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River, I love how you ignore my questions while continually thrusting your own. Now it seems your aim is to discredit me because my educational background in this field is not up to your requirements. How convenient. Of course, if I did have a Ph.D in the field as many I have cited in our...

Trek, All I can say is that this type of piecemeal interpretation is fraught with problems. You are lacing passages that have entirely different concepts and contexts together to form an entirely new idea that is foreign to what the individual passages teach on their own. In terms of the...

River, To answer your question, I do know a little bit about DNA and genetic information. I have been in school for a long time and most of it had little or nothing to do with biology, astronomy or geology. It is not my area of specialty. However, I do study on my own such subjects....and to...

Marcus, Thanks for responding. I understand your take on this. Allow me to flush out my thoughts in a similar format. I agree that Paul is referring to the Second Coming of Jesus. That day will not come UNTIL 1. The rebellion takes place 2. the man of lawlessness is revealed. Here we...

Trekson, Thanks for the invite on this discussion. Here are my thoughts on some of your comments here... First, I agree with you that Christians should be prepared to deal with evil and temptation that confronts them. I think you have some good points about this and the importance of growing...

Rocky, Why would there be a doubt in my mind? That is one of the points I make in my post. Glad we are in agreement on this. :)

River, The reason I do not respond to these ridiculous questions is because you know better. You are trying to shine all your class textbooks to give the appearance that you are the only one with real knowledge on the subject and everyone else is just parroting information they know nothing...

River, dear girl, my point is quite simple. Creationists differentiate between what you are describing with bacteria and Darwinian evolution. What is happening in your petri dish in your biology class is not the same thing as a cow turning into a whale (as much as your profs would proclaim it...

Have you ever heard of the Human Genome Project? The "limits" in the genetic code are based on the DNA information which directs the cells in "building" a human being. What creationists have argued is that many of the supposed "evolutions" noted by people such as yourself in bacteria and so...

Well I think it is evident that Guestman is a JW. Guestman, those scriptures you cited have nothing to do with Easter, Christmas, etc. I think it is noble for Christians to have used pagan holidays in the past as occasions for worshipping the one true God. There is freedom in Christ. Even...

aspen, Lets qualify our terms here. Darwinian evolution is not the foundation of modern medicine. All creationists believe in adaptation and variation within kinds based on the limits prescribed in the genetic code. There is no scientific observation of a species receiving additional...

Hey Trek, Sure. Just find the post you made. In the upper right hand corner on the green ribbon of your post, you will see the post # and a little < sign. (for instance, this is #35) Click that sign and it will pull up a link to that particular post. Copy it and paste it here. Then I can...

Marcus, False Christs and anti-christs are always referred to in the Bible as plural. The images in Revelation are referring to nations, empires, and cities. There is nothing to indicate it is anywhere referring to an individual. Personally, I think my views line up much more closely with...

Marcus, Thanks for your response. I will reply numerically to make it easy to follow. I understand this is not an attack on me, as I hope you recognize my objection to this concept is not an attack on you. 10. Actually, we do get simple, spelled-out insight in prophetic narratives. Many of...

Hey Trek, I would be happy to read your post on spiritual warfare. Can you provide a link for me?

Yes, Rocky. I agree with you. I meant "present day" as in those false teachers present as John wrote(which would also apply to contemporary false teachers) rather than a future Antichrist. I was not very clear there. Thanks for pointing that out.

Hey Jack, Thanks for the response. Let me point to a couple of the verses the commentator mentions to illustrate the idea that I think is trying to be communicated. For instance, Colossians 3:6 has a variant reading which says, "ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῆς ἀπειθείας" or upon the sons of disobedience...

Trek, Sure, here is why I think it is evident that Revelation depicts a series of similar visions that all highlight different aspects of the coming of Christ, the battle between the faithful and faithless, the Second Coming and Judgment. Revelation depicts five major visions, all of which...

I believe this is referring to Satan and his "apocalypse" or revelation as the "man of sin" and "son of destruction" who has been behind the evil of the world but is revealed to the world and destroyed by Christ at his coming. I think this commentator expresses this idea better than I can word...

I know I am one of the few who think the whole Antichrist concept is unbiblical. However, for the sake of discussion, let me post ten reasons why I think this concept needs to be rejected. 10. The books most often cited to validate the Antichrist concept are Daniel, 2 Thessalonians, and...