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This is a God-given responsibility going way back, (Deut 6:6-7) but in the later times when religion became somewhat of a boring chore to sit through sermons week after week, telling their flocks things that they didn’t really want to hear, church attendance began to fall as people realised that...

Wise advice....the potential for abuse is ever lurking when you give power to short sighted people who can run amok with it.... There is a reason for the old saying....”Power corrupts....and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. It’s the reason why God never gave rulership of the human race to...

I have to ask...where is God in all of this? Do humans have to lobby God for a change that they believe deserves his attention? I guess if you believe that humans have to lobby God to make someone a “saint”....you believe that humans control God...not the other way around. :no reply:

Yes, and we see in Jesus’ ministry, he sought out people of all persuasions to preach to them. He did not seek their friendship for the sake of it, but appealed to the good in them to bring these “lost sheep” back to God. The Pharisees denigrated him for “eating with tax collectors and...

Bear with me her StS…. I gave you our take on the things mentioned and asked what your take was…..if you think that the interpretation I offered somehow disarms your own view, then what does that mean? I can furnish Scripture to back up everything I say because I am a student of the Bible and...

Are we only speaking about churches you worship in? I use the term “churches” generically. The cross is usually inside as well as outside of a “church” building, so it is inextricably tied to to worship. Some even have an image of Jesus on them. If that isn’t tied to worship, I don’t know what...

It’s a shame that you are not as “extremely well educated” in the document known as the Holy Bible. Your opinion of your own nation is sadly not shared by people of other democratic countries who feel sorry that your citizens are taught to be so politically gullible....no matter who gets in...

God help us!!!! :nnna

This reminds me of the UN Charter adopted in the 80’s, called “The International Rights of the Child”. It was supposed to be a law (ratified by all member nations) to end child exploitation.....but did it? We all know the answer to that......child exploitation both in the sex trade and in...

Loaded with what though.....? The Bible itself provides answers to those “loaded questions”....it’s the churches that load them with way more than they actually mean. Keeping it simple....what does the Bible actually tell us about God and about time? Exodus ch 12 is interesting reading because...

What is “spirituality”? And can something or someone be “over spiritualized” as one poster keeps suggesting when the “spiritual” aspects of things overshadow their “under spiritualized” world view? How can we strike a happy medium in this? (not beating up happy fortune tellers) If God is...

Are you advocating liberty and freedom whist defending dictatorship? Isn’t that hypocritical? “First Amendment Fundamental Freedoms Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the...

Altering the nature of God from the Jewish conception of “one God” to three separate persons in one godhead. This idea is not found in any of Jesus teachings. (John 17:3) Failing to see how the redemption of the human race was carried out...and why God could not himself redeem humanity...

Actually it isn’t…..there is no such word as “hell”….and there is no concept of it in either Judaism or Christianity. It does exist in pagan religions however….the concept was adopted later by both Judaism and apostate Christianity….along with invented places for them to go. Hell is the...

There seems to be no end of “isms”…..God has no “expressions” listed in the Bible….but he does have personal qualities……the God whom Jesus served was “one” not three. (Deut 6:4) Even in heaven, the Father is the “God” of Jesus Christ. Speaking of heavenly rewards, John recorded Jesus as...

But if “ALL Scripture is inspired of God“, then what was written was what we needed to know. Do you think God would leave vital information out of his instruction manual? (2 Tim 3:16-17) Creeds are written by men….the words are theirs, not God’s. He has what we need to learn written for our...

Not all who believe Jesus is God do accept Mary as “the mother of God”….it is a pagan title along with Mary’s other titles. Isn’t it enough to be chosen as the mother of God’s son? Is that not enough of a privilege? And they have for centuries….where have you been hiding? The nature of God has...

That was my point….if it wasn’t “Mary”, it would have been an equally favored woman with the right circumstances. If her name has been Phoebe, then statues of Phoebe would adorn the Catholic Churches…..And the rosary would sound a little different. Adoration of Mary is against every teaching of...

I will break my replies up into bite sized pieces and keep them as concise as I can…. There is not even a brief mention of this in Scripture. I do not consider anything written after the first century to be inspired by God, especially in view of Jesus prediction of the devil sowing “weeds” in...

It’s not a “world view” that you are accepting though, is it? It’s the American view masquerading as a “world view”. What other nation has such a decidedly biased attitude towards their own nation’s superiority? Please tell me how your whole attitude is better than Islam ? They too believe...