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I still don't understand how you can take my comment that cartoon versions of Satan with horns and a red cloak owe nothing to what the bible says about Satan, and see that comment as an acknowledgement that my perspective is rooted in mythological beliefs. Just because the unbelieving world...

I am not mixing things. The bible says that Satan, the devil and the serpent are the same entity: Re 12:9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Re 20:2...

Sorry, where did I acknowledge that my perspective is rooted in mythological beliefs? I posted in response to someone who had pasted a cartoon Satan with a red cloak and horns. I said such a belief (of Satan's appearance) owes more to the false Greek god Pan than to biblical descriptions of...

Thanks. Yes, he appeared as a serpent in the Garden of Eden, and Scripture tells as he can appear as an angel of light, and that he goes about like a roaring lion. I don't think the bible gives us a description of his appearance - as you say, he can appear in a variety of guises, and more...

Such a view of the devil/Satan is more like pictures of the false Greek god Pan than it is of the Satan we read of in the bible.

Sorry, I misunderstood your post , particularly the words, "Satan was the religious Jewish Pharisees," as stating things you believed to be true. I apologize for the misunderstanding.

So are you saying that the religious Jewish Pharisees were with Jesus in the wilderness and tempted Him there? How did they manage to take Him up a mountain so high that it gave a view of all the kingdoms of the world? And what do you make of a verse like this from Revelation, which equates...

I agree that we need to show God's love for sinners. I would also say that it is wrong to do as some do, and pick out certain sins, like same sex relationships, as being more sinful than other sins. We read in Romans that the wages of sin is death, not that the wages of certain sins is...

Sorry, .but to me that doesn't make sense. First of all, to be cast out in the Old Testament, a person would have to be "in" to start with, like the Israelites who were God's chosen people in the OT. Not so in the gospel in the New Testament. Jesus said: ““All that the Father gives Me will...

The bible equates the devil with Satan: “So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.” (Re 12:9 NKJV) “He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is...

Thanks, it seems we are in agreement on the fact that we human beings don't make Jesus become Christ. I don't agree that "the first Christians they were the Jew who were worthy of God in fact". The bible teaches that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Nobody is worthy of...

Not just 24. Most of the translations I mentioned were not the work of one person. Why would Jesus have specified that He was saying the words on that day? When else would the thief have imagined He was saying them? It just doesn't make sense to say that "today" refers to when He spoke the...

But it is not just the KJV. I have just checked the verse in 25 English translations. 24 have a comma before the word "Today." The only exception was the Rotherham translation, which has: And he said unto him Verily, I say unto thee this day: With me, shalt thou be in Paradise.

Are you saying that Jesus lied to the thief, or do you believe English translation are wrong in writing: “And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”” (Lu 23:43 NKJV) Some people say that it should read, “And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to...

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Ro 6:23 NKJV) True, that verse does not mention punishment, but wages. Other bible verses do indeed talk of God punishing sin. For example: “then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of...

But the verse you refer to has the writer, John, saying that this Word became flesh and dwelt among "us". He continues to say that we (he and the other disciples) beheld His glory. The skins of dead lambs and goats don't dwell among people. If we look at verse 14 together with verse 15, it...

I thought it was earlier than that. "The Star-Spangled Banner" includes: ""And this be our motto—"In God is our trust."" The phrase, "In God we Trust" was coined in the American Civil War.

But Jesus Christ doesn't change because of what people believe about Him. He didn't become Christ when the penny dropped for some of the Jews. Which of the Jews believed in Him as soon as He was born? Yet we read: “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was...

Yes, I agree with that. So you are not saying what you said before, that He became Christ after the resurrection?

But Jesus didn't become Christ when He went back to heaven. "Christ" is from the Greek for "Messiah," and means "anointed one." He was called Jesus Christ long before He returned to heaven Here are a few examples: “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was...