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lol I think Christian end up fighting each other for a variety of concerns: a)Bad leadership on at least one side, b) various earthly issues that have importance in the as far as practical living or less sympathetic reasons.. One thing that should be highlighted is how issues are framed...

You talking about wars between Christian countries and such? I guess I would point to the book of Hebrews talking about "Natural and Spiritual Israel", that Christians are the people of God, metaphorically speaking. You had times where Israel fought each other, due to rebellion etc. It...

Thanks! Much appreciated. :)

Yes, I think the Lord does take your struggles that way. PS - You also should not feel bad if you have an analytic personality. I got one too. God gave you it for a reason!

Addictions and Recovey board seems like the default / defacto place for topic like this even if it does not fit the literal title, it seems like where most of the life issues and self help topics tend to go.

I've had lifelong issues with success in career and in my earlier schooling. Really it probably was my biggest issue of Faith, probably due to my father and his family being refugees from Czechoslovakia, growing up in 3rd Reich lands facing bombings, separation from parents, food scarcity etc...

It's not a red herring when you read the original post as well as my first post.

Absolutely @Wrangler. This is my exact opinion on a related topic when Christians attack Holidays like Christmas or Easter for being "pagan". Even if they have some pagan background on something from the older gentile ethnic heritage that is not bad, that is a strength the ability to take the...

I've seen some folks talk about the very influential work "Pagan Christianity" by Frank Viola from 2 years ago. The Thesis of that book was that Christianity was corrupted after it was legalized, the large scale Sunday worship service that we are familiar today is a corruption that comes from...

It's an official socio-political philosophy and movement or group of movements. It basically is like secular anarchism that would want no government and other kind of institutions but for newfangled Evangelical Christian reasons similar to the ones in the Original Post. You can fine those...

I got a different perspective I actually believe in Christian Nationalism in some form of moderation. Because the counterculture narrative that I have heard itself is actually against the Bible. God set up ancient Israel for a reason to be a "Light to the Nations". Besides this you also...

Well there is a built in booby trap if you had. There version of the Shema the one professing belief in Allah and his prophet, that one is like being baptized Muslim if you read it out loud, it is conversion, like a creed.

I saw that too but it is more speculative than what the thumbnail implies. I had Grok give me a detailed synopsis. I like the work Pfander and Films has done on Islam with archeology and other kinds of study, but am a little disappointed in this. The previous archelogy and manuscript...

I wrote this little statement clarifying my position to a Seventh Day Adventist I was disagreeing with two years ago on this board. Position on the Gifts of the Spirit and New Testament Prophetic ministries I am not a Cessationist. I do not believe there is an iron clad case to...

On Teshuva and Linguistic/Translational Nuances You’re right to flag this. In English, “repent” strongly implies turning away from sin—moral failure, wrongdoing, or guilt. The Hebrew teshuva (תשובה) more literally means “return” or “turning back.” It is the core Jewish concept of repentance...

Yeah, I was sort of thinking of pushback along these lines, especially because of English translations of the Hebrew where we might make linguistic equivalencies. I do think Teshuva Lexical meaning is significant, because it implies "repentance from sin", and suggesting this, based on personal...

From rabbi Boteck Schmulley, the infamous "God must repent" video/post that made waves on the internet whenever it was originally released. I managed to eventually get a full transcript from Grok. (From a Linked In, video that was less than 3 minutes long) "Hi everyone. Not a lot of words...

Thanks! It's OK. I've had some times of nasty feedback when dealing with this from Christians. So was a little relieved not getting some of the hate that often comes with topics like this.

I got involved in some family activities. We gave my father an early 90th birthday party, will probably start repling to feedback maybe tomorrow. I do recommend a free online book as far as this topic goes, dealing with the history of Christianity in Asia (Beyond that of the Russian Orthodox...

Greetings Trevor, Right now I’ve got family activities going on — we’re giving my dad an early 90th birthday party — so I’ll keep this focused on one key point for now and circle back to others later. You mentioned Justin Martyr describing the Holy Spirit or Jesus in angelic terms. That’s a fair...