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  1. JohnDB

    Biden

    As someone who is A-Political.... Trump is not as good as people claim(nor as criminal) nor is Joe Biden as bad as people claim. (Kinda too absentee to be that bad) However... Some of what has been said about Joe Biden's past is true. Yes, he showered with his teenage daughter... yes, he...
  2. JohnDB

    "Christians don't know what they believe." - until they are brainwashed

    The Church was the governing authority in the time period when the Crusades happened. People had no basis with which to refuse. The "Church" had all the authority, money, soldiers, and weaponry. They told people what "God wanted them to do" without ever referencing scriptures or anything...
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    "Christians don't know what they believe." - until they are brainwashed

    Ummmm....I explained already what the essence of the teachings are. I'll let you figure it out for yourself.
  4. JohnDB

    "Christians don't know what they believe." - until they are brainwashed

    No, I suggested that the Crusades stopped happening because all those capable of reading began to read the Bible which had been "lost" or forgotten for centuries before the time of the crusades.
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    "Christians don't know what they believe." - until they are brainwashed

    Gnosticism is a teaching that is essentially where your "spirit/Soul" is separate from your physical flesh. What happens is that you are allowed all sins but since you feel that you are still a Christian you are no matter what sins or sinful lifestyles you wish to perform or advocate for. You...
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    "Christians don't know what they believe." - until they are brainwashed

    The crusades were followed by another important time period in history....the Reformation. Where people began actually reading the scriptures once again for themselves. That stopped the crusades from ever happening again. Strange how that worked isn't it?
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    "Christians don't know what they believe." - until they are brainwashed

    For whatever reason we feel like people don't seem to know how to even approach the issue of teaching themselves on any subject anymore. How to filter and assemble the information available in this "information age". When I went to school that was the subject most enforced in addition to the...
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    "Christians don't know what they believe." - until they are brainwashed

    We are completely uninterested in making videos. I have a face for radio and a voice perfectly designed for being silenced. (People pay me money not to sing) So we plan on creating a written curriculum with lesson plans for others to follow and teach to others. Because it's really not...
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    "Christians don't know what they believe." - until they are brainwashed

    Well, if you knew scripture you would know that I quoted it almost perfectly. And by leaning solely upon what we think is the Holy Spirit is way too often just our sinful desires telling us that we are "good people" when the opposite is true. Everyone is "right" only in their own mind. The...
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    "Christians don't know what they believe." - until they are brainwashed

    Not even close to what I said or insinuated. You have made a completely false accusation. That's stemming from anything but the Holy Spirit! You need to apologize immediately! The scriptures are what we base our faith upon. Not that we worship the Bible as some have suggested. But the...
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    "Christians don't know what they believe." - until they are brainwashed

    Above all else the heart is the most deceitful. We might mistake our hearts desires for the Holy Spirit....it's happened way too often to be leaning on the Holy Spirit solely for doctrines. So.... My wife and I are working on a curriculum project of how to go about the process of...
  12. JohnDB

    Vaccines Safer than Infection

    Where I understand that you think that you are pointing out the hypocrisy....it's kinda small and nor super relevant. What the real issue is was with Trump's cabinet and Faucci. Both flat out lied and ignored the important guidelines for medical research. Informed consent has been a major...
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    How has this been allowed to happen?

    Where I am never opposed to evangelism....it makes for great headlines. But real change stems from relationships and ongoing encouragement. It's come to my attention that schools have been recruiting people to assist with things like reading programs and other mentorship avenues. Where...
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    Does YAHAVAH, God, sanctify a person who seeks him out? Or Do you do it on your own?

    Potter being a metaphor for God and Clay being people....water being Law....pressure inside and outside at the same time.... Not really hard to understand....especially if you have made a pot on a potter's wheel. Some clay is better than others and can make tall vessels and some clay can't...
  15. JohnDB

    will you laugh at richard dawkins in heaven?

    Will I toast marshmallows over his soul while its roasting in hellfire? Nope. I won't need to gloat. Just shake my head at the wasted life. I'm sure that he will be doing the same just exponentially moreso. He WILL know the truth at this point...and have a large amount of self...
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    Does YAHAVAH, God, sanctify a person who seeks him out? Or Do you do it on your own?

    Maybe we should just use what God gave us already....the Potter and the clay. Just a thought here..... I may be way off base with my thinking....but just like you said....I can't see my way out of it.
  17. JohnDB

    Does it matter which version of the Bible you read?

    You are completely mischaracterizing these gentlemen of the past. Westcott was an expert in Ancient Near East literature especially among the Jewish writings and books. Hort was a financier of Westcott's writings. Westcott wanted no part in translating the scriptures even though he was...
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    Does YAHAVAH, God, sanctify a person who seeks him out? Or Do you do it on your own?

    I get really confused by your spelling of the tetragrammiton. It's definitely not standard whatsoever. And I really wouldn't characterize it this way....too much innuendo and metaphors for people to understand.
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    Does YAHAVAH, God, sanctify a person who seeks him out? Or Do you do it on your own?

    The metaphor of the Potter explains this well. As a lump of clay spins on the wheel it requires lots of water (a metaphoric expression for Law) and pressure from the inside and outside to make a vessel. Not enough water and friction is created and the vessel will collapse. If you ever get...
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    Snowflake Babies...Are They Life?

    Blood belongs to God. Plant life? Not really Scriptural. You can eat any plant or kill any plant you want....nothing unclean about plants. (Except fruit trees have specific laws concerning destruction and harvesting) We are discussing "tehorah" or spiritual cleanliness. Also touching...