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Terrible idea for so many reasons.

They're also called strawman arguments. It's fairly easy to bolster your own argument by distorting someone else's argument to make them look silly.

Some would suggest the Zodiac is a corruption of the Mazzaroth (Job 38:32). The Bible itself says the stars, along with the sun and moon, were given for “signs” and “seasons” (Gen 1:14). The Zodiac, on the other hand, is used for astrology, which is expressly prohibited in the Bible. Given that...

You said the Star of David is found nowhere in scripture but then go on to associate it with the "Star of Rephan" in the same breath. So which is it? Is it in the Bible or not? You're attempting to create an association when no such association exists. There is no physical description of the...

Let's look at this from another perspective. Suppose a parent has an unruly teenage child: Parent: You never do what I tell you to do, and you keep getting into trouble. If you keep this up, I'm kicking you out of my house! Child: But Dad, how will I survive on the streets? Don't you love me...

Hello Trevor, Sorry for the late reply. I think the problem is, Israel's elders never had jurisdiction over all the nations of the earth as the elohim in Psalm 82:6 did. In Exodus 21:6, depending how it's translated, they are brought before "God", not earthly rulers. When you look how elohim is...

Thank you for your thoughts, prayers, and advice, PS95. It still hurts the same, even though he was a believer. I think I'm handling it better than I thought I would. Maybe because I knew it was coming for some time, so, it gave me a chance to mentally prepare and ease into the grief period...

My father has passed. Watching him die was one of the most difficult thing I've had to go through. Still, I'm glad we were with him when he breathed his last. Rest in peace, dad.

Do you believe angels have the divine nature? If so, what about humans? We were created a little lower than the angels (Psa 8:5). If we can sin, why not angels? I would suggest the ability to sin is not based upon the divine nature but free will. Anyone that has free will can sin. Only God...

Sure, but do we know all the idioms from the 1st century Judea? It seems doubtful to me.

I don't know; I don't pretend to have all the answers. But I will note that the thief on the cross didn't appear to repent or confess in the typical fashion, yet Jesus told him he would be with him in paradise. Jesus knew his heart. Maybe it will be the same for them.

That assumes the dating is correct, which is speculative like most of the other assertions mentioned. Tradition holds that John died around 100AD, which could still fit into that late date. I looked into this. The earliest known account linking Dionysus to wine miracles is Euripides' Bacchae...

Is it God who sends them there, or is it their own choices that sends them there? People would rather put all the responsibility on God and none on themselves. I'm sure He did, but I'm also sure He had a plan for redemption before it ever happened too. I've addressed this before. We all have...

Counter-Questions: Was hell originally created for humans? Short answer, no. It was created for Satan and his fallen angels. Was hell the default for humanity before their fall? No. Is hell the default for humanity after the fall? Yes, but God has provided a way out. Is hell a terrible place...

I guess she wouldn't have been very fond of me then. I don't think of myself as a protestant or even as non-denominational, I think of myself as a Christian. There's far too many divisions within Christendom.

Cosmetics is not used only for that. Many women use it just to beautify themselves. I can think of a few newspapers. And how many lies are spread on social media posts? In terms of the Watchers, they could have used writing to spread their secret knowledge. So, yes, even writing can be misused...

They also taught reading and writing, which is not a sin in itself, though it can be misused for sinful purposes (spreading lies and falsehoods, for example.) I think it's the same for cosmetics. There are no commandments that I'm aware of that prohibit cosmetics. But cosmetics could be misused...

As an aside, I wouldn't mind separate rapture forums (pre, mid, post, etc.). Sometimes, it nice to discuss things with like-minded people without always getting attacked.

This isn't a topic I'm familiar with, but I've seen it brought up elsewhere. There seem to be some similarities between what the Essenes believed and what Christians came to believe. Water baptism, for instance, isn't found in the Old Testament, but the Essenes practiced a form of it. So, was...

It's amazing the difference a week can make. All those fears from the previous week were unfounded.