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QUOTE (Stumpmaster @ May 10 2009, 01:06 AM) The argument that foreknowledge and freewill are incompatible is quite simply resolved if we accept that before God created the Universe, He predestined Adam and Eve to have freewill, knowing that they would not resist the satanically devised...

I don't think scare tactics are the best way to convert non-believers or even win back backsliding believers. A large number of Christians only believe for fear of Hell and are just covering their afterlife backsides.

QUOTE (Kimshi42 @ May 9 2009, 01:12 PM) He's given me some talents and I know I need to make more money. Question is, how? I have a slight feeling that He's leading me toward 2 specific careers. But I'm not sure. I would LOVE to do these things for a living, so I'm not sure if it's my emotions...

QUOTE (Stumpmaster @ May 9 2009, 12:45 AM) For my part the Bible is abundantly clear in its explanation of God's unfolding plan, which shows that His omnipotence involves patience and wisdom as to when and how He exercises His power, in themselves qualities of omnipotence which Satan...

Recently read Aristotle's Children by Richard E. Rubenstein for a college class and was intrigued by some of the theological and philosophical questions posed and the different theoretical answers to the questions. An example:"God cannot be simultaneously good and omnipotent. If he created evil...

QUOTE (Christina @ Apr 5 2009, 01:05 AM) The scene, which spans 150 light-years, is about 17,000 light years away, so what we see now is how it actually looked 17,000 years ago, and that light is just arriving here. so this happened before god had created the earth.what do you speculate is gods...

what are everyones opinions on the different versions of the bible in relation to different interpretations perverting the original message? eg. NIV, KGV, NLT, ect.personally i think that the translations from different languages and different interpretations that are meant to make scriptures...

we are told that to live a christian life worthy of god then we should believe and trust in whats said in the bible and follow the doctrines established. through the years culture and society has changed dramatically from what we know of biblical times and the church has adapted to these changes...

Proverbs 14:15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going. 1 Thessalonians 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. should we believe what we cannot prove? the bible says not to.

QUOTE (Jordan @ Apr 7 2009, 12:24 AM) #2 Not so sure what you are asking. if god wants the choice to be ours then wouldnt any divine involvement in human affairs affect our decision making? it would no longer be a choice, thus overriding free will.

essentially the bible tells us that we were created to love and worship god but that when he made us he gave us free will (the ability to choose for ourselves whether to do so or not) to distinguish us from the angels who do not have such a choice so that we will love and worship him by choice...

I recently went to a christmas service at a church that is not my home church and the message was on 5 things a christian should expect through their walk with god. When the minister was talking about when Adam ate from the tree and his eyes were opened to his nakedness it sparked a question in...

(Jordan;65939) Angels ate with humans and they aren't humans. Of course we are going to eat. Why do you think Christ, after death of the cross, in His spiritual body, still ate with humans? We are still going to have substance in our spiritual body. And our spiritual body is our original body...

the way it is described makes heaven and eternity seem like a dream you cant wake up from. we would have no purpose for the rest of eternity. we wouldnt work or eat or anything else which makes us human. we would just exist. and our existence would be pointless if you think about it. there would...

(Jordan;65933) Actually we are partly responsible. Lets take me as an example, if I wanted to be a homosexual and then take a biblical Christian that loves God with his / her whole soul and mind fully knowing that God is dead set against it., yet decides to support the lifestyle for me because...

ok after the rapture and after the battle in heaven when lucifer is cast into the lake of fire, what then? i know we are supposed to worship in gods presence for the rest of eternity but is that all? god is supposed to be awe inspiring and we wont want to stop worshiping him for all eternity...

(Christina;65929) Another words if one was prescribed Marijuana for treatment its grown by a licensed grower and sold to a licensed seller and despenced by doctors prescription... If one buys Marijiana on the street from a dealer he then uses that money to buy guns to kill people .. Making you...

i agree with dagda, it is not the fact that a substance is mind altering, its what the person does while under the influence of the substance, prescribed or recreational. ex.-morphine is more addictive than crack cocaine yet it is still used in hospitals to save lives. even if your under the...

what is the best explanation for what happens to the souls of the people who died long before the times of jesus, the bible, and christianity such as the ancient aztecs who practiced human sacrifice or the incas who worshiped the sun? how were they to get into heaven when the only way is through...

in the bible there are numerous examples of tangible miracles being performed by jesus and his followers to demonstrate the power of god and to show non-believers how real god really was. since then the modern miracle has been simplified and slapped on to mere coincidences.why is it that we do...