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  1. Anchorite

    Free Will

    Michael Servetus, a Spaniard, physician, scientist and Bible scholar, suffered a horrible fate. He was Calvin's longtime acquaintance who resisted the authority of the Roman Catholic Church. However, he angered Calvin by returning a copy of Calvin's Institutes with critical comments in the...
  2. Anchorite

    holy laughter

    Not much reverence going on here…
  3. Anchorite

    holy laughter

    Comedy films and standup comics are designed to generate appropriate laughter. But spontaneous, uncontrollable outbursts of laughter in a church service are disruptive and not edifying.
  4. Anchorite

    holy laughter

    Holy laughter is never listed in the Bible as a spiritual gift. Holy laughter outbursts were not practiced by believers in the book of Acts. Let all things be done decently and in order. God is not the author of confusion.
  5. Anchorite

    holy laughter

    I cannot think of any examples of “holy laughter” in the Bible. In fact, I am skeptical of ordinary laughter in general. It seems like laughing is a defense mechanism, for relieving tension. Laughing signals the limbic system to flood your brain with endorphins, dopamine, and oxytocin. This...
  6. Anchorite

    God Commands Righteous Violence

    None of this justifies using weapons or killing enemies.
  7. Anchorite

    Christendom has a problem with its theology.

    Better to have foot in mouth than to fill it with lies. - Chinese proverb. 1. People actually did eat manna from heaven. 2. Christ never lied — shame on you! 3. I am not wrong, John ate the little book (that you falsely claim to have written!) Revelation 10:8-11 8 Then the voice which I...
  8. Anchorite

    Christendom has a problem with its theology.

    I cannot take seriously someone who titles a book “Cheeseburgers With God”. And claims falsely for another book: “The apostle John was given a preview of a “little book” (in the book of Revelation), that was then to be sealed until a time just before the end. This is that time, and this is...
  9. Anchorite

    Christendom has a problem with its theology.

    I oppose your actions as a false prophet, turning literal scriptures into metaphors for a supposedly “spiritual” meanings that the context does not support. Your phrase “victory against and for” is nonsensical.
  10. Anchorite

    Free Will

    Calvin may have written about repentance, but where in his writings did he ever say he repented of advocating the imprisonment, torture, and death of his theological opponents? 1 John 3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
  11. Anchorite

    Christendom has a problem with its theology.

    Your scrambled thinking contains contradictions as you attempt to negate what is literal, falsely interpreting it in your bizarre “spiritual” version. Your phrase “victory against and for” is nonsensical.
  12. Anchorite

    Why Will "all nations" attack Israel?

    You falsely interpret literal scripture as metaphorical, “in other words, spiritually”, with no justification. You falsely claim that all nations coming against Jerusalem to battle happened “in all the history of the world”.. But Zechariah contradicts your assertions. He speaks of one specific...
  13. Anchorite

    Free Will

    You keep falsely equating John Calvin’s advocating the execution of his theological opponents with David and Paul, as though that comparison washes away the murderous legacy of Calvin. There is a huge difference. David and Paul repented. Calvin did not repent, but persisted in plotting to...
  14. Anchorite

    Why Will "all nations" attack Israel?

    Jesus did not say “Everything is finished”, He said “It is finished”, referring to His redemptive work, the vicarious payment of the sins of humanity. Translated from the Greek word tetelestai, it was often used in business, accounting, and law as a receipt meaning "paid in full." Every Old...
  15. Anchorite

    Free Will

    You can <eyeroll> … or you can research the history of the murderous John Calvin, if you want to know who he was.
  16. Anchorite

    God Commands Righteous Violence

    Vlad the Impaler is no role model for Christians, but barbaric Crusader thugs could relate. Beyond executions of individual criminals, he was known to decimate entire Saxon villages in Transylvania, and lock poor or sick citizens in burning buildings simply to eradicate poverty, and stop...
  17. Anchorite

    When “God Told Me” Becomes a License to Lie

    None of this authorizes you to reproduce the little book.
  18. Anchorite

    God Commands Righteous Violence

    I am not going to watch a video of some nutjob who tries to convince Christians to be violent and kill, using Vlad the Impaler as a role model. There are no verses where Jesus advocates torturing and killing enemies.
  19. Anchorite

    When “God Told Me” Becomes a License to Lie

    All that scripture tells us is that the angel gave the little book to John, he ate it, then the angel said John must prophesy again. There is nothing about John, or you, writing the book.