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Marksman,what you are describing sounds much more structured than what you initially claimed, as it would need to be to provide support to the community as a whole (and not just to provide for members of a particular group) which was my point. Have lived all over this country and belonged to...

Cannot disagree.While it is when we do celebrate His birth now and that is ok with me, I do not think most people really believe Christmas is that date. Besides some of the settings are off for a winter date.

agree it must work something like that, not real sure we fully understand how it is so - things like time, place..etc seem different when we start talking about resurrected or new or changed bodies; which I would assume people going straight to Heaven like Enoch would have to have before walking...

(RichardBurger;55903) So sending Paul out to the Gentiles was the Jews idea and a way of getting him out of the way. On what do you base that idea.I always thought it was God that sent him out to the Gentiles. Since God was turning to the Gentiles he was to be the Apostle to the Gentiles. Why...

Aleks,I believe at times some in the Church taught some pretty black and white stuff, including that suicide was a one way ticket. I think it was error in teaching, part of sincere though misguided effort to scare people to do right. Scaring people to God is not the correct approach and it is...

I think most folks have always held that all living things have spirits, though not all of those immortal. Also widely held even today is that our spirit being human and unlike other animals, is also an immortal soul. At times various groups have believed humans have a trichomoty existence, a...

http://www.snopes.com/religion/soulweight.asp

thanks Richard and that does appear to be the case in that instance, but that is not the only occasion a synagogue with both Jews and Gentiles are mentioned. Nor does that address why the Greeks were there (Jewish converts, interested parties...etc).As we know Paul is portrayed in the NT as...

I think it is the same body He had before, only changed as He said our bodies will be changed. A spirit by definition does not have form. I think it is that change which leaves what Paul would call the fleshly body behind, but just like Jesus a human still requires a body to be human, to be...

And Enoch and Elijah are said to have walked right into Heaven. That would have to be the same Grace, by Jesus sacrafice given in advance I think.

"Greeks who were proselytes to judaism and were not barred from the synagogue. " Seems you believe other things men tell you that are not in the Bible as well. Seems a bit selective to me. As alluded to before, if we had another topic we would find there are many things we all believe that are...

if you take that very literally yes, otherwise it is not an answer to your question.

I be richer if I had one every time someone claimed a certain belief only because the contrary or opposing position is not mentioned in the NT. And the real kicker is they actually believe they are making an argument. And then the second kicker is these same people believe many things not found...

hey you are comfortable where you are at - God bless

Agreed,Alek - while I agree suicide is a grave matter, the question as to whether it automatically condemns a particular case to Hell is not something we could say with any certainty. We agree it is a very bad thing to do, but in judging such an act God alone would be in a position to judge them...

Am guessing at least part of the problem the early Church had with a modal God (roles) and insisted on separate Persons is that it makes it difficult to see other characteristics of God and also has difficulty explaining passages indicating a plurality of persons. I think "let us make man", "go...

Marksman,If you have not been yourself, google holy land tours and read about it. Not that you will accept what you find. Think about it, for most of the 1st century these people were having to continuously hide their activities. Most of the leaders were killed. But just as in done today, when...

(HillTop;56012) So in short, what you are deducing closely relates to my own reasoning. I do not believe man has any special privilege or right to know how God will interpret another person's heart. I don't feel that I would be entitled to Heaven if I take my own life, but that's my opinion...

Richard,Are you not inserting something in that scripture that is not there. No where in that verse does it indicate Paul did not go to synagogues anymore. In fact in order for me to reach that conclusion I would have to take your word on it that it was so. Does that not then become my taking a...

Hilltop,while clearly suicide is a grave sin, there is no reason to presume we can judge that it automatically precludes salvation or automatically condemns a person to Hell. God is our judge, not man. We cannot not possibly know the heart of another, but God does. Could think of many reasons...