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I think you are mistaking the making of an image in revelation 13 with an OT type image such as Moloch or Diana. Many are doing this in modern Christianity, and it is a grave error. The text says it is an image to the beast. The beast being the just previously mentioned beast that rises from the...

Now they've received their settlement, perhaps they can return all the stolen and looted TVs etc and buy them legitimately?

I am pointing out the very real and present danger of Christian institutions gaining such power in politics and government that the line between ecclesiastical and political legislation become so blurred that like the counterfeit theocracy in the Vatican, and in mediaeval Europe they become...

I have good reason for limiting the focus of this conversation to worship in context of the free exercise clause, and to the damage a Christian institution could cause to the liberty of conscience. Daniel 3 and Daniel 6 informs us of 2 incidents under the rule of Babylon. At the time, Babylon...

Until the religion itself is sufficiently empowered to legislate particular components of its belief system that impose themselves upon the inalienable rights of others. It's an all important question, as per my comment above. Certainly. I am not arguing against the state-granted right of any...

Hold on a second. Individuals getting involved in politics, if it's their calling, is very different to a church institution doing so. Imagine if you will the Catholic church gaining such influence over the US Congress that they feel obliged to pass legislation supporting Catholic dogma. Do you...

Yep, know about that. Our church my friend is right on top of all this news. They have a flash new building in the middle east somewhere. UAE? Can't remember. But yeah, is a scam but there are many who will think it's a wonderful thing and a vehicle to bring peace and safety into the world...

Yes. And yet He was also the divine Son of the Most High, giving Himself a sacrifice as a ransom for mankind. F2F, scripture says God sent His only begotten Son into the world. If I'm reading that right, it means God had an only begotten Son to send. Jesus took human flesh, the fallen flesh of...

I'm sure God hears them, and acknowledges the sincere heart, and will lead them over time to right worship and to true faith. He has people in Babylon, and when they hear His call to come out, they will. There will be many Catholics in the resurrection along with others who from the heart sought...

True. Correction warranted.

What grates on me is how they have made prayer a punishment or penalty for sin, an act that the sinner must do to receive absolution. This is salvation by works. Apart from the obvious fact that Jesus took all our sins upon Himself, suffering the penalty in our stead. Catholicism however does...

Abraham Lincoln. And perhaps JFK. God protected many whom the Catholic church attempted to destroy. Elizabeth 1

Yes, absolutely. Let's give God some credit for knowing whether such a confession is genuine or not. Such a person may not have had the time to develop a character befitting his confession, but his confession was real enough. The thief on the cross at Calvary a case in point. Hitler, Stalin, Pol...

Half jesting. Mankind since the dawn of time has made God in his own image. Thor is one example of that as you pointed out. It was an honest answer to Did not Israel choose Saul for the same reason? Tall, handsome, a warrior...

Basically, what Rome has done is resurrected that which Jesus laid aside. Not only this, they have re-erected the curtain between God in the Most Holy Place and man, which God Himself tore down. Did you know there is a curtain in the confessional between the priest and the penitent?

The last plagues could well be man made. Weapons of warfare gone haywire it maybe a grand conflagration as a result of war. Of the image to the best can call down fire from heaven in the sought of men masquerading the holy Spirit, what else can be done?

It would be interesting to see and hear the real life conversations of your own children in class in public schools that have questionnaires like the one below... Had been confirmed that this particular one was presented to year 12 health class students at Takapuna Grammar School, Auckland NZ.

Someone spends their entire lifetime despising the idea of God... Utterly rejecting the concept of right living by love... Hating every suggestion of mercy, grace, or truth. They have no time whatsoever for Christians. A conversation with one makes them so uncomfortable, they almost throw up...

Thor?

Why do you infer that the destruction of the wicked isn't done out of love? The opposite of love is selfishness. God's destruction of sinners isn't selfish, He's protecting the eternal security of the universe for our sake, because we are the ones who will ultimately suffer if transgression...