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"The teaching of eternal torment has done more to drive people to atheism and insanity than any other invention of the devil." - RND -- Huh? Pause for a moment on that statement. Do you really think that warning of eternal damnation has done more to get people to not bother with...

"As i explained previously "forever and ever" is being used here as a figure of speech to indicate the finality of the judgment of God." - RND -- No, you gave your opinion on it. Perhaps if you provided something to support that opinion. And no, your personal interpretation of a scripture...

So they have said they prefer a specific translation because it justifies what they want to believe? That implies that there are translations that oppose what they want so they intentionally avoid them. What a strange world. I see where you are coming from Sniper. I wonder what God thinks...

I disagree. Perhaps if you could give an example...

I am re-reading a book by Janet Folger called, "The Criminalization of Christianity." She details the current plight of Christians in the U.S. today as well as shows trends for what we can expect in the future. She shows scripturally where Christians should expected to face not just...

The act of homosexuality is the sin. Doesn't matter if you are in a "commited relationship" or not. Just as a heterosexual couple living together but not married may love each other, be together for years, are on each other's wills and even have kids. The fact they are not married makes their...

Thank you for your well thought out response Miss Hepburn. I appreciate your words.

So back to the original question: Is the Bible the divinely inspired word of God or isn't it?

RND you should really take that Ezekiel scripture in context. Ezekiel 28:16-19 "Through your widespread trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, and I expelled you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones. Your heart became...

The devil and his angels may burn forever, but no one else. Even the special punishment that God promises those who take the mark of the beast end up as total consumpsion by fire. Is that about right? "Yep, but even the devil and his angels will be utterly consumed. " - RND -- Rev. 20:10...

"And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name." - Rev. 14:11"Are Jesus and the Holy Angels in hell to? " - RND -- Curious as to why that matters to you. It...

"Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:" - Matt 25:41 "And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal." - Matt 25:46 "And the smoke of their torment...

You have already said in another thread, "In my opinion the book of James is devoid of the gospel of grace as taught by Paul." So you feel that what James wrote was not inspired by God. Anyone else?

In many of these Christian sites I keep coming across people claiming that this certain book or that certain book, based on what it says in them, is a contradiction to other books in the Bible and is thus not divinely inspired. I am of the opinion that either the entire Bible is the inspired...

Excellent references Pegg. Thank you.

I appreciate your scripture posting. Especially since it in no way refutes what I said in my previous post: "But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?" - James 2:20-21...

"True and sincere faith, trust, confidence, and hope IN God's work on the cross is NEVER dead. " - Richard Burger, November 19, 2007 "You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless**? Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered...

Richy, Hamster was right to reference James 1:26-27 "If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows...

"But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?" - James 2:20-21 "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their...

Interesting story. Anything to support it as truth?