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  1. halbhh

    Are we saved by our own efforts or are we saved by God's efforts ?

    That's 100% right. And there is more, more than only what you listed. Something crucial, Life or Death: The Vine and the Branches 15 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so...
  2. halbhh

    Are we saved by our own efforts or are we saved by God's efforts ?

    That wonderful John 5:24 verse, but it's not necessarily many that do that: "he who hears My word" -- to actually seek to listen to all that Christ said for us to hear! Or even to be well on the way, even. Not many do that it seems. (It isn't just reading/listening to a few things Christ said...
  3. halbhh

    Are we saved by our own efforts or are we saved by God's efforts ?

    You have set up that question wonderfully, well. And, Wonderfully Christ continues in that passage to tell us just that answer: 24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the...
  4. halbhh

    Why do you think it's wrong for someone else to be gay?

    As you may have heard already, there isn't anything wrong with any temperament. Rather, we all have good and evil in us, and everyone does wrongs at times in life, no matter their temperament, and of course using my temperament I might well tend to fall into some various wrongs that are easier...
  5. halbhh

    Theists: What would a godless universe look like?

    Interesting. That's one reason some think of a more advanced intelligence out there -- some thinking life and the Universe must exist for a reason.
  6. halbhh

    Theists: What would a godless universe look like?

    Why is that you think? After all, there are many bodies in our solar system big enough, > 60miles in diameter. This is old stuff for me from decades ago, and you might know it, but it's because we have Jupiter and Saturn to help vacuum up comets of the kind that would tend to intersect Earth's...
  7. halbhh

    Theists: What would a godless universe look like?

    Ah, according to the common bible, God made like himself (though of course while He is at least billions of years old (or much more perhaps), we are merely like 30 or 50 or 70 and such, relatively more like a toddler (at most).
  8. halbhh

    Theists: What would a godless universe look like?

    It's from Karl Popper, and not antique at all.
  9. halbhh

    Theists: What would a godless universe look like?

    Ah, I didn't include that in that post, but I'm of the view that God had chosen or worked to modify or originate the design of this physics which causes this Universe (as I think S. Hawking said, the Universe is merely (only) physics in action). (e.g., creating this Universe (this particular...
  10. halbhh

    Theists: What would a godless universe look like?

    That's interesting. I found one somewhat related article, already interesting and I'm reading. Do you have a recommended article?
  11. halbhh

    Theists: What would a godless universe look like?

    Yes, excellent. You have been reading up on this. If we could figure out how to detect lower energy neutrinos, that would be quite something, and possibly might even help with 'dark matter' is one thought.
  12. halbhh

    Theists: What would a godless universe look like?

    Of course. I wonder though if you are pointing out that correct detail about what we see and what is inferred because you yourself think the general big bang idea (or in particular cosmic inflation then) may well be wrong? If so, that's interesting in that case, and just for enjoyment I'd...
  13. halbhh

    The Exclusivity of Christianity

    Potentially we are all Messengers of God, yes? (I'm saying this both as a fact, but also as a question in that I'd love to hear your view) We are all imperfect of course, so plenty that isn't from God can easily get mixed in and many times even be the entire content of the message someone...
  14. halbhh

    My Own Worst Enemy

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    My Own Worst Enemy

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    My Own Worst Enemy

  17. halbhh

    Are we saved by our own efforts or are we saved by God's efforts ?

    My close and very extensively educated in Catholic doctrine friend says it as "we are saved, we are being saved (it's not yet finished), and we will be saved" -- all 3 tenses, past, present, future.
  18. halbhh

    Are we saved by our own efforts or are we saved by God's efforts ?

    While you can find minority views of various kinds, the predominate view I think is generally (several views fall into this broad category) that we choose to repent and turn to God and He helps us, both. While one can then lay out all sorts of details, I think it's far better to just read with...
  19. halbhh

    Why This Growing Trend?

    A lot of people tend to get depressed or sad because it's so hard to find anyone that loves them, is my impression. The human need to love and be loved is wired into our brains. Not having enough love hits some worse that others though, just like you suggest, according to things like low self...
  20. halbhh

    Why This Growing Trend?

    One key part of the big picture answer has been given a few times I bet, I saw already in post #3, the isolation that comes from social media. Here's my theory on why that is going to be depressing for very many people in a bit more detail:. On social media a person will normally post, and...
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