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How convenient that yours is not one of the 32,999 ones in error. Funny thing is that about 2,999 of the 32,999 think they also are the only ones who are right and all the others are apostate with "major errors." CTR was part of a congregational church and broke away from it and was influenced...

Dadad, You are making a mountain out of a molehill. Your entire theology seems to be built around the statue dream of Daniel and the order he gives the metals. I would encourage you to stop trying to find hidden meanings in obscure passages and instead focus on the clear intended meaning of...

Good ones aspen. I totally agree with the "I'm not perfect, just forgiven." A few things that bother me about this phrase. First, "I'm not perfect..." Was someone claiming you are perfect? If not, is this an excuse to sin rather than to "be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect?" Kinda...

kjw, You are completely in error. Look up the word in a standard Greek lexicon made by any non-JW source. That word is used 60x in the NT and 52 of the times the ESV translates it as "worship." Its the same word used when Jesus says, "You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall...

Haha. Yes. I love those. Even non-believers pick up on how nonsensical some of these are. With regards to #1, Woody Allen was quoted as saying, "God, wont give you more than you can handle, unless, of course, it kills you." Also, #3 is pretty funny. I haven't heard the "traveling mercies"...

You know, I recall everyone trying to show how the Soviet Union and the cold war was all written in these same prophecies being proclaimed now...just like they were pointed to during WWI and WWII. I think these efforts diminish Scripture and in 30 years, will just be revised to try to show how...

Awesome! Great job!

kjw, Jesus' statement that the Father is greater than him has to do with roles. Jesus was in the role of a human suffering servant. Yet Jesus also said, "The Father and I are one" and "if you have seen me you have seen the Father." Moreover, Jesus is worshipped many times in the NT which is...

Okay, hate is maybe a bit of a strong word here, but "strongly dislike" doesn't carry the kind of force needed to express my deep angst against the following comments. Here are a list of phrases I hear continually among Christian circles that exhibit poor theology and that I beg you to...

I don't think anyone was flocking to him. His church consisted primarily of his family members. Most churches would have exploded with all the national media that group received. If there is a "systematic sickness" in our culture, it does not belong to ideology Fred Phelps was promoting.

Someone, I appreciate your openness in sharing your struggle. These are not easy matters, but they are very important ones. Pornography is a very dangerous vice. Here is my advice. 1. Pray. I know this sounds overly simple, and I am sure you have prayed about the matter. However, I would...

I have read through this twice and still am unclear about what you are actually saying. What if I claim that I am the eyes and ears and if you don't listen to me or see things the way I see it, you don't know how a 2013 model car looks or how Facebook is set up? These analogies are pretty...

Thank you for the retraction and clarification. I appreciate your humility in the matter. I understand your point, so I am aware of what you feel the problem is. However, I disagree with your view (as you do with mine). I understand your point that you are trying to distinguish between a...

Retro, I respectfully disagree. It seems to me that you are restructuring the parameters of this discussion to make your argument. I never said the word "saved" and justification are synonymous. I said the Bible often uses passages that speak of salvation in reference to justification...

Retrobyter, Yes, you already made this argument and I refuted it. There are dozens, if not hundreds of Scriptures that use the term "saved" in reference to justification. I would point you to the book of Acts and the preaching of the Apostles. Salvation is almost always and ONLY used of...

Has nothing to do with one's attention span. It has to do with this format being a dialogue, not a monologue. Not only is reading a single post for 15 minutes time consuming, but it also makes responding incredibly difficult. How can I respond concisely to 20 pages of information...especially...

The salvation of ALL Israel in Romans 11 is referring to the MANNER in which all Israelites will be saved. It is not teaching that every Israelite will be saved. It breaks down like this... Paul says that God is saving Gentiles to make Israel jealous. Through this jealousy and seeing God's...

Floyd, Again, you have a tendency to try to filibuster the conversation with your posts. Just make a concise point and let people respond.

Floyd, I suggest that if you want to engage in this dialogue or have someone read your comments that you make your comments more concise. Very few (including myself) are willing to read 20 pages of material in one post. The beauty of this format is that you have opportunity to respond and you...

SL, Thanks for the response and your kind words. Some of the prophets were contemporaries and so their messages overlapped and often their messages were similar. More than one prophet revealed that God's plan was to bring Babylon to come destroy Israel if they would not repent from their...