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BURN THE HERETIC!!!! (just kidding) :) People generally have a right to say foolish things ... they should just say them politely if they want to avoid getting banned. 'Personal Attacks' and 'making the debate with the decision of a moderator the hill one is prepared to die on' are more...

I've been a moderator on a secular Forum and declined an offer to moderate on another Christian site. The job is not unlike being Mall Security ... almost everything about the job 'stinks' and the only thing worse is having no 'Mall Security'. Let's list some of the high points: who doesn't...

The secret to "civilization" is to create an intersection with a "Mall" ... from there, Gated Communities will organically grow around it in concentric bands where NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) will drive away all uncivilized behavior. Thus "Suburban Sprawl" is the real secret to WORLD PEACE...

That is probably appropriate for CARM, which has a specific stated purpose and theology. It would be equally appropriate to ban me if I went to Catholic discussion forums to "defend Protestant beliefs" ... which in reality would probably look a lot more like either "attacking Catholicism" or...

No, that is confirmation that it is no accident that Ephesians 2:10 comes AFTER Ephesians 2:8-9. God saves us through the gift of faith SO THAT we may walk in good works. We do not walk in good works SO THAT God will save us. James warned that if you have no Ephesians 2:10, then you should be...

Will "good works" (like giving to the poor) save you? [Justification] Ghandi did MANY good works - and rejected Jesus Christ. If he was justified by his works (any works) and not by "faith in Christ", then Jesus was mistaken in claiming that He was the only way to the Father. If men are not...

How about: "A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once. It seems to me most strange that men should fear, seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come." - William Shakespeare (Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene 2) :cool:

The quote "But he who endures to the end will be saved" most certainly appears in the Bible - [three times, in fact] - and is oft quoted stripped from its surrounding context and employed to teach that men either: can loose their salvation must work to retain their salvation Clearly, it is not...

As someone that has buried two brothers (one murdered, one suicide) and two parents (stroke and cancer) ... "death" is self-evident. If you really need help understanding the concept, I suggest visiting a local Funeral Home and attending several open casket viewings to clarify exactly what...

"What makes me think ..."? God doesn't lie. Matthew 25:41-46 [NASB95] "Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry, and you gave Me [nothing] to eat; I was thirsty, and...

Probably. As MLKjr was not a Christian, he would probably not object to abortion (a fetus is not a person according to secular science). Look up his stated views on: the virgin birth deity of Christ resurrection [HINT: He believed NONE of them to be true.]

No God isn’t. There are lots of people in the Bible that God punished rather than forgave. How about everyone that died in the desert during the 40 years and never entered the Promised Land for a starter?

Now you are talking like a REFORMED believer. ;) Total Depravity … The “T” in TULIP.

I disagree with as much of this as I can understand.

Galatians 5:16-24 [NASB95] But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please. But...

There are some “Arminians” that believe Salvation cannot be lost. The Church of God and Calvery Chapel, for example, teach both Arminian free will salvation and eternal security. (That’s a LOT of Christian members between those two groups).

Yes and no. Leviticus 19:28 [NKJV] "You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I [am] the LORD." The LAW is the LAW, so it does not change: (Luke 16:17 "And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tittle of the law to fail.")...

I have a friend in seminary that had the oldest papyrus of his favorite scripture tattooed on his forearm (he can read the koine Greek). I have an unsaved sister-in-law that had a butterfly tattooed on her ankle to remember her sister that committed suicide. Are they the same thing?

Matthew 13:18-23 [NKJV] "Therefore hear the parable of the sower: "When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand [it], then the wicked [one] comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside. "But he who received the seed on...

I have no idea how it happened, but someone with Welsh, Norwegian and Italian grandparents somehow ended up with a "Berean soul". ;) I was not doubting OSAS [although I would call it "Perseverance/Preservation of the Saints"], rather: any time somebody says 'THUS SAYS SCRIPTURE', I have an...