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I'm not seeing any OP by @St. SteVen titled "Why I am not a Christian." I see only this one titled "Why I am not a Christian - Or so they Say."

Are wolves all those posting on this site who disagree with your interpretation of Genesis? If so, I'm running in @St.Steven's pack.

Be careful where you are going with this. The Trinity is banned subject on this site.

I've been falsely accused multiple times of claiming that γραφή appears in 2 Thess. 2:15. I'd like one of my accusers to prove it.

Show me where.

Show me where I said that even once.

And what a horrible death! Crucifixion as a form of ultimate torture is evilly ingenious; the pain caused by full body weight hanging from the spikes in the wrists is excruciating, and instinctively forces the victim to push himself up slightly with his legs, which in turn increases the weight...

And I am not asking you to do any of that for me. I think after being a practicing lawyer for 45 years I can handle it without your help.

The big one is, being open to the possibility of one's errors facilitates learning. Those who cannot admit they are ever wrong, even to themselves, lose out on opportunities for learning.

Fair question. I don't know that there are any. But there are temporal consequences -- and all of them beneficial!

Agreed. Agreed. Agreed (for the third time -- is English your first language?) I have NEVER questioned it's validity!!!!! Where are you getting this from????

What's at stake here? Why do we care whether ἁρπάζω is properly or even plausibly translated into English as "rapture?" Does something significant turn on this?

That makes 2 Kings 2:11 apocryphal. (I'm fine with that, by the way.)

In the immortal words of Led Zeppelin, "'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings." -- Stairway to Heaven.

I've seen this post before,: What is the wine of the wrath of her fornication? Are you the "Rick H" who posted it then?

Yup, that's what Daniel saw -- someone like a son of man, someone like a human being, given a kingship by God. Everyone agrees that Daniel's vision was of the incarnate Son, Jesus Christ. What's your point? That because the Son became the man Jesus Christ, the Son (not just his flesh) must...

Nice to have competing viewpoints aired on this site. We disagree. Nothing more to say . . .

The tradition that Moses was the author of Genesis is an interesting one. (I wonder why a single author would pen two creation accounts?!) But let's call the author Moses (for now). To answer your question -- and I hope your mind is not closed here: Of course he was influenced by his...

0 doubt in your mind, perhaps. In my mind, I am far from concluding that the Son was "created." (Why do you keep calling Him "Jesus?" That name applies only to the incarnate Son.) The "eternally begotten" formulation at Nicaea has a point to make about how "the beginning" is a poor fit for...

You affirm what I do not deny. Sure, oral and written tradition are equally binding. Sure, 2 Thess. 2:15 (unlike 2 Tim. 3:16) is about both oral and written tradition. I'm the last person to disagree with either of those propositions! The ONLY thing I have been concerned with here -- and...