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The only thing we have to do is pay taxes and die. And you don't even have to pay taxes if you're willing to pay the consequences.

Good post. Very insightful. You've said what I think but in a better way!

I'm sure changes have been made. We have too much in mind this idea of "victimization". Some use this idea to their benefit. Some are truly victimized and the experience does remain. Just because something is out of our control does not mean it's easy to forget it. It could have happened 2...

You really think this? A person's childhood affects his entire life. I don't believe one can get totally over a bad childhood, maybe just learn to accept it with God's help.

The church didn't "report" him. The church was concerned that the envelope was empty and there was no money inside it. As to the teaching, kids should be taught BEFORE they steal. It's kind of late when they do steal -- but I agree that it's better late than never. THEN it also matters HOW one...

I guess those biblical verses meant nothing to you. There are two types of sin? Could you quote scripture on this? How could there be nature-spirit sins? How could our spirit sin? If the old man is dead, why do we sin?

They had to keep the people numbered so if someone's kid wanted to go to catholic school, they'd know how much was donated and they actually accepted the kids whose parents gave more. This is because there was so much demand to send kids to Catholic school. I know this for sure because my mom...

It seems to be @bbyrd009 knows what he believes. It seems to me he knows the bible inside out.

I agree. The above is the end result of not having free will. This position cannot be possible since it would make God be evil and in God there is no evil. 1 John 1:5 This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

This is what you said: God already saw this and already planned a miraculous intervention for those that 'consider' God The belief that God planned a miraculous intervention based on the fact that some "considered" God is saying that God intervenes constantly in the world order. This goes...

What is bound will?

I read you O.P. on choosing God and I STILL don't know what you believe. The bible makes everything easy, man makes everything difficult. You keep saying "in my opinion, or what I believe"...the bible clearly states we have free will. It can be an opinion that we don't, but it goes against...

I stopped reading here: We are born with the natural state of being slaves to sin. This alone tells us we are naturally governed by our natural desires. This alone tells us we do not have ‘free’ will to choose God over our own selfish desires. God ultimately chooses us. Many would say we are...

I'll try to read the bible eventually... Guess I must sound really dumb. Anyway, I said I didn't understand what you were trying to say. I agree with what you've written above. So if God created man in His image, and God has free will, would you agree that we also have free will? This is what...

Sure, but which plan? God's salvation economy was planned before time began. He knew we'd sin. Or are you talking about His plan for me as to what I'll have for dinner tonight?

This is what you said in post no. 3: I also believe we have a limited ‘free-will,’ in the sense we cannot or are not capable on knowing all things, do not have the ability to do all things, and are driven by both physical and invisible forces we do not understand. Some believe that free will...

This is exactly how it is. We have free will and can choose between right and wrong, but in the end, God will prevail. HIS plan will be made complete by the end of time.

If you want to believe that man is totally depraved, then you must also believe that God destines some to hell -- those He did not choose for heaven. Man is maimed. After A and E were banished from the Garden, God was still with them. Genesis 4:1 and I'd also quote Genesis 4:15 Were they...

He's put down so much because everything he taught is not biblical: T - Total Depravity U - Unconditional Election L - Limited atonement I - Irresistible grace P - Perseverance of the Saints T: If man is totally depraved, why is he capable of doing good? U: Could you imagine that God chose...

When I bring up the Early Church Father's, I'm often told that THEY were not inspired and so they aren't important or should not be quoted. Was John Calvin inspired? He started a movement, or concept, that didn't even exist for 1,500 years after the death of Christ. So should we listen to...