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God could have “created” Mary any way he wanted, but the thing is, Mary wasn’t created…she was born of sinful parents Iike everyone else….including John the Baptist, whose birth was also miraculous, like Isaac’s, to parents past the age of childbearing. Neither Sarah nor Elizabeth were...

Again, not a single point addressed…just this knee jerk, which is what people do when they have no defense…..Why not just address the questions? And if you cannot, just admit it…. Your interpretation of Phil 2:5-11 as it is mistranslated in some modern English Bibles, is a case in point. Here...

The “Lord” your “god” is Jesus, yet he is the one who served the one he called “the only true God”, (Acts 4:27) whom he said we must “know” in order to receive everlasting life. (John 17:3) AND we must also “know” the one he “sent”…. Hundreds of years after his death, “the church” had...

I have little empathy for ignorance when it is a choice. I grew up with the trinity…immortal souls….and hellfire….something inside me kept gnawing away at my conscience….these things didn’t paint a very good picture of a loving God. Nor did I find his love in churches that took sides in...

You are another one who doesn’t read carefully….nor apparently do you refer to Interlinear translations for reference….you can learn a lot by checking these with a good concordance…..so many resources are available…there is no excuse for ignorance. e.g. If you know anything about Greek, you...

What are you assuming here that the Bible does not say? John 1:1 aside, let’s have a look at verses 2 and 3…. Take a closer look….what is stated in verse 2 that actually reiterates what is said in verse 1? “2 He was in the beginning with God”…. Can I ask you what you believe this is the...

The Holy Spirit is not a person, but Greek is a language that gives ‘things’ a gender. For example the Holy Spirit is described as a “helper” (John 14:16-17) which is “paraklētos” and is in the masculine gender so all references to the “paraklētos” have male pronouns. We all understand pronouns...

I believe that Jesus explained what he meant…..and he only spoke what his Father instructed him to say. ”So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?” Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews then said, “It has...

Pick your scholars…. What do you accept as truth? We will all be judged on the choices we make, but more importantly, on the reasons for those choices. You assume a great deal…..I am a very diligent Bible student and always have been. I must prove things to myself and the Bible as a whole...

Is this all you have in response? You didn’t address a single thing…but that is not unexpected….when you have no answers you deflect with attacks….attacks are not defense. Just answer the questions I put to you…..or are they too difficult?

And you won’t, because all the mistranslations are designed to keep you hooked on a doctrine that Jesus himself never taught. The translators of the Bibles you accept were all trinitarians and so the translation bias is not obvious to you…..you see what you want to see, and believe what you want...

This was covered in post #107. The ”authority” or “power” (“exousia” meaning a free willed choice) to lay down his life and to restore it came from his Father. (Acts 2:32, 36) Both Father and son willingly agreeing to rescue Adam’s children. Jesus would willingly lay down his life and his God...

This is one of the worst lies told about cholesterol….eating cholesterol rich foods does not elevate cholesterol levels in the blood…not milk, not eggs, not anything eaten in moderation. You are correct, it is manufactured in the liver…and greatly elevated cholesterol levels are usually...

Have you ever examined it personally….? It is a legitimate Bible translation based on the manuscripts of Westcott and Hort….both established Greek scholars. It is not unusual for scholars to disagree with each other so, pick your scholars……we did. LOL…and you know this from personal experience...

What makes you trust the translators? If there was an agenda, very early in Christian history, to hide the true identity of the one Jesus called “the only true God” without including himself, (John 17:3) except as the one who was “sent” by his God, then those who accept what Jesus never taught...

Everything we have been told about cholesterol is false. There is no substitute for a balanced diet…..understanding the role of cholesterol, good fats and what poisonous seed oils are doing to our bodies, goes a long way to making good food decisions. Pretty much all that we have been told about...

They were twisted long before you and I were born on this earth…..the foretold apostasy did not happen recently. It began at the end of the first century when the last apostle John passed away. If you know anything about the history of the church from the early centuries onward, you would...

Yes, it was it until the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost that they realized what Jesus had been trying to teach them. All Jews believed that the kingdom was earthly, to be set up in literal Jerusalem, and that their Messiah would be a human…not a god/man. Jesus told his apostles that...

There is so much to address here, @Hiddenthings but I will do my best. It seems to me that you have departed from the teachings of the church on many things, but instead of relying on scripture to interpret scripture you have put your own spin on things are are seeking those who might support...

No amount of good works can earn us life…..but OTOH our faith is proven by good works, as James stated….”faith without works is dead”…..just like works without faith is useless. We need both, and the motivation has to come from a heart filled with love for God and his son.