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  1. JohnDB

    Who Do You Believe?

    Because, people want the truth and so many lie for various reasons.
  2. JohnDB

    Who Do You Believe?

    So.... First step. Identify what your purpose is and criteria. A) What is it you are trying to learn and prove? ( keeps out the irrelevant) B) What level of rigor do you need? (Casual or high, strict peer reviewed articles) C) non negotiables? Latest, most current data, or standard...
  3. JohnDB

    Is your faith defined by what you DON'T believe? - The anti-doctrinal stance

    The term Zoastrianism or Mazdaism is from the chief priest of the religion Cyrus brought with him when conquering the known world at that time. That's the religion that I'm referring to. Check out His Empire's religion and get back to me. Names have never been a strong suit but the when and...
  4. JohnDB

    Is your faith defined by what you DON'T believe? - The anti-doctrinal stance

    Exorcism was something that came about from the Persian Empire....you know Cyrus and his dualistic religion Zoarastrianism. Ok....so way beck then a person/family who thought that one of them was possessed by an evil spirit would go to a specific Zoaraster priest who would then give you a...
  5. JohnDB

    Is your faith defined by what you DON'T believe? - The anti-doctrinal stance

    God? Kinda....I do have a "down payment" of sorts of the Holy Spirit within me. It's something I guard most seriously.
  6. JohnDB

    Who Do You Believe?

    Everyone uses resources. The Bible is one. History and any of the Sciences or Arts that helps you understand scriptures.....that's another story. So how do you determine what you consume or believe? The first goal of vetting any resource is to determine reliability, accuracy, bias...
  7. JohnDB

    Is your faith defined by what you DON'T believe? - The anti-doctrinal stance

    Oh yes.... I have my own personal relationship with God.... It's kinda scary. I've witnessed too much to not believe.
  8. JohnDB

    Is your faith defined by what you DON'T believe? - The anti-doctrinal stance

    I'm personally not sold on an autonomous being named Satan. I've described earlier the anthropomorphic conception and it is rather a daunting proposition. I've never met Satan myself but I know I can be evil all on my own. "Lead me not into temptation because I got better shortcuts than...
  9. JohnDB

    Is your faith defined by what you DON'T believe? - The anti-doctrinal stance

    I haven't....but that doesn't mean that I don't have an imagination. It must be like Spaceballs (movie) with Ludicrous Speed. Something beyond insanity.....
  10. JohnDB

    Is your faith defined by what you DON'T believe? - The anti-doctrinal stance

    Oh....with the previous explanation concerning Satan....there most definitely is a Hell.....however it's not the literal fire and brimstone of legend. And indeed it is most unpleasant. Just like standing in front of the Judge of the Earth without so much as a prayer that you spoke in...
  11. JohnDB

    Is your faith defined by what you DON'T believe? - The anti-doctrinal stance

    Up to the limits that a person has the ability to....most definitely. You extend grace to those who have been evil towards you and sometimes it gets difficult....and there is a limit of how much grace you can extend because you are merely human. Compared to those who always are trying to...
  12. JohnDB

    Is your faith defined by what you DON'T believe? - The anti-doctrinal stance

    Nope....absence of a belief requires it to be replaced by another. Say something popular like a absence of Satan. People don't believe in an autonomous being named Satan or his existence. But then it has to become an anthropomorphic concept....IE a personal "Satan" developed within each of...
  13. JohnDB

    Why men don't want to get married

    As long as women keep standing guys up....say they want to go on dates but then ghost them.....guys will NEVER believe any woman who has ever done that. Especially when she declares her love for a guy. Women lie way too easily. Everything from "I have a boyfriend" to "I've never loved...
  14. JohnDB

    Woke is the doctrine of the devil

    Woke/DEI as our current political environment practices these things are antichrist in nature. They deem what is evil as good and what is good as evil. That's blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. It has nothing to do with equality....it has EVERYTHING to do with not rewarding those who perform...
  15. JohnDB

    Rapture ... soon?

  16. JohnDB

    Isn’t it odd that the apostles never questioned Jesus about his forever torture chamber?

    Mostly because you are not that familiar with the Anthropology of the Ancient Near East. And You are trying to force an answer out of an ancient culture that conforms to a more modern question. The modern thought surrounds modern concepts of motivational factors.
  17. JohnDB

    Any Star trek or Dr Who fans here?

    We have the Leonard Nemoy books. I am not Spock I am Spock Also Weeping Angels and an Ood....been looking for a tardis. Wife has a necklace with a written inscription in Galifrean. And?
  18. JohnDB

    Iranian leader under fire for daughter's no hijab wedding

    It's good for thee But Not for me. Do as I say (or you will die) Not as I do. Amazing how many gubbermint people say that.
  19. JohnDB

    Is this evil ???

    There have been charlatans going on since the apostles and even before. The whole demon/evil spirit exorcising thing is a prime example. The "Priest" would give the patient a magical potion which would allow the possessed person to actually see the demon afflicting them and then the priest...