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- Is religion a response to an encounter with God? - Was religion created to meet a human need? - Or was religion an attempt to explain what we observed about our human predicament? Let's discuss. / cc: @Chadrho

Here's a video about The Biblical Truth About Hell Transcript below. This comes from the view of Annihilationism, which challenges the forever burning hell doctrine of eternal conscious torment. My personal view is that of Ultimate Redemption of all humankind. But this video makes a lot of...

The position of the church and society at large is mistaken as to what Jesus was quoted as saying in the gospels. IMHO Let's discuss. Questions: 1) What did Jesus actually say? 2) Why did he say it? 3) If we got this wrong, where do we go from here? The position of the church and society...

When launching a new topic (thread) a prompt appears asking the question: "Is this already being discussed?" When I entered this topic title, an existing topic title appeared that I hadn't seen before, but seemed to be in line with what I wanted to discuss. The topic was nearly laughed out of...

Seems too many make an idol of their personal interpretation of the Bible. Claiming theirs is the only truth and that others are "of the devil" because their view differs. What's wrong with this picture? Misplaced allegiance. Religious fiefdoms. Building walls, instead of bridges. - What is...

Drew (and company) travels to Jerusalem to visit hell and finds it to be a very pleasant place actually. Say what? - What did you learn from the video? /

Source From the same author: "By One Man..." - Excerpt from J. Preston Eby How we thank God that He sent one Man into this world who did know the way hack to the Father! This Man knew how to order His own steps, and also how to order our steps, when we could not direct them ourselves. We can...

"Eternal separation from God." (whatever that means to you) A follow-up to the previous topic: The changing perception of hell. - How do you define it? The hell doctrine has always been "the fly in the ointment" for me. Being raised evangelical, I was fine with all of it, (didn't know any...

Without form and void... Wow. Had to come up for air and just stop reading all this garbage. The stench was unbearable. /

Anyone else had to deal with this? My 93 year old mother (Joan) was recently moved out of her apartment into a senior care facility. I wasn't prepared for her rapidly declining mental health. I called her after she moved and she had no idea where she was or why. Had to call one of my sisters...

Wondering if anyone else on the forum has read this book or has experience in The Ultimate Treasure Hunt?

Wait... that's not what it says. Shouldn't it say, "... good tidings of great joy, which shall be to ALL people."? Yes indeed. But what are we taught? It is NOT for all people, but only for SOME. Good tidings of great joy, which shall be to SOME people? - Why would there be joy for all...

A point that stood out to me from Sunday's sermon this week. - Are you being pruned? - What good fruit are you producing? - Why are you being pruned? - What does being pruned look like from a practical view? - What gets pruned (cut away) and what is left? John 15:1-2 NIV “I am the true vine...

- Is the wrath of God timoria or kolasis? - What is aionios kolasis? - How is aionios used in the Old Testament? - What was the original meaning of kolasis? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kolasis - William Barclay The word for punishment is kolasis. The word was originally a gardening...

A discussion about this began/continued on another topic. Who ARE "the prophets" in Ephesians 2:20? Warranted its own topic. This will be a bit of a sketchpad for anyone that wants to participate. I certainly don't have all the answers on this. Been discussing it for years. Even the Greek...

Recent discussions on the forum got me to thinking about this. I was a bit bothered by the use of Matthew 18:20 as either an apologetic, or invocation. "For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them." - Matthew 18:20 NIV The problem being contextual. Not what Matthew 18:18-20...

Story of Tammy's terminal cancer treatment and her spiritual journey, including a miracle of healing. Brought me to tears. Partly because of my own current cancer treatment, and partly because of the way we divide ourselves as Catholics and Protestants. Differing means, same destination. (my...

Even very by-the-book Christians are modifying their views on hell, or the afterlife. As the previous trend for fire-and-brimstone preaching has all but gone the way of the dinosaur. Leaning toward a more personalized stance on "eternal separation from God". (whatever that means to you) -...

My agnostic friend acknowledges that some people need something, like religion, to help them get along in life. He considers himself to be in the group that doesn't need something, like religion, to help him get along in life. I think this is his polite way of saying, crutches are fine for...

I want to discuss the Logos as what it means before the Logos became flesh. (and dwelt among us) In the beginning was the Logos, and the Logos was with God, and the Logos was God. (John 1:1) This tells three things about the Logos. 1) The Logos was from the beginning. 2) The Logos was with...