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Thank you. Romans 13 never did sit quite right with me. It seemed like a paid endorsement of the Roman Empire., like one of those unskipable ads that pops up in your utube video. Now that you folks have explained it I feel much better. Although, the bottom line seems to be follow the govt...

I read psalm 119, and I think here is guy begging God to help him. God has punished him before for his transgressions and now he’s obedient. There’re people intending to kill him, and those people do not obey God. He mentions God’s promises to him, and that time is of the essence. All of the...

1 Timothy might be my favorite. I think Paul was referring to the time in his life where he persecuted Christians for money.

I don’t quite see the debate or Christian perspective, but why do you ask? It’s actually how weight loss happens. You breathe in oxygen, O2, and exhale carbon dioxide, CO2. The C comes from the breakdown of hydrocarbons (carbs, fats, and proteins).

Which book?

I have yet to find a version of the Bible that does not use the exact word ‘perish’. You’ve decided to substitute it with ‘hell’ and I don’t think that’s correct. I have yet to find a definition ‘perish’ that means hell or eternal suffering. The end result will be only 1 of 2 things, eternal...

Yes, I know; it’s not very Christian of me. I do give myself somewhat of an out. I’m not exactly wishing they go to hell. But as I’ve read in other posts people saying certain actions/behaviors mean you’re going to hell, if they’re already hell-bound, maybe there’s a special wing for them.

I like how you reconcile the 2. I look at 8:1 about those who have faith, and 14:23 about those who have doubts about their faith. Couple of my favorite scriptures is when Jesus told a guy ‘I have done nothing. It is your faith that has healed you.’ And when he said ‘your faith can move...

I guess my question is if the lost, unbelieving, without hope, and without god find joy in the suffering, then how are they different from Christians?

Not sure what the debate is or the Christian perspective, but I have experience with this. Short answer is no; no great effects. It helped me focus and tune out distractions which was what it’s supposed to do. The problem was I would get too focused on the wrong things, and would go deep into...

I can’t remember where I read it, but it was there are more slaves (I.e. trafficked people) in America right now, than there were in all the time before the civil war. Maybe I didn’t read it right, and maybe I should have fact checked it, but it just saddens me more than anything. It may not...

I read that and I just think I need to walk the path. What I get from the OP was that some believe that once you are saved, it’s done. It won’t matter what you do after that you’re still going to the promised land. I can’t recall where such is written. I’ve read posts where it’s argued...

Time is a human construct. We created the concept of time to help us explain and predict what happens in the universe. The universe does what the universe does. It cares nothing for time. Infinity is also a human construct. The infinite sequence of time was first proposed as the infinite...

I read it. I got ~35k deaths from the vaccine from ~480M vaccinated. I also heard from a guy who heard on a radio show that 40k military personnel died after taking the vaccine. Another guy told me he read an article about an autopsy on a vaccinated person and they found mutated worms in the...

If it’s not written as such then I’m puzzled who would take that position?

This ‘satan is dead’ or ‘there’s no such thing as satan’ seems very Keyser Soze, ‘the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist’

I thought people anointed satan king of Babylon which is Jerusalem? Who said satan has power? If so, that would mean god gave it to him. God casts out satan, curses him to crawl on his belly, but didn’t bother to strip him of his power? We also are supposed to despise him, and stomp on his...

Where is it written your salvation is eternal?

I’m not a lawyer, accountant, or financial advisor. I do know that your credit card debt dies with you. I’m pretty sure all debts die with you unless it’s like a mortgage where your kids inherit the house. There might be something if you assumed the medical debt instead of just doing a nice...

Didn’t Paul say something like we are all slaves to sin? So in that regard it’s mission accomplished. Now it would seem like satan only has to pick us off one by one before we can atone/repent our sins. Basically forego all the theatrics and spectacle. Prideful, yes, but also the most...