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81 | looking for specific scriptures that tel | NT general Archive 1 | Sir Pent | 117198 | ||
Personal note....................................................... Hello Colin, Hank, and BradK, Let's not go too far here. You are all correct that Aniset is identified with the Jehovah's Witness group, and I agree with you that they are a cult. However, the messages that Aniset has posted today do not contain any heresy to my knowledge. I have not seen anything in his posts that was trying to convince anyone to be a Jehovah's Witness. If Aniset tries to do that on the forum, then I could see your point more about banning. However, as long as he continues to post on subjects that he is in agreement with orthodox Christian belief, I do not see grounds for expulsion. In addition, there are many people who come to the forum and post ideas that are heretical and try to convince others that they are right. They may be agnostic and not know what they believe, or they may claim to be Christian and just be confused or immature. How can we kick off a specific forum member (Aniset) for heresy and proseletizing without kicking off them all? |
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82 | looking for specific scriptures that tel | NT general Archive 1 | Sir Pent | 117196 | ||
Personal note....................................................... Hello Anistet, I was impressed with your answer regarding the Sabboth that you posted today. It was very biblically based, and reasonable. I would also agree with you in your last post that you have the right to post your e-mail address as do others. However, I would agree with Colin's concern that you could use email to mislead someone towards the Jehovah's Witness group, which is considered to be a cult by almost all Christians (including those on this forum). I would suggest that along the lines of "truth in advertising", you give some information about yourself in your user profile, including the fact that you are a Jehovah's Witness. This would enable anyone to click on your name and see where you are coming from. Otherwise, it is likely that people like Colin will continue to attack your posts so that visitors to the forum will have this information. |
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83 | Heaven and the Old Testament | Luke 16:19 | Sir Pent | 117190 | ||
Afterlife breakdown................................................. EdB (and anyone else interested), I think that I mainly agree with your view of the afterlife, but would appreciate your thoughts on the few differences. We both seem to believe that there have been 4 different places that people have gone or will go after death. They are Paradise (or Sheol or Abraham's Bosom), Hades, Heaven, and Hell (or Gehenna). We both believe that all the people before Christ's death went to either Paradise or Hades (kind of a good and bad waiting room for the judgement). We both believe that at the judgement, whoever is still in Hades go eternally to Hell, and the believers will go eternally to Heaven. Where we seem to disagree is that you believe that Paradise closed when Christ preached there, and that now all believers go straight to Heaven (skipping Paradise), while unbelievers still have to wait in Hades. I believe that instead, all people still go to both Paradise (if believers) and Hades (if unbelievers), until the judgement. Do you have scripture that supports your idea that Paradise is closed, or refuting my idea that they still both exist? |
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84 | Adultery is Sex Before Marriage? | Bible general Archive 2 | Sir Pent | 117185 | ||
Refferal to another thread....................................... I agree with Lovelyladycpb that the act of sex goes beyond the physical and actually unites two people as one in the eyes of God. However, I disagree with her implication that it is therefore fine and dandy for unmarried people to have sex. Please type in the number 114024 into the "Quick Search" box at the top right corner of the screen. This will take you to a post of mine giving more detail and a good discussion on the matter by many forum members. |
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85 | Salvation a mystery in OT | Rev 1:1 | Sir Pent | 117158 | ||
Personal Note....................................................... Hello again Kalos, Another excellent post my friend. I think that I'll add this to my list of posts that I refer people to. It is the best I've seen so far at summarizing a salvation message purely from the Old Testament. |
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86 | the different between old and new | Rom 5:13 | Sir Pent | 117157 | ||
Request for clarification.......................................... Welcome to the forum B Hancock, Could you please state who that phone number is contacting. Since this is your first message on the forum, it is impossible to determine who you are affiliated with. |
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87 | "That's just your interpretation."(?) | 2 Tim 2:15 | Sir Pent | 117064 | ||
Don't go too far................................................... Hi everybody, I completely agree with many statements that have been made so far in this thread. 1. You can't interpret a verse to mean anything you want. Words have meaning. 2. God gives the whole Bible to everyone, not just one verse to one person. 3. It is important to put time and effort into studying the Bible. 4. The Bible really says something, regardless of our feelings about what it says. These are all true. However, it is important to not take some of them to the extreme. It is because I begin to see that happening that I am now joining in the discussion. For instance, although God gives the whole Bible to everyone, He also does sometimes direct a specific person's attention to a specific passage. Perhaps through your own reading, or a sermon that you hear, or even this forum, God can point out a certain verse that has particular importance to your life at that moment. In that sense it is OK for someone to say "God gave me this verse today." Another example is this post by JRM. That post proposes that to truly understand scripture, one must first understand the ancient Jewish culture. This is going to the extreme and is incorrect. Please type in the number 15780 into the "Quick Search" box at the top right corner of the screen for more information. That thread discussed how the Bible has been inspired by God and maintained even through translations and copies so that anyone can understand and trust it still today. |
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88 | What evangelist ran to meet an official | Acts 8:26 | Sir Pent | 117005 | ||
Personal Note....................................................... Hello again JaniceTillman, Thanks for explaining your purpose. We have had people come in the past who attempt to use this forum to ace their tests for them. Naturally, we do not wish to assist in cheating, and so must be cautious. However, it sounds like you have a great activity there of searching the scriptures with your daughter. That is a great way to spend time together and learn about God at the same time. Some of the questions in the quiz book seem to be about relatively unknown trivia in scripture though. It makes me curious what age level the book is designed for. It's good to have you here at the forum, and I look forward to your continued participation :) |
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89 | pornography....... | 2 Tim 2:22 | Sir Pent | 116965 | ||
Personal Note........................................................ Hi Angst33, I'm glad that I was able to help :) I agree with you that God has a great sense of humor (just look at the duck-billed platypus). I will pray for you as you allow God to work in this area of your life. |
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90 | is there security of the believer | Rom 8:39 | Sir Pent | 116964 | ||
Personal Note........................................................ Hi Hank, They will know we are Christians by our love. And they see our love when they see kindness in the midst of disagreement. Thanks for your kind words. |
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91 | read last statement | Rom 1:27 | Sir Pent | 116910 | ||
My response to your question...................................... Good to see you are still here Ptgard05, I have participated in autopsies at times during my career, and there was one time where I saw a man who had died of natural causes at an old age (somewhere in the 70's). The amazing thing was that when we looked inside he only had one lung. He had been relatively healthy all his life, and never reported any problems breathing. He had never had any surgeries to remove anything. It just so happened that he was born with one lung. It did develop to be larger than normal and pushed his heart to the side, but other than that there was nothing wrong. What I learned from people who were more experienced than I, was that this type of thing was not really uncommon. There are many people walking around with no idea that they are missing an organ, or their organs are reversed (ie. appendix on the left). It turns out that the pictures that you see in your science book are just what things look like in the majority of people. Therefore, even assuming that it is true that your relative has something different about the bones in his ear, that does not prove anything about his homosexuality. There are no publications in respected scientific journals that support any connection between ear bone configuration and homosexuality. |
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92 | is there security of the believer | Rom 8:39 | Sir Pent | 116893 | ||
Multiple beliefs on this subject..................................... The belief that Hank is proposing in this thread is commonly referred to as "once saved, always saved". There are large numbers of Christians who believe that it is true that a person who has truly been saved cannot ever completely turn away from God and lose their salvation. There are also large numbers of Christians who believe that it is possible for a person to become a true Christian, and then later in life to change their mind and decide to reject God and His salvation. I believe that this second option is true (search for post number 15952). Those who believe this second option are often concerned by the verses Hebrews 6:4-6, and wonder if they can ever return to God after rejecting Him. I and other Christians believe that it is still possible to return to God (see post 257332). For anyone reading these posts, please keep in mind that both perspectives are considered to be orthodox. In other words, both are reasonable interpretations of scripture and have been accepted throughout centuries of church tradition. Therefore, please try to read support for both sides before coming to your own conclusion. |
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93 | Reconciling Rom 8:39 with Heb 10:26 | Rom 8:39 | Sir Pent | 116888 | ||
Multiple beliefs on this subject..................................... The belief that Kalos is proposing in this thread is commonly referred to as "once saved, always saved". There are large numbers of Christians who believe that it is true that a person who has truly been saved cannot ever completely turn away from God and lose their salvation. There are also large numbers of Christians who believe that it is possible for a person to become a true Christian, and then later in life to change their mind and decide to reject God and His salvation. I believe that this second option is true (search for post number 15952). Those who believe this second option are often concerned by the verses Hebrews 6:4-6, and wonder if they can ever return to God after rejecting Him. I and other Christians believe that it is still possible to return to God (see post 257332). For anyone reading these posts, please keep in mind that both perspectives are considered to be orthodox. In other words, both are reasonable interpretations of scripture and have been accepted throughout centuries of church tradition. Therefore, please try to read support for both sides before coming to your own conclusion. |
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94 | Reconciling Rom 8:39 with Heb 10:26 | Rom 8:39 | Sir Pent | 116618 | ||
Agree to disagree................................................... Hello again Kalos, I am beginning to lose track of who I have interacted with since my return to the forum. But in case you are not one of those yet, I would just like to say that it is good to see you're still here :) As for this discussion, I think that we'll have to agree to disagree. You obviously interpret the verse one way, and have quoted a couple sources that agree with you. I think that Tim Moran's interpretation is more accurate. However, you'll have to hash that out with him. I do not have the language expertise that he has, and could not defend his post nearly as well as it deserves. Read post number 25332 again and take time to think about Morant61's points. |
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95 | Reconciling Rom 8:39 with Heb 10:26 | Rom 8:39 | Sir Pent | 116615 | ||
Referral to another thread.......................................... There is an excellent post by Tim Moran that gives the best (in my opinion) interpretation of Hebrews 6:4-6 passage that you are talking about here, regarding IMPOSSIBLE REPENTANCE. Please type in the number 25332 into the "Quick Search" box at the top right corner of the screen. |
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96 | i do believe..but this troubles me | Rom 1:27 | Sir Pent | 116564 | ||
Referral to another thread........................................... Hello again Ptgard05, You seem to be saying that the Bible that people read today can't be trusted to mean what it says. Do you really believe that God allowed His message to humanity to be so corrupted that the only way to understand it is to become fluent in ancient greek and hebrew and obtain copies of the original texts? This subject has been discussed before, and I would encourage you to type in the number 15780 into the "Quick Search" box at the top right corner of the screen. That post summarizes my thoughts as well as many others on this forum. You have previously stated that you believe that "the Bible is the ultimate truth". However, that doesn't mean anything if you are at liberty to take a verse that you don't like and say that the words there are wrong. Then YOU become your own ultimate truth. |
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97 | i do believe..but this troubles me | Rom 1:27 | Sir Pent | 116554 | ||
Clarification....................................................... Thanks for responding Ptgard05, I never said that science has proven that people are not born with homosexual urges. You were the one who said that you had found "many medical studies to prove it that homosexuals are born that way", and I said that you were incorrect. Now you are saying that "the scientific field on this subject is limited and no definite answer has surfaced yet". That is correct, and is what I was trying to communicate to begin with. So since, science doesn't have a definite answer, why do you question the Bible which does have a definate answer? |
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98 | i do believe..but this troubles me | Rom 1:27 | Sir Pent | 116526 | ||
Clarification...................................................... Hello again my brother in Christ, Please read my post carefully. I very specifically chose my words when I said that "people are not born in such a way that they are forced to COMMIT HOMOSEXUAL ACTS". (emphasis added this time) I agree with your "third alternative", but was trying to empasize in my post, the choice between the Biblical understanding and the scientific understanding. |
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99 | Can anyone speak in tonges | 1 Cor 13:1 | Sir Pent | 116411 | ||
Personal Note........................................................ Hello Searcher56, Wow, what an excellent post. It is very complete and biblically based. It is also well organized and easy to read. If you don't mind, I think that I'll start referring people to this post when they have questions on this subject. |
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100 | Quench the Spirit until extinguish? | Gal 5:17 | Sir Pent | 116409 | ||
Referral to another thread........................................... Hello Curtman, Please type in the number 15952 into the "Quick Search" box at the top right corner of the screen. This will take you to my experience of quenching the Holy Spirit. |
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