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Ouch; talk about collateral damage! Buen Camino /

I think most any married guy could answer that question. Adam had to live with Eve, he didn't have to live with God. In other words: men fear disapointing their women. They instinctiveley know it's wise to please momma and thereby preserve peace in the home. Because of that; women can easily...

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. I haven't the patience to read the OP in it's entirety so if the things I have to say are redundant please bear with me. Webster's defines a ransom as a consideration paid or demanded for the release of someone or something from captivity. The nature of the "captivity" isn't specified; so...

The father of my sister's baby was a sailor in the US Navy stationed in San Diego. He wanted to marry her, but she refused and that's the last I heard of him. Incidentally, my sister's daughter is somewhere around 54 years old by now. The sad part of it for me is that I have a niece, and very...

. Mr. Phil Robertson got himself in hot water recently for taking a stand against certain kinds of sexual conduct. But whether you disagree with him or not, Mr. Robertson is on good solid Christian ground because gays and lesbians are depicted in the Bible as shameful, indecent, and unnatural...

. According to Jude 1:7, the people of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the towns in their vicinity, gave themselves over to fornication and went after strange flesh. The word for "fornication" in that reference is ekporneuo (ek-porn-yoo'-o) which means: to be utterly unchaste. The word for "strange"...

Maybe Webster's definitions mean nothing to you; but your preferences certainly don't dictate the preferences of the entire forum. Some of us rely upon standards because without them, there's chaos. For example if I were to start a thread with the question: "What is the Bible's definition of a...

You are at liberty to force the Bible to say whatever it is you wish to hear. I yield to your right to construe the sacred texts to mean things other than what they say in writing as much as you need to in order to support your views. That's what everybody else does so why shouldn't you; right...

1John 3:8 is a very popular proof text with the anti BAC faction; because combined with the next verse: it's a very effective silver bullet. †. 1 John 3:9 . .Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God. According to...

. The perpetual dispute over the location of the kingdom is actually kind of humorous. The pro spiritual-kingdom crowd has plenty of verses to support their position and refute the pro physical-kingdom crowd; while the pro physical-kingdom crowd has plenty of its own verses to support their...

. I was brought up in a denomination to believe that sin is classified in two distinct categories: mortal and venial. The mortal sins are pretty serious but they don't automatically condemn someone to hell just so long as their mortal sins are confessed to a qualified hearer of confessions...

†. Eccl 9:5 . . For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing †. Eccl 9:10 . .Whatever you do, do well. For when you go to sheol there will be no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom. Buen Camino /

The marks of what I believe to be a Christian are located in post #3 I believe that there are two distinctly different breeds of sheep in the New Testament. There's a generic breed of sheep depicted at Matt 25:31-46, and there's the Lord's breed of sheep depicted at John 10:7-29. I further...

. †. Matt 5:9 . . Blessed are the peacemakers Peace is actually one of the negative aspects of heaven. Things like discord, hatred, factions, cliques, mistrust, prejudice, bias, caste systems, double standards, partiality, favoritism, deceit, surmising, dishonesty, gossip, slander, sarcasm...

Webster's defines "never" as: not ever, at no time, not in any degree, not under any condition So then, if "never" is the correct translation for 1Cor 6:9-10, then the "some of you" at 1Cor 6:11 would have been disqualified from the kingdom seeing as how they were guilty of those very sins at...

The OSAS controversy is actually kind of humorous. The anti-OSAS crowd has plenty of verses to support their position and refute the pro-OSAS crowd; while the pro-OSAS crowd has plenty of its own verses to support their position and refute the anti-OSAS crowd. The location of the kingdom is...

It's commonly said that the best place to hide something is right out in plain view. Well; the information you seek is located in post #15 and post #30 It's also commonly said that if you have to ask the price, you probably can't afford it. Well; if you have to ask what marks out the Lord's...

. Practically any inspired person qualifies as a prophet. For example Abel was a prophet (Luke 11:50-51) Abraham was a prophet (Gen 20:7) and even sidewalk evangelists-- e.g. Jews For Jesus --are prophets. (Rev 19:10) Now, a modern prophet may not be privy to all the names in the book of life...

And you know that how? One of my favorite illogical arguments is reasoning that concludes if one's self doesn't know something, then nobody else knows it either. (chuckle) Gotta love that one. Is that how you've been determining who will be in the lake of fire and who will be in heaven? by...