Evidence for God from Science

How much Greek have you taken, Third? The truth is that the original NT manuscripts didn't use punctuation, vowels, lowercase letters, or even spaces between words . For instance, the original manuscript for John 1:1 would have read: ENAPXHHNODOGOS (note, you have to read those as captial Greek lett...

So you are a polytheist.

Technically, you subscribe to a doctrine of God called Tritheism. Google it. It was considered a heresy many, many moons ago.

Careful with heresy

1 Cor. 10:13 sheds a bit of light on this. As the NASB says it: and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it. So in answer to your question, I would think it woul...

Paul's apostleship is rooted in his conversion experience. You should read some of Paul's letters closely. He is always having to defend his apostleship because Judaizers . . . Jewish Christians who wanted Gentile Christians to submit to the law of Moses in order to be saved . . . were always attack...

open theist alert . . .

I'll ask you exactly the same thing I asked Bav before, Third: When Christ justifies us of our sins, does He justify us only of our past sins, or all sins, past, present, and future? It should be obvious that Christ forgives us of ALL sin. There is no condemnation for those in Jesus. NONE. I have sa...

Third, see my first reply on this subject. The comma goes before "today." As for your argument, there are two equally possible answers depending on what your particular theological framework happens to be. First, from a purely trinitarian perspective, Jesus IS God. Therefore, even if the L...

Hey, Third . . . Tell me which of these statements you disagree with: 1) There is only Being who is God. (that is, monotheism) 2) Yahweh is God, Jesus is God, the Holy Spirit is God. 3) Therefore, we have three persons in one Being. I never understood why the Trinity was such a hard concept to grasp...

The biggest reason I reject soul sleep is because of Jesus' words in Matthew 22:32. There, Jesus quotes God saying, "I am the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." He goes on to say that God is the God of the living, not the dead. Clearly, He was asserting that the three patriarchs are still ...

Heya, Fel.. I just wanted to very briefly comment on the moral argument. Of course atheists argue that it is a evolutionary effect. For argument's sake, we could even accept it (so long as we make it clear that it is only for argument's sake and that we don't accept the theory as a whole). But, what...

Bav, we've said this before. OSAS does not give a person the license to sin. To assert it does is a straw man. In fact, to add even more strength to the argument, look at what Paul says in Romans 6:1. "Should we continue in sin, then, that grace may abound? May it never be!" (NASB) Why doe...

As a part of Adventist belief (there are a few I find no biblical backing...but some are more "traditional" and not really part of "Adventism"...I digress) as most of you know, is the belief in soul sleep. This belief would then render the question of what happens to the soul of...

Broadly, I do think that a discussion of the soul would be in order. Until that comes, let me just say that I don't specifically disagree with any particular point. It's just a matter of perspective, as you noted at the end of your post, K. I should, though, address this question: Yes, but who is to...

I see. I misunderstood what you meant by "one volume." I thought you had read that they were originally penned as one volume and then later separated . . . I see no problems with the information in your clips. I suspect that the four gospels were compiled together very quickly, has as Paul...

I have to be honest and say that I am surprised that the majority view here is in favor of animal salvation . . . anyway, I guess I'll have to take this more seriously ;) So, let's start with K's responses to my numbered points: 1. You believe animals don't have a soul, but I would say it seems obvi...