Recent content by TheLightWithin

Just recently, Malcolm Jamal-Warner, Ozzy Osbourne, and Chuck Mangione. :(

I also miss Hermes - I don't think they made many posts, but I liked them. I think they predated me slightly. Haven't seen them in awhile.

Intriguing!

Well, having had or encountered something in a past life AND having and encountering it in this life are not mutually exclusive. I'm not sure if you mean YOUR mother in this life was murderous and this doesn't look like her kind of thing? Or if you are picking up an idea from the object that...

I am so happy to see discussion in these areas again!

Me too, at least in large part

Wasn't that a common view amongst various Gnostic groups also? The Demiurge?

Useful Charts has great information Matt Baker is the channel host. A wide array of videos on religions and historical topics. I've learned a lot from it. https://www.youtube.com/@UsefulCharts/videos...

If you don't believe in eternal punishment, or eternal paradise, or conditional immortality, what IS your theory about what happens to a soul in the afterlife? 🤔

No, most evangelicals believe in eternal conscious torment in hell More heterodox groups like SDAs, JWS, Christadelphians, and the descendants of the Armstrong churches, believe in conditional immortality, where the wages of sin = death.

Well, the response is to the doctrine of conditional immortality

I don't see why it doesn't make sense to you?

Well, Christadelphians talk a lot about prophecy. So do any of the Churches of God that are descendants of the Armstrong Worldwide Church of God

Yes its absolutely possible to believe in G-d without believing the Bible or any other holy book. You can gain a more objective view of the Bible and what it is (yes, written by humans) by looking into the field of bible scholarship if you haven't already. Dan McClellan on YouTube is a good...

I suppose it depends upon WHAT you are trying to win - what you are trying to accomplish and what outcome you seek. An angry neighbor is more a detriment than a benefit, from the point of view of their neighbor. What is the angry neighbor angry about? What are their reasons and how good are...