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@Pancho Frijoles we spoke about Nineveh and Jonah earlier. It slipped my mind at the time that Dagon was the deity that the Ninevites worshiped. https://www.gotquestions.org/who-Dagon.html I like the approach you advised -> a nice example of meeting someone where they are; it resonated with...

Interesting. Dagon clearly isn’t the God of Israel. Yahweh symbolically knocks him over and lops off his head. Paul says those who worship idols / false gods (ex. Dagon) are worshiping demons. Can a person who worships demons experience what most people would consider to be a good life?

Thanks. That’s not what I would have done but it’s not unreasonable. Let’s say that I follow your advice and the person tells me about all of the wonderful benefits of worshiping Dagon and how much better life is for them now that they do. The person encourages me to join them in extolling...

“Hey, Matthias. I’ve decided that Dagon - the elohim / theos of the Philistines - is the one true God.” I know what I would say to such a person @Pancho Frijoles. What would you advise me to say to him or her?

He ties it all to belief in his God. There is life only in his God, not in any other so-called gods.

I would leave it in Jesus’ hands. What I have to do as a disciple of Jesus is believe what he believes, obey him, and speak the truth to others. That’s what I will judged on. I hold a belief that many, perhaps even the majority, who believe in conditional immortality don’t: not all who have...

Jesus and the Apostles shared the same theology and taught it. As I see it, to hold their theology and to live it is to be truly orthodox; heresy being anything that falls outside of those boundaries. Life flows from theology. If for some reason I were to turn away from the God of Israel -...

Thinking about beliefs vs. attitudes. Proposition: A person’s attitudes and actions are grounded, in full or in part, on what a person believes. What are your thoughts on that @Pancho Frijoles? Are beliefs, attitudes and actions truly independent of one another?

Jesus is the only one who will decide who will be thrown into the lake of fire. He will deal with Jews who reject him and his teaching and preaching, just as he will with gentiles who reject him and his teaching and preaching. He will be a just, righteous and merciful judge. No one will be...

You acknowledge in your post that there are real (as well as imagined) heresies. Is heresy, in your view, an inconsequential issue?