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StanJ, just post "I hath studiest for 43 years and a fortnight." in the king's English and it will likely be accepted. ;)

It's sarcasm to point out the inconsistent logic of what's being said above. For these folks to always be consistent, they would need to never purchase a Bible at anything but cost. Then, we could also debate whether the Bible should be taxed or not, as well, because that would be men getting...

The KJV not having a copyright comes more from the time period than anything else. I'm not really aware of any 17th century works that remain under copyright. Which, if we are talking about the modernized KJV, then we're talking an 18th century Bible translation, but I still do not know of works...

666 For me, it's representative of six vials (bowls), six trumps, and six seals that are talked about in Revelation, where the antichrist shows up. I realize numerology can be interesting in regards to this number, but I don't see it being anything else outside of also containing a spiritual...

I don't have industry experience, but I had experience as a contractor in my last job. I lucked out (more likely was blessed) to be on a team where there was a natural work ethic. However, we were part of a larger contract spanning multiple disciplines. Thankfully, the bosses would enforce...

Having looked at several versions of the Bible, you can very honestly say that they all have their great factors and then they all have their flaws. I watched this documentary and some of the things that are said are somewhat true, and then some of the other things said are not true. My issue...

Here's a direct link as well, for reference: http://www.christianityboard.com/index.php?app=core&module=usercp&tab=core&area=ignoredusers

I've not been overly worried, even though I was a bit concerned before I learned more about Ebola. It's more dangerous and likely that the virus would show up here having been brought by someone traveling from the area. As RJ said, although its clearly dangerous and contagious, it's not exactly...

They converted over here approximately 3-4 years ago. Haven't had any overbilling issues, but there's a part of me that says it makes sense for progress, but then there is the other part that feels bad for the folks losing the jobs. Unfortunately, "low skill" jobs like this will be going out the...

What makes it so bad is that the doctrine itself likely came from the ramblings of a rather sick girl stricken with fever and were imported to the states in the 19th century. We used to provide a study here that said much of the same. I probably should not have removed it. You start blowing...

Well, what is conservatism? I'm not sure that what currently passes as conservatism is the true thing. Much of it was hijacked by the neoconservative movement which believes that the entire world must be democratized in their own version of a democratic millennium. In order to be a conservative...

I'm not certain that the view that the aforementioned councils held the view that they had authority over Scripture in that way. Rather than an anachronistic and semantic concept that synods purely determined everything, it's much more reasonable to understand that certain books had already been...

Even keeping in mind that we discuss and work through some very sober topics, a forum is not the place to be deriving doctrine. I always welcome and suggest it as a tool to refine, potentially purify (by fire), and even learn about other doctrines, but I strongly caution against it becoming a...

I can agree with this. I don't mean to imply that they had the canon from Matthew through Revelation (as we know it), but I am willing to wager some level of understanding that certain writings were elevated (inspired) above others. I don't think we want to tread the path of all of their...

Not trying to be difficult, but the Holman (HCSB) translation would seem to suggest that its translators felt that to use the phrase (rest of the Scriptures) that they did, then it would imply at the bare minimum that both the OT and the writing that it was contained in fit the definition of...

Zeke, thus we are called to walk two miles when compelled to go a mile and surrender our cloaks when persecuted. The goal is to flip the aggressiveness on its head. A soldier could compel a Jewish citizen to march a mile, but was under very strict orders for it only to be a mile. If a Christian...

Guys, as an Administrator note, this is being moved to the political forum. I am no fan of the current President's policies. Try as I might, I can find very little common ground with him on the majority of issues. As a leading figure, he will inevitably be open to charges of being an antichrist...

Well, while I disagree with crucial Catholic dogma and theology, I think we're coming to the point where the division that separates us is closing up a bit. We no longer have the luxuries of the smallest of the doctrinal differences to argue about, as larger issues related to life, faith, and...

Chopper, I appreciate this post very much! In my limited experience, both Hebrew (and associated languages) as well as Greek have a much larger semantic range that our modern English. (As an aside, I find this to be the primary component of the "dumbing down" of language these days where we look...

I've always chalked up some of the questions and ambivalence to the notion that God is atemporal. It's hard to explain, but essentially it boils down to the concept that when I die and when my great, great grandfather died, we went to be with the Lord. In this world, a hundred year has passed...