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Recent content by Thinking Homer

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    Jesus is not God Almighty Himself

    This is what Trinitarians believe: Jesus is God Father is God Holy Spirit is God But Jesus is not the Father, nor is the Father the Holy Spirit. They are three separate persons, but within one entity known as God. I define God the following way: 1) A being that is not bound by the laws of...
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    The Law and the New Covenant

    Like I said, the Judgement seat of Christ is where He will distribute rewards according to our deeds. Only believers are involved in this 'ceremony'. The White Throne is where eternal heaven or condemnation is decided.
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    Jesus is not God Almighty Himself

    'Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am God Almighty; Walk before Me, and be blameless. "I will establish My covenant between Me and you, And I will multiply you exceedingly." Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying, ' Genesis...
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    Jesus is not God Almighty Himself

    I have explained this so many times. Trinitarians still believe that Jesus is subservient to the Father, as He always has been. But just because you are subservient to someone does not make you inferior in nature. I gave the analogy between the human father and son, husband and wife etc...
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    The Law and the New Covenant

    Yeah but now we are bordering on what Catholicism and Protestantism say about salvation. A Catholic would agree with what you say, and that sacraments are part of the 'works' that you are mentioning. I am a Protestant, so I do not believe in sacraments. And with regards to Judgement there are...
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    Jesus is not God Almighty Himself

    Of course a devout Jew would never worship a human being, that would be absurd. But what if they started doing miracles? What if they started raising the dead, healing the sick, controlling nature, driving out demons and forgiving people of their sin? You say Jesus never claimed to be God, but...
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    Jesus is not God Almighty Himself

    That is because you fully trust the Watchtower and the New World Translation that you see nothing wrong with them interpreting the context for you. All you did was substitute the word 'Jehovah' with 'God', and 'Jesus' with 'anyone that is not a deity'. It's still the same as scenario 2.
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    Jesus is not God Almighty Himself

    Okay I'll explain this one more time. 1. Translator looks at a word: 'proskyneo' 2. Looks it up in the dictionary: can mean 'worship' or 'obeisance' Now there are two ways in which this scenario can work out: Scenario 1: 3. Translator decides to pick 'worship' as the favoured translation for...
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    Jesus is not God Almighty Himself

    Let's first look at this bias that you are accusing me of. You say that translating proskyneo as 'worship' in all contexts supports the doctrine of Trinity. I agree with that. But does translating proskyneo as 'obeisance' when it refers to Jesus support the Watchtower doctrine that Jesus is...
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    Jesus is not God Almighty Himself

    I want to give an illustration because I don't think people are following what I'm saying. Let's say your best friend wrote a book in English and he asked you to translate it into German. Is it your job as the translator to interpret the context and write your own story, or faithfully and...
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    What I Don't Like About Christianity

    I think the OP should have been titled: "What I don't like about Christians" :D
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    What I Don't Like About Christianity

    I'm not quite sure why you would compare a religion's doctrine with virtues... I was referring to some moral values you could take from the Bible, such as the sacredness of marriage, helping the unprivileged, and generally doing good to others. You're going to argue that you don't need a...
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    What I Don't Like About Christianity

    I think one misconception you are having is that, it is Christians who are condemning you to hell. Scriptures are clear that God is the one who will have the final say in where you go, not Christians. And belief only forms part of your character, not its entirety. You get good Christians and bad...
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    Absolute proof against the multiverse

    Richard Dawkin's perspective on the origin of life, is that matter + time + chance is sufficient to explain the complexity of living organisms that we observe around us. When the creationists told him how unlikely the chances are of that happening, Dawkins proposed the multiverse theory (which...
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    The Law and the New Covenant

    Jesus fulfilled the law for us so that we may no longer be condemned by them. Our salvation doesn't rely on keeping the laws of Moses, but obviously that doesn't give us permit to fulfill whatever hedonistic desire we may have. The law still serves as a moral compass of what God's holy standards...
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