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Even in evolution it is all about God just over a longer time frame.

In college we were given a list of 300 apparent contradictions. I posted them here once but they made me delete them. They divided them up amongst the class with the assignment of explaining them. Most could be explained….time period differences….conditions different….language...

I am surprised you do not know this…..you seem to study the Bible. Gentile does not mean Greek. It means heathen---from the Jewish perspective, but over all in general it means Non-Jewish---Not of the Old Covenant. As it was Greeks could be Greek Pagans or Greek Christians but both were...

First off define "church" Secondly there are two groups with different beliefs. The Jewish-Christians and Gentile-Christians.

Predestination and clairvoyance is a power of God not a matter of all of reality. Free-will is the rule.

Culligan water filtration and water sofener systems run around $2200 installed. That is stll more than I paid in 1995. it was like $400

Forgiven....that is what I figured you did. That would seem to be correct. Agreed

Wow The word Satan appears 18 times in the Old Testament….13 of those times in the book of Job. And stay calm, I am not accusing you of saying anything. I was asking you to clearify. The serpent becomes a symbol of evil in the New Testament expanding on the story of Adam and Eve. For example a...

In short, Satan is a fallen angel. The reference to Satan and serpents and dragons are symbology. Of course how did all that start, probably tying back to the serpent that tempted Eve. The serpent and Satan connection in the Old Testament? I am not sure what you are referring to. We can discuss...

Here is some reading on the history of polygamy and concubinage in Christianity. Pros and cons. But do not get the impression that I support polygamy or concubinage. I am just providing biblical and historical facts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy_in_Christianity

This is contrary to the facts and customs of the Old Testament.

I did not say that no one disliked polygamy. Shoot a lot the early church writers did not like sex or women.

We do not know how common it was. But the scriptures did not speak against it and it was a custom of the Jews to the point that it was considered a blessing of God to have multiple wives and a lot of children. And God took credit for David's wives And Paul put a restriction of one wife for...

The Syrian Era (198-166 BC) When the Syrians defeated Egypt in the battle of Panion in 198 BC, Judea annexed to Syria. Under the rule of Antiochus the Great and his successor Seleucus Philopater, the Jews, though treated harshly, were nonetheless allowed to maintain local rule under their high...

Around four hundred years pasted between the Old and New Testaments. Four hundred years of history and four hundred years of Jewish history. We are finding out more and more of the general history but not much on the religious side. There were significant events and changes that impacted the...

There is the theological side and the history side of the concept of polygamy. The scriptures never condemn polygamy and the Mosaic Law regulated it and Yahweh took credit for King David’s wives. In the Hebrew culture it was considered a blessing of God to have many wives and children. As I...

And Martin Luther said he could not condemn polygamy because the scriptures do not. Still unless there is a good reason and the first wife agrees then one wife is better.

The Jews were not preaching about the devil and hell, Christ was preaching about the devil and hell. We know about Shiva but we do not believe in her.

Pagan worship does exist......so?

New Testament You can say since Paganism is not Christian it is demonic.