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I once watched a documentary called "Banned from the Bible<" in which soemone said that they early church nearly went with the Apocolyupse of Peter instead of teh Apocolypse of John (Revelations) because in Peter's Apocolypse it say's that Hell is not forever. In Peter's Apocolypse Jesus tells...

It's not torture in teh way we usually think of it, like some chamber in a castle udnercroft with a rack and an iron maiden. don't the inhabitants of Hell just get burn't for all eternity by flames that cannot be quenched, they cause unbearable suffering and agony but they don't actually...

Sicne being a Christian and living the Christian life is all about the choice we make then I woudl have to go with free will, though with some pre0-destination in there when it comes to the big picture, but when it comes down to individual people we can all make that choice: Accept Jesus and...

Oh yes they have lots of books that western bibles don't have. Ethopians claim they were the first Christian country but so do Armenians as well.

I found it very interesting as it expands on the pats of the Bible (and Apocrypha) where Enoch is mentioned. We can't treat it as scripture but there's no harm in having soemthing that fills in the gaps as long as you can take them with a pinch of salt. As to why the book of Enoch didn't make...

I consider it neccessary as a statement of faith and just as tre now as it was in 325 (and 381). I know a lot of people avoid using anything but the scriptures themselves but scripture can be difficult if younread it on your own and can lead to many questions, like; is Jesus half man and half...

I thought yous aid you were an Anglican! I'm an Anglo-Catholic so I stress catholicity very much, though it isn't Roman. Jake have you ever heard of the Oxford Movement and Branch Theory. Of course we were using the three anciwent creeds long before 19th century. The creed (Credo) is a...

I like that one foreginer, I wish I'd thought of it when I was a kid.

I havn't quite decided yet,! I think it is going to e Cocacola, beer (bitter), cholcolate or pizza. None of which are paticularly good for you. I'm also going to use the static bike more too. Of course when you give up something for Lent you cn still have it on Sunday's because they are not...

I understand what you mean but this isn't always the case at grass routes level. I know of Catholic priests giving Protestants communion not because of special circumstances but because they don't ahve a problem with it.

Well said Kaoticprofit, well said. There is a lot of prejudice on here andpeople tend to denounce what they can't udnerstand (which is a lot) but they do have double standards because when it comes to the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist they deny Jesus' own words, "this is my body...

Bigape, I hae said it many tiems before about how the Bible didn't float down from Heaven. It sounds to me like you are making an idol of scripture, you worship it and you put it between yourself and God. It's man's experience of God and man's understanding and is from man's perspective. You...

Where not going to talk about the Sabbath, where talking about Lent which is a period of religous observance developed in the early days of the RCC and you all diss it becuase the word "Lent," isn't in the Bible but neither is the word "rapture," so don't let me see anyone using it. Now back to...

I've said it before and I'll say it again, THE BIBLE DID NOT FLOAT DOWN FROM HEAEN, IT WAS WRITTEN BY MEN (not just one man but many). It is written in many different traditions and has many contexts, I do not find it easy to follow on its own, so I woudl strongly advocate working with other...

I'm not alone Are you from the UK Jake? My opinion of sola scriotura is that it is very very tricky since the Bible is open to so much interpretation, I mean even if two people try to take it litterally they won't agree oneverything. I think we should therefore consult those wise people who...

Jake! Your new to the forum so you probably don't know that I'M NOT A ROMANC CATHOLIC, I'm an Anglican and damn proud of it. It is true that I often take the side of the Catholics on here because I find I have more in common with them than with the Evangelicals. I could say that I'm Catholic...

That doesn't mean I'm going to go around sinning to my heart's ontent for the rest of the year. I'll tell you how I see Lent: Basically we humans/Christians are all the time wrapped up in our lives and whislt we pray, read the Bible and contemplate God we are distracted. Then comes along...

Sweet! I gforgot to add; NO CATHOLIC BASHING PLEASE I thought Evangelical Protestants did bother with lent, it seems I'm wrong. Lent for me is a period of contemplation and penitance. Something I do anyway but pay special attention to at this time of year as we lead u tp Easter or...

Lent is going to start this week and I was wondering what people hee do for Lent. I myself will be going to two Lent groups; one in my Parish and an ecumenical one led by the local Baptist Pastor. It will be kind of like a Bible study group, but focussed on Lent. Oh and I'll be doing the...

I suppose if all the gospels were the same then we would only need one.