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I can imagine these guys all having mullets. maybe it's just me... ;)

it's good to have a non-religious person here! If you can be honest in your discussions and logical...that would be a welcome change around here! ;) So welcome!

Apparently mullets are making a comeback. This is a warning for those who may be offended by the hairstyles of others. Has anyone here had an experience with mullets?

Protestantism is based on a misunderstanding of the gospel...all kidding aside. Grace by faith is HOW holy people walk like Jesus in the world. But since it sounds easy...a lot of people are claiming what sounds like an easy way in order to seem to be forgiven for ongoing sins. The wages of sin...

OK so who is giving up Calvinism for Lent?

The concoction comes from the reformation...with all the protests against the truth and God ultimately...and all this added into a protest against Catholic excesses. So the devil piggy-backed all these heresies on top of a legitimate beef against a worldly church. And many were none the wiser...

Why does exegesis sound so much like "exit Jesus"? And...You can't get into hermeneutical 2nd gear unless you do a paradigm shift.

Back to sending people to hell. Now this is a controversial one... Do we consign people to hell from other religions at birth...or from conception? A real test for the theologians on that one. And what about reforming the commandments to read...honour thy "SAVED" mother and father. (who cares...

The idea is not to convince God of your salvation...but yourself. So then if you are judged by your beliefs...then if you hold those beliefs strongly enough...what can God do about it?

Now the bible does say that we can't have a private interpretation. But if we make our own interpretations public...then they're not private anymore are they? So then by loopholes such as this we can find ourselves making the list in the book of life. We go AROUND the truth..instead of trying to...

Are some denominations more "saved" than others? How about the ones that say it more often? Surely by saying over and over again..."I'm saved" you start to feel more saved. But what if you say it even MORE often? Surely God hears our conviction and the repetitions make it more so.

The whole idea of being a Protestant is to read the bible the way YOU want...to reform it. So then this is an improvement over having to go to God constantly to figure out what He is actually saying. What if we don't like the answer...and after such a long wait? This way...the way of...

We are to be judged by our works. But if we protest against God doing this...being Protestants AND ALL...and enough of us do this...will that be enough to change the bible to suit our way of thinking? Otherwise what good is it in believing we're saved by our beliefs? Shouldn't OUR voices be...

Which denomination of Protestantism protests the best or the most? I would think the better the protest the better the Protestant...since it is based on protesting. Is it possible to protest too much? Like someone REALLY wants to deny he is gay? (As in...thou doth protest too much Overly...

At what point in the evolutionary scale of being a Protestant do we get to damn others to hell? Is that a privilege of clergy only because of certain college courses...or can a layman also enjoy this privilege?

Does God prefer one religious bent to another? Or is that about us? As in.."I can believe anything I want based on a verse taken out of context"

I think it's wiser to engage the non-believer on his own terms. At least usually. (there are times when a more direct approach is proper) Of course...unless a person can see that you are living a life in the supernatural realm...with evidence to that effect...there is really no point in...

Mainly the preservation of our temporal mortal bodies. Confused by many into a religious ideology based on presumptions.

2 Cor. 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. If our works are deemed to be bad...is this due to grace?...or a misapprehension of grace? As such we will have...

We each have been called to go down a different path than what is offered by the world. But we must be certain that that path isn't a religious one. The only safety we have in avoiding that path is to embrace humility, brokenness and the fear of the Lord. The good path retains these. The...