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Jesus said, "No one takes [My life] from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again." John 10:18 NKJV

^THIS^ He was clearly was a distinct Person before the Incarnation. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." John 1:1 NKJV "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of...

What I mean is no one from any part of the political spectrum has ever challenged the right to an abortion when a full-term pregnancy threatens the life of the mother. That is a straw man from the Left. Those are very rare and cannot be used to justify killing children who pose no such threat...

I'd be willing to discuss that further in a PM, but yours is turned off.

I believe that earning one's income is best, but some minimum level of welfare is necessary. "Risk to the mother's life" was never on the table (by either party, nor Fetal Rights advocates).

I am economically centrist (but I wouldn't go so far as to say Democrat; A Republicrat...?) and for Fetal Rights.

True, but what if your choice is between a sinner who promotes feticide and one who actively opposes it?

That God can allow us to limit our own choices (paint ourselves into a corner). I'm sorry if that was unclear.

I don't understand why you insist on placing that limitation at God's feet. Because of sin, WE limit our subsequent options. God's being selective in His application of grace is not a violation of our beginning free will. Without it, we constantly paint ourselves into a corner. The end. "For...

God doesn't take away anything. Our sin choices do. If you blow the aforementioned $100, you can't blame God for the subsequent loss of your options. In a way, yes. After squandering his resources, God can add undeserved funds when it serves His purposes to do so.

My observation is true for a straight reading of the text.

That is who she was, by design, but Cain was her first pregnancy.

"Free Will" is only in effect when a person has options. If such has no means to act on their choice, they have only preferences. It is true that a preference is also an expression of free will, but not a effectual one. If you have $100, there are a lot of different ways that you can spend it...

Most likely, it was within a month. When God created Adam & Eve, He told them to be fruitful and multiply [Genesis 1:28]. Eve didn't have her first pregnancy until AFTER they fell. That means that they fell before her first ovulation, or she had some number of barren cycles before that time.

Once it's ova, it's ova.

It is a mystery. For us (in this universe), we have before, during, after, aging & decay (entropy). He seems to have the first three. Creation (in Genesis 1) shows Him acting sequentially (then resting). So, our time may be a replica of His "time" somehow. Here is a song that highlights that...

Ghosts are just demons who impersonate dead people. Their primary mission is to distract people from their need for Jesus.

My dad was really into Houdini and I dabbled in illusion when I was younger.

Along similar lines, I find God's eternal pre-existense to be mind-blowing. Around 6K years ago, He made our universe. What did He do before that? And before that? And before that? And before that? And before that...?

If it isn't undermining your faith, keep doing it. If it is feeding a spirit of fear, you may want to reconsider (on those grounds).