My question seeks to compare Christian theology that believes in an intelligent spirit placed into a body with Christian theology that believes there is no spirit inside the biological body.
I was sent and read a pamphlet sent to me from a Jehovahs Witness friend regarding the world mankind...
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I have a couple of very specific questions regarding Jehovahs Witness Theology and how it relates to the final resurrection of people.
If I understand Jehovahs Witness theology regarding resurrection correctly, there is nothing left of the original person who died, say a thousand years...
I had thought to discuss this in a historical forum but would like input from Christians rather than historians on this point.
Occassionally forum discussions arise regarding “perfection” as a moral characteristic Christians are to acquire in order, ultimately, to live in a social heaven in...
A recent poster in the “Is Jesus God?” thread offered a modern Hebrew translation which assigned the Hebrew name Jehovah to Jesus. Though the translation was an incorrect translation, the assignment was correct to the translators jewish messianic theological model. I assume the translator...
I had created a thread in the Jehovahs Witness DIR regarding the “translation team” that created “The New World Translation”, the text they use as a Bible. I attempted to gain information specifically about the four men who were, historically, the “translation team” for this text, their level...
I have recently discovered the text that the Jehovah Witnesses are using as a Bible since seeing many quotes on the forums from discussions with a Jehovahs’ Witness using the text. I noticed many of the quotes were different than the bibles I am used to reading and, initially this was somewhat...
I was in a conversation with the Jehovahs Witness, Pegg. I think that Pegg offered us an incredibly important historical principle when she suggested the following : People really need to understand what these terms meant to the people who wrote them down for us. Pegg # 25 (different thread)...
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I recently bought a NW Translation from a used bookstore recently for a very superficial look at the translation and I was impressed that the NWT correctly excluded the johannine comma and the NWT placed the woman caught in adultery in a second tier position (also correct) and the NWT...
I have been considering the historical use of the concept of λυτρον / λυτροω / λυτρωσις which English translators tend to render as “ransom” in Mt 20:28 and Mk 10:45 in describing a...
I have been speaking to a Catholic acquaintance regarding early judao-christian traditions. We were speaking specifically about a few traditions, ALL HAVING TO DO WITH PRE-CREATION TIME PERIODS.
1) the pre-existence of spirits of mankind
2) The Father's plan to morally educate primitive...
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THE VALUE OF WORKING THROUGH DOUBT
If, according the both ancient Judao-christian theology and restorative theology that mortality was engineered so as to teach the spirits of men, by their own experience, the consequences of Good and Evil and the operations and effects of...
I was reading in the thread regarding early LDS beliefs that the LDS no longer believe. I read some comments by posters and wondered :
HOW CAN A READER TELL WHAT IS AUTHENTIC LDS DOCTRINE AND LEGITIMATE INFORMATION VERSUS MIS-INFORMATION THAT IS POSING AS GOOD DATA? This principle...
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Madhuri;
I apologize that I did not offer much in the thread you started regarding why there are differing beliefs among christians regarding the Trinity. You asked :
I feel empathy for any non-christian trying to understand the myriads of Christian theories. However, to...
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The poster, Pebble107 started a thread and asked :
The link is here : http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/christianity-general-dir/104629-who-compiled-bible.html
I thought Pebble’s question was both profound and it’s consideration has many implications...
I am a christian who is re-reading the Holy Quran again. Though I've read it previous times, I do not know if my prior versions were very common or acceptable.
If I want the "best" and "most common" translation to be able to contemplate, quote and discuss, then what version should I buy? I...
I was doing research on first and second century christian texts and cannot find any early texts or evidence that the Apostle Peter ever left the traveling role of apostle and took on the congregational call of "Bishop". Any data from the Apostolic Fathers I might have missed? Any data from...
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This is actually a followup post to a point brought up in THE BOOK OF MORMON Thread by DavyCrocket2003. Since this theme has nothing to do with the Book of Mormon, I thought I’d place it in a different thread.
This post has to do with a Christians dismissal of the...
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I was not sure where to place this discussion. I am most interested in what the ancient Judao-Christians taught. Since the LDS and the CATHOLICS seem to be most representative ancient christian doctrines, I put it in this portion of their forums. The Catholics are the main other...
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I do not know where to place this discussion. I am most interested in what the ancient Judao-Christians taught. Since the LDS seem to be most representative ancient christian doctrines, I put it in this portion of the forum. The Catholics are the main other western Christian...
I am mesmerized, almost obsessed currently by something I am seeing in the LDS church that I’ve never experienced elsewhere in any other religious organization I’ve seen. I’d like the LDS take on what I am seeing.
I’ve attended several type of Christian churches in my...