Why are these minor flaws held out to be so terrible....what about humans killing humans, destruction of the family, war, rape, cruelty, selfishness and such.....why does the Christian church think pleasure is the greatest evil?....Pleasure is one of nature's ways of preserving the...
The second letter to Corinthians is more like a confession, a psychological one, like a therapist's session.
He was a very tormented man. It is evident there was an unresolved interior conflict within him.
Then he even admits himself he is bipolar, of course that's not the term he uses, but it...
You are attacking a strawman.
Read Galatians5:21-25:
The activities of the lower nature are obvious. Here is a list: sexual immorality, impurity of mind, sensuality, worship of false gods, witchcraft, hatred, quarrelling, jealousy, bad temper, rivalry, factions, party-spirit, envy...
As one of Jehovah's Witnesses I teach not only Bible commands, but Bible principles - that is, principles that guides Christian living.
The Bible does not have a set of rules for everything, but it sets out principles that guides us in everything we do.
For example, one would not find written...
Not true! There are multiple incidents in Scripture where people on earth interacted with Heavenly beings other than God, and it wasn't sinful!
And nothing in Scripture says that every belief must be supported in Scripture to be sanctioned and okay with God!
I talk to Heavenly beings with God...
Holy Scripture groups the practice of spiritsm to "works of the flesh:"
"Now the works of the flesh are plainly seen, and they are sexual immorality, uncleanness, brazen conduct, idolatry, spiritism."-Galatians 5:19-20.
There are so many forms and practices of spiritism that Jehovah's...
I confess that I've never seen a real demon, let alone driven one out. (But if I'd been the owner of those Gadarene pigs, and some guy made them all jump off a cliff, I'd be reaching for my lawyers.)
Not quite. If you look at your NT, you'll find "the Kingdom" has two different meanings. The...
Deuteronomy 18: 9-12,
When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations. There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells...
You will note that Paul observed the 7th day Sabbath for one and one half years, implying that, after that, he did not. The spoken of are "Judaizers," so of course they would have wanted to celebrate Shabbat on the 7th day. It's well-known that the proto-church continued to meet in the temple...
Paul, the Apostle on the Ten Commandments in the life of the biblical Christian:
The TEN COMMANDMENTS...
[01.] For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) [1 Corinthians 8:5] But to us [there is but] one God, the Father, of...
How did Paul feel about the Ten Commandments, the Law, in other places?
“...Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise; ) [Ephesians 6:2]
“...the law [is] good, if a man use it lawfully ...” [1 Timothy 1:8;p]
“For if I build again the things which I destroyed...
Consider these things.
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Mark 9: 1 And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see that the kingdom of God has come with power.”
So the message here (and elsewhere in Mark and the gospels) is, Get ready, the Kingdom is at hand...
In the NT 'The Kingdom of God' has two principal meanings.
One meaning considers that the Kingdom of God already exists, being the faithful as a group, or their faith itself seen as an entity.
Matthew 12:28 But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God...
I appreciate your post. Thanks ─ as a result I now know that we were both right, and that 'the kingdom of God' has two meanings.
A quick search turns up 65 NT verses containing the phrase 'the kingdom of God'.
The first meaning (let's say) is the one you suggest, that it's equivalent to the...
I made a list a while back:
Horrible Ideas Taught To Christians By Their Church
[1] Christian misanthropy (man is an inherently sick and defective thing that does mostly harm http://i.imgur.com/fn3pN9J.jpg The Atheist Pig : Photo
[2] Christian antiscientism (don't believe or trust...
I apologize for forgetting to include the reference.
Yes that is correct but the reasons for giving strong drink are to alleviate some malady not for pleasure. Drunkenness for pleasure appears to be condemned.
But they are mostly from the Old Testament. I'm not sure if there is anything about...
This is a debate forum, isn't it? Are you asking me to just :clap you and that is it?
I referenced my position which contradicts your point. When Paul said in 1st Cor 6:8 Nay, ye do wrong , and defraud , and that your brethren. 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the...