Because with such an attitude you will never learn from your mistakes. And we all make them. I do believe that even the Bible warns you about that sort of pride meaning that you are not following your own holy book. I could look it up, but as you know there are many that the Bible...
Why would I, as a Christian, give up that "all-knowing" attitude? I know God and God knows me! I could not possibly say that before I became a Christian! If others don't accept that as fact, that is of no concern to me.
If someone says that I have guesses about "gods [sic] facts and...
There are people who get upset about all sorts of trivial things. When I was a kid, my father wouldn't let us listen to rock and roll music because "the beat is sexual." The fact is, music has nothing to do with morality.
Lyrics on the other hand are a whole different ball game, because they...
I am naturally a worrier and deal with anxiety. What had helped me most over the years has been prayer for God’s peace and caring more about what Jesus thinks, rather than people. I’ve noticed my thoughts remain calmer with that perspective. Plus, I end up able to show more love and concern for...
People gravitate to whatever pleases their ego as much if not moreso than when people turn to virtues. Things such as virtuous love and also mercy love are not well understood. However if one seeks what is true, or in accordance with virtues, they'll find out a lot about virtues and vices...
Yes, if virtues were fully understood in this world they would overflow or seep out of people.
Minds fixed on the things above, heavenly things - Colossians 3:1-2
Worthy virtuous things to keep on considering such as found listed at Philippians4:8
Whatever things are true
Whatever things are...
@Yokefellow @Bthoth RA one eye is EL one eye as well, making two eyes, yet still only one eye.
I'm going to continue studying your post @Yokefellow , and I'll respond more than once to your post. I think that'll be easier for me. Here's my first drawing, that's further down my post.
Your...
Hi @River Sea .
Because there is so much to learn, depending on the various eras of the Egyptian timeline, I decided to interpret the various Gods and Goddesses through the lens of the Christian Bible to make things easier for me.
Here is one example from Wikipedia:
In the New kingdom, Ra...
I see your point but God actually instituted government after the flood mostly to punish murder.
When Cain killed Abel, God did not have Cain put to death. Later Lamech killed 2 men and bragged about it because of Cain.
And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance...
The civil state is the modern version of the Roman civil system.
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Romans 13:1
All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's household.
Philippians4:22
Please feel free to continue to ignore the source text in favour of those who promoted the Roman cult.
And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called...
I think we talked about words in previous discussion, do we need to talk about it again?
Sword
Revelation 19:15
"Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. "He will rule them with an iron scepter."He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God...
So you believe. Just as I said. And because you believe this, you work to discredit anyone that believes differently.
Again, so you believe. And because you believe it's true, you see it as being true whether it is or not. Because in fact you aren't skeptical or rational at all. You're...
No I don't have a method the IS A METHOD and it's our best method for knowing what is true. The scientific method, rational, skeptical, empirical based epistemology is the best way to know true things.
Fiath and personal experience are TERRIBLE and fool billions. That is a demonstrable fact...
Who wrote the Epistle to the Hebrews? We know that the writer of Hebrews is not an apostle or one of our Master’s original disciples. The writer makes that clear when he says in Hebrew 2:1, “[The message] was declared first by the Master, and it was attested to us by those who heard.” This...
Mark is not considered an independent source. It's anonymous, name added late 2nd century and starts with "as told to me by"
More examples of Mark's use of Paul from the journal papers
Mark 1:1 uses Paul’s phrase “the beginning of the Gospel” verbatim (Philippians4:15); and “Gospel of...
Philippians4:2 "I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord." Philippians4:3 "And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the...
Jesus said, “No one goes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6)
So, through Jesus, try intensely reaching out to Jehovah (Malachi 3:16) in prayer, asking Him for comfort & His peace. (2Corinthians 1:3; Philippians4:6,7) The Bible doesn’t say that our trials will be taken away, but that...
How do we know that that Clement was the same Clement of Rome? Was there only one Clement in the entire early Christian community?
And even if Clement knew Peter (Paul never met Jesus so I don't even see the relevance of adding him in), how can we feel confident that Clement's or even Peter's...