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ...

Evoution is not contradictory to the bible! Science is not the enemy of God! God created science! God created lifeforms via evolution! Genesis 1-3 are not historical accounts!

That doesn't change the fact that angels do not have bodies. The bible is not here to teach metaphysics. There were angels there, they were not physically present. The two men were human beings in a sort of "possession", like that of the demons, although obviously not negative. The angels that...

Angels do not have bodies either. You take the passage too materialistically. Angels act in the same way demons do, by communicating directly to the intellect and directly to the will. They have no need for a means of communication (such as light or sound waves). They simply make you understand...

You're so freaking pleasant on here. You have both my respect and admiration.

Metaphors aren't inherently false. Yes, I am a male and Jesus is male. I am not his bride in that sense. So, Paul uses a metaphor to correctly call us Jesus' bride. We inherit salvation through a bond to God. Marriage equally entitles inheritance through a bond. If a woman marries a king, she...

@Randor The political policies you advocate now were the policies of the liberals in the 1920s. Get off the dogma train and think.

Randor, step off the dogma train and actually think for once. My claim is that demons CANNOT be seen. Then you say I must not know anything because I've never seen one? Are you high? Drunk? I really hope so, because that is the dumbest argument I could ever think of. Maybe that was your goal...

@ Trekson Everything you bolded is a description of Resurrection or of Jesus' descent. None of those are about the rapture. Rapture theology was invented in the early 1800s. It has never been taught, mainly because it is an uneducated interpretation of the bible.

Ummm.... Ephesians 5:25-27 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such...

@ Trekson If you don't like any church in your area, become more involved. They'll find a way to accommodate you or you'll find a way to live with them. I promise. It always happens that way.

That's why I dislike democracy. The average person might be smart enough, but there is a "below average" section that just does not have what it takes to run a nation. And we get like this in about 50 years. Post WWII America was great, and very quickly McCarthyism, drug revolution, and sexual...

Rednecks honestly annoy me most. I'm Houston, and I know so many suburban kids that have never done anything remotely "country", yet have "redneck pride". In reality, they're wearing a costume.

If you're "experiencing Zen, the universal mind, and body energy", you're doing it wrong. None of those things are Christian, in any sense. If you're doing breathing exercises because it relaxes you, is healthy, etc, you're fine. Breathing exercises are fine. Pantheism is not.

If you use naked eyes, you can see we are not totally distinct from all the animals. Your origin is divine. So is the crap flinging ape. That post is worse than a crap flinging ape. The ape doesn't know better, yet you'll just upchuck that bit of pride and then call it righteousness.

True, but this problem is with the whole Church, not just protestants. It's not so much a rebellion either as it is a selfcentered-ness. People think that everything they do should be in total adherence to their own wants. This includes all things, including church attendance.

I actually disagree, and this is my primary logic argument against a purgatory. Salvation reconciles us to God so that we are again the perfect human creations He intended. In life, our faith progresses, but we are always having to pray "I do believe, help me with my unbelief". Our faith should...

Rorschach. If you're that focused on seeing a physical demon, you'll end up calling everything you see a demon. "Ah! A strange shadow! Hatman! Demon!". It's all just people getting heated up. You cannot "see" what does not have a body. You cannot "feel" what is not physical. Discerning the...