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FYI: Late December to Early January is the rainy season in Israel, when the hills are lush with green grass and it would be practical for Multiple Shepherds and Multiple Flocks to gather together and remain in one place (as opposed to the arid season when a single shepherd and a single flock...

John 20:28-29 [NKJV] And Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him, "Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed [are] those who have not seen and [yet] have believed." Are these words ambiguous (κύριός μου καὶ ὁ θεός μου)?

Hanlon's razor Mißverständnisse und Trägheit vielleicht mehr Irrungen in der Welt machen als List und Bosheit. Wenigstens sind die beiden letzteren gewiß seltener. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1774) [Translation: "misunderstandings and lethargy perhaps produce more wrong in the world than...

Easy for you to say ... you are in Australia and can't talk to either of them over a cup of coffee (yuck) or tea (yum) at Denny's. ;) [Which is how 'insight' comes about ... breaking bread and talking in an informal setting where you get to know people as people rather than "opposing...

[summary from the OP]: The Apostles teach @theefaith using: Smoke signals Sign language Radio TV Internet or In person Therefore, it is foolish to trust in only the written word (sola scriptura). [Personally, I found the premise hardly worth discussing and a misunderstanding of what the...

“God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.” - Saint Augustine

“I have learned to kiss the waves that throw me up against the Rock of Ages” ― Charles H. Spurgeon

Actual, no ... that is not what Sola Fide ("Faith alone") means, so your train of thought has already jumped the tracks. ;)

Kudos for at least being systematic in your unorthodoxy.

Were all those who were alive changed and caught up with Him in the air? 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God...

Midnight in Jerusalem is 5 PM Eastern Standard Time. ;)

No, that is High Noon in Jerusalem on the Sabbath. It just seems like a good time for God to make a triumphal return. Sort of like an ultra-orthodox Western Gunfight between Jesus and EVIL ... :)

No. Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is what the people (Pharisees) that Jesus was speaking to (see Matthew 12:22-32) were doing ... it was seeing the POWER OF GOD (the Holy Spirit) at work and ascribing the work of God as works of the Devil. To claim that God is the EVIL ONE is to utterly reject...

Fair enough ... I place certain people on "ignore" because our interactions are not edifying to either of us. As the Rabbi said in Fiddler on the Roof when asked if there was a blessing for the Tzar: "May the Lord bless him and keep him ... far away from us." ;)

The "pre-Christan Celts" employed the symbol of the Cross as a decorative motif ... However, that is not evidence that Christians copied the pagan Celts when they adopted the Cross as a symbol for Christianity. People seem inclined to make the same false "leaps" when connecting other things to...

The modern Christmas tree, though, originated in western Germany. The main prop of a popular medieval play about Adam and Eve was a “paradise tree,” a fir tree hung with apples, that represented the Garden of Eden. The Germans set up a paradise tree in their homes on December 24, the religious...

That's partly because nobody follows the rules for a formal debate (which exist to keep debates civilized, on topic and finite).

On another Board that I am on ... it is called: "The Pit" :)

An "Unsportsmanlike Behavior Forum" ... a place set aside for those topics banned EVERYWHERE ELSE on the Board: The Trinity and the Deity of Christ Calvinism vs Arminianism The list can be expanded as "unsportsmanlike behavior" explodes across other topics. ;)

5 AM Eastern Standard Time on a Saturday.