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Genade, keep in mind this letter is from the author, John, who also wrote the Gospel of John. That author uses a unique style, and 'Confessing our sins' is phrase that needs definition mainly from context. Note that John says this in the context of light & darkness. It is one of John's...

Hi Alex. Good job on your design. While you're here, take a look at the avatar for user I,Brian . Also visit The Gallery There's also an introduction thread, and there is a 'Lounge' for various topics.

My own response to your post, Victor, is that I don't think Christianity is against self-defense except under certain conditions. You make some true observations about how Christianity can wrongly place all the burden upon the afflicted, and this has happened to one of our own members...

We need not presume the existence of God to discuss the ritual sacrifice of Jesus, but I think you are merely denying that God could be merciful and also that laws can be founded upon mercy. It is a one-sided approach to History to begin with that as an axiom. If true then of course the laws...

Some examples of good intentions in the law: 1. concern for orphans 2. for single women 3. concern for the reputation of women 4. laws protecting privacy 5. laws upholding equality 6. laws to curb monopoly Here is my theory: People in the past feeling their mortality have collected gifts and...

Jane-Q I think there are areas where we agree and disagree. For instance you say "All the anti-Pharisee rhetoric in the Gospels is an intentional distortion by its four authors in response to a later political-theological situation. This comes about, after the destruction of the Jerusalem...

That isn't what I personally believe, and it isn't what I said. (feathers ruffled) Thanks for your response, however.

I like Bobx and note what he says here: All the various theories that he recounts have one thing in common: A Redactor. That there are often two threads and two copies of everything I agree, but combination of two or three other authors is not the only explanation for that. The redactor knows...

I don't like to be at odds with people, but I am in this case. I do not necessarily subscribe to the popular theories of Elohist vs. Yahweist etc. I understand that many do, but its not a given. These theories are a part of the whole "Who Wrote the Bible" thing which is fine, but the...

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We left discussion of the Bible early in the thread, so I thought we needed a common reference. 5th Element is a surprisingly well known myth even rivaling Star Wars, Master No-Duh.

Jane, thanks for your reply and provided sources! Its very cool stuff, isn't it? I have some things I'd like to say to you about monotheism and peace etc. I don't think that waging peace is a Christian invention at all. It was through studying the laws or 'Torah' as they say which allowed me...

Howdy, Stranger. -- quote from a famous movie that most people either love or hate

This sparked my imagination a little. The Physics of very small things is still unclear and debated. I understand that very tiny items are considered to have probabilities of existence based upon their energy. Much energy appears to be quantized, yet matter appears to have the properties of...

That character in the movie had strange DNA, but there is an analog. DNA in the real world isn't always used. It could be that someone has very efficient DNA while another has very inefficient DNA but with both having the same mass count. There are people with double the chromosomes, too...

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You repeatedly say that donnann. Did you ever see the 5th Element movie? There was this one supremely perfect girl in that story who was entirely perfect genetically and only lacked someone to love her.

I like sitting at a fire and will stare at the shape of individual tongues of flame, and I like the smell of the smoke sometimes. A healthy fire leaves behind hot coals that give off a nice heat. At night everything is black except the fire, but in the morning there are cold coals on the...

In addition to what Mr. T. said, the premise of marriage is that women were cursed to be subservient to men (Gen 3:16), but this curse was lifted through Abraham's blessing (referred to as 'The Promise' in Galatians 4 of the NT). I Cor 11:12 "For as woman came from man, so also man is born of...

Nice reply, JaneQ. You provided some information about chieftains in the fertile crescent and how they tend to pass a blessing that I did not know about. Could you give some additional information about who researched these things? I'd like to know, thanks! Yes, the indebtedness to the...