OPINION OF CLARA TEA:
I might be wrong, Brian, but it is my opinion that all of the souls that God puts in humans came from Him, and that God is made of trillions of individual souls. I think that God is purifying Himself by putting souls in humans and giving them free will (assuming that the...
I feel like Jesus at this point.
(Mark 8:11, 12) 11 Here the Pharisees came out and started disputing with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, to put him to the test. 12 So he groaned deeply with his spirit, and said. . .
Brian, if you notice, the above, there are many hopes, not just...
If there is one Spirit, why do JWs say there is the Spirit of God and the Spirit of Chris, 2 Spirits?
Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Luke 3:16-17 He...
Good points! There is a reasonable middle road of reform of course, and the majority would support it, of requiring the chiefs of police to train as needed and to weed out officers that still aren't living up to the standards.
But another thing to remember is that in a way we imagine police...
I paused for a few minutes before I decided to respond to this post because I was frankly offended. But perhaps this is the way you really think so to answer your question : - the Bible is a book of sacrifice. People willing to sacrifice an aspect of their lives or livelihood to become closer to...
The view of attaining spiritual perfection is listed in these scrpitures:
Jesus said, "You are to be perfect as your heavenly father is perfect."
(Hebrews 10: 26, 28) "For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins...
Ah, well...I started reading this entire thread but frankly, I couldn't make it through the whole thing. No offense to present company. I think the whole premise of the OP sort of sat wrong with me from the get go - sort of like when you pour soured milk on your cereal first thing in the...
exactly.
the moods and possibilities for interaction are implicit in the large scale scalar fractals as well as in biochemical geometry. in fact both chemistry and gravity do the same scalar fractal orbital bonding type mechanics but at different scales.
similarly, we are a pattern which...
I believe the evidence to be the manifestation of the fruitage of God's Holy Spirit (the force he uses to accomplish his purpose). The fruitage being the same qualities that God has displayed toward the human family. We cultivate these qualities in imitation of our Heavenly Father and then...