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  1. JohnDB

    Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?

    Moses, Law Giver, had two wives himself. So did David, Jehosephat, and most all of the Kings of Israel. And where we tend to have a Westernized society that perceives plural marriages as something distasteful....Roman culture often had "Consorts " or girlfriends for the upper middle class...
  2. JohnDB

    Transubstantiation. What is it?

    So who can't count? Man or God?
  3. JohnDB

    Does the Kingdom of God being at hand mean it will come or that it has come?

    Which do you mean precisely? There is a difference between the Kingdom of Heaven and Kingdom of God. Do you know the difference? Can you define the difference? Do you understand the subtle differences? If you can successfully do that I can answer your question.
  4. JohnDB

    Transubstantiation. What is it?

    Yeah, Not so much for a strict literal interpretation of scriptures. Some are. It's how most people miss that instead of 12 tribes of Israel there really was 13 of them. OR That instead of 12 apostles there really were 13 of them too. But many people are delighted with a "Baker's Dozen "
  5. JohnDB

    Screen sometimes unresponsive to touch

    A "touch screen " doesn't really require touch. There is a grid of wires, so thin you can't see them with the naked eye, that is spread throughout your screen area. These wires react to capacitance which a processor interprets to be a specific location on your screen. Meaning that even...
  6. JohnDB

    Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?

    So this would exclude half of the apostles and of course Paul. Not going to buy into this concept of a lack of forgiveness on God's part.
  7. JohnDB

    If you think that God does not want any woman to be a pastor today, then bet on it

    Ok.... That's kinda talking out both sides of your mouth at once. How about this: Women pastors are a warning from God that the spiritual state of her congregants are infantile and childish at best. The Woman pastor is not in sin by being called nor is she sinning by shepherding the flock...
  8. JohnDB

    What happens to your soul when you die?

    You ARE a Soul....that has a body and a spirit. It's not a "secret, unseen " portion of you.
  9. JohnDB

    Do animals have souls?

    They, like you ARE a soul....it's not a thing you have....it's what you are. It encompasses and refers to the collection of body, mind, & spirit.
  10. JohnDB

    Thanksgiving Day is done!

    Yes, but not while I'm eating turkey salad sandwiches.
  11. JohnDB

    The Seal on the Tomb

    Anyone got anything?
  12. JohnDB

    The Seal on the Tomb

    NIV: Matthew 27: 65 “Take a guard,” Pilate answered. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.” 66 So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard. (NIV) Here is the scriptures that discuss in part what I was saying.... And depending upon the...
  13. JohnDB

    The Seal on the Tomb

    Ok Matthew 27:64 & to the end of the chapter describes what Pilate said and why to the Chief Priests and Pharisees. The tomb had a set of guards of some kind (Roman or Temple) and a seal of some sort. Now I know that people envision a completely flat wall with a big circle stone in front...
  14. JohnDB

    Is smoking a sin?

    Uh oh..... Jesus fed Peter some fish he had hot smoked....was He wanting to give Peter Stomach Cancer?
  15. JohnDB

    Is smoking a sin?

    I'm going to agree with @Pearl on this one....been done to death. But in truth if these people who claim that something like Tobacco is a sin and have fillings in their teeth (cavities stem from lack of brushing and flossing after every meal and snack) Then they are complete hypocrites...
  16. JohnDB

    Is smoking a sin?

    For decades the oldest living person was a lady who quit tobacco at 100 years of age and had smoked or chewed tobacco/snuff since she was a teenager. It definitely seems to be a genetic predisposition instead of a guaranteed poison. It might be a very common predisposition but that doesn't...
  17. JohnDB

    Is smoking a sin?

    Did you know? That the nicotine (addictive substance) in tobacco is not exactly the same as the nicotine in Vaping? The nicotine in vape cartridges and oil is derived from tomatoes. Which is very similar but is chemically dissimilar in the molecule construction to where it is not addictive.
  18. JohnDB

    Is smoking a sin?

    And another thing... Eating without first washing your hands has to be a huge "No-No". But then you have to measure/authorize the soap and measure the water (not too little or too much) and then have a timer that you use to direct how many rubbing and scrubbing strokes you use on your hands...
  19. JohnDB

    Why do alot of Christian denominations have a problem with looking into the Past for the return of Christ?

    It is fine to look at History (as described in scriptures) to determine WHEN God acted in a major way and why. And then to make a guess as to whether there's an imminent concern for Armageddon or not. And the truth is often very different from what most people concentrate on....as was the...
  20. JohnDB

    Is Unbelief/Doubt in Christ a Sin?

    I can explain it until the cows come home but usually most people dismiss the Bible as a miracle that has lasted through the ages. I'm somewhat of a self taught literary critic in that I've read extensively and prolifically. The Bible is perfect...no contradictory statements. Plenty of...