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Otherwise, he’d only be a MINO.

Pray first.

Not when it came to the corruption of the RCC.

Oy vey! The EXACT opposite is true. There is no Scripture verse that identifies the man Jesus as YHWH. There are, however, verses that identify Jesus as the servant of YHWH. And you probably aware trinitarianism violates the 1C, if anything ever did. For it is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and...

The evil coming out of the shadows is most clearly on display in the arena of politics. A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left. Ecclesiastes 10:2

Perhaps you are confusing MEANS with the ENDS. Christians literally lived for centuries before the Bible even existed. Are you implying their life had no PURPOSE in God’s plan? Another avenue of insight is that we went to school for the purpose of graduating. Once graduated, our purpose in...

I was paraphrasing @ScottA.

No sir! Your premise is wrong. Not all Christian’s study the Bible. EVEN IF it were true, it is besides the point. And I have to re-iterate that is not the question. The question is what is the PURPOSE of Christianity. It is NOT to be a Bible student. Simple.

Understood. Keep in mind that the basis of our faith is NOT reward. It’s not that if you have enough faith you’ll eventually be the 5-time consecutive NBA League and Championship MVP; that you have so much faith in that outcome that it puts an obligation on the Creator to make it happen...

No there isn’t. There is not much mystery to things that don’t exist. :p

John wrote the most anti-trinitarian book in the whole Bible. It is absurd to claim recognizing - as Jesus did, his God is the only true God - means we are against Christ. Regarding John's Gospel & Epistles: In the beginning was the Word (of God), and the Word (of God) was with God, and the...

I see and reject the mystical BS; only those with spiritual discernment see the truth of things my way. What sublime Circular Reasoning AS IF God is only capable of riddles, the Supreme Being who wrote the ultimate book of explicitness; thou shall not written in stone! 4th century mystical...

How repugnant! Request declined. I reject the claim that mystics have authority over word meanings and language usage. With you, it is always the same; you’re always telling me we are talking about something else. Every conversation is tangential, ‘pointing’ to something else.

I always thought of the image as a being with moral agency.

What a pivot! I didn't see that coming. We were talking about the man-is-god thesis and all of a sudden we aren't.

Agreed. However, what this esoteric knowledge consists of seems to still be a point of difference.

Appeal to Strawman. My premise is the purpose of Christians is NOT to be a Bible student. Sounds like you think obtaining knowledge is the purpose.

LANGUAGE USAGE. Not your friend. A requirement to be a son is to be born from one’s father. Otherwise, you are using words but making up your own definitions - that CONTRADICT actual word meanings.

I really don't know what the purpose is of such posts. I thought the question was Are Jehovah's witnesses real Christians? The question is not, "do you agree with JW doctrine." I suspect we all agree on some doctrines. And I take it as a given that only those of a certain denomination...

Yes, we are NOT to be pew sitters (NOT to be studying the Bible), as the parable indicates. All 3 servants would have gotten no credit spending their time waxing academically about how they are caring for their master's assets. They have to actually DO it! It is not their academic understanding...