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Well there is another conclusion IMHO…..The Bible is not confusing at all for those who really study it. Those who merely read in bits and pieces as Christendom does, to seemingly confirm their own doctrines and theology, will always find it confusing, and seemingly contradictory….as you said...

The tantalizing scientific details would have been lost on the Bible’s original audiences, so we can assume some things, now that we know the mechanisms of the cellular structure of the human body. How long did it take us to get there though? Only now in this “time of the end” has the human race...

There was no death among humans when Adam named the animals….but animals are not subject to sin, and sin among humans is the only cause of death. Death among the animals is part of the cycle of life that God gave them. They were not made in God’s image and were never given everlasting life….we...

And yet the Hebrew Scriptures contain no such notion as life after death......God’s chosen nation were never taught about an immortal soul...they were taught resurrection....which is a restoration of life...NOT a continuation of it. Life and death are opposites not metaphors They entered into...

OK….my claim that Adam and Eve were never immortal is because to suggest otherwise, meant that the penalty for eating the forbidden fruit was a lie. Immortals cannot die....so, can God lie? NO! But the devil did. He is the one who told the humans they would not die. So mortals are creatures who...

Have to attend my weekly Christian meeting so am eager to address this topic when I come back...... I love me a good question.....:Thumbsup:

It is apparent that someone is kidding you.....the “hell” Jesus spoke about in most of those instances was “Gehenna”....not “hades”....you haven’t discerned the difference? “The lake of fire” is symbolised by the original “Gehenna”....Jerusalem’s garbage dump....the site is still there as you...

@Matthias , I looked up some of your links, and it appears as if your beliefs and ours are very similar…..but we have a global brotherhood over 8.5 million strong, world wide. Our fellowship is personal and regular as we follow the same study program in every nation, keeping us unified. We have...

Do your fellow believers have a name? And how do they differ from the mainstream, in beliefs and practice……? Just curious… Its a long time to be without personal fellowship. How do you deal with that?

Actually Jesus did descend into “hell” because “hades“ is the Greek translation of “Sheol” which to Jews was simply the grave. Jesus was in his grave for three days just as he said he would be. Unless I am mistaken, “inferni“ was Roman Latin, not Koine Greek. Hades is not hot and it is not...

You know, it never ceases to amaze me that “primitive“ Christianity has suffered so many bleeding wounds over the centuries since Christ introduced what was a Judeo/Christian faith. And they are still bleeding. He did not come to establish a new religion, but to clean up the old one which had...

Apparently you are one of the sadistic “hellers” who think God has no better use of his time than to make sure that unbelievers and sinners suffer in agony for all eternity…..and this is supposedly a “God of love”…???? Are you serious??? :nnna The word “Sheol” in Hebrew is translated as “hades”...

Hebrews 9:27-28 reads…. ”And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment, so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await him.” “Appointed…to die...

Correction there….the second reference to god in John 1:1 is just “theos”…not “ho theos” so not literally “the God”. The verse could be translated more correctly as “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Yahweh, and the Word was divine.“ Since we cannot make Scripture say what...

Hoping it all goes well for you @ RLT63. :Thumbsup:

It’s not a Bible quote my friend…..it’s a political statement from a politician.…Edmund Burke I believe….

This is not the thread for this discussion, so suffice it to say that you worship a god that is unknown in the Bible…one invented by the Catholic Church as a way to control the masses through fear. Hell is “sheol/hades”…simply the place we all go when we die…..”sheol/hades” is the common grave...

Yes, God “loved the world” of mankind so much that he sent his beloved son to give his life in exchange for ours…..but the second part of that verse is ignored by those who want to promote a “hell of eternal torment”…… ”For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that...

Always happy to help Bob…. John 17 contains many references to “the world”….so getting a handle on what “the world” means is a first concern. “The world” we know in this instance is not the planet…. Strongs gives its primary definition of “kosmos” as… “an apt and harmonious arrangement or...

Seriously Wrangler, “Still, not able to answer simple yes or no question. Hilarious!”??? This is all you have to offer? The point was…if the devil rules “the whole world” what part of “the whole world” does he not rule? That makes all human rulership part of the devil’s domain….it is no place...