Hi, Jane. It is not actually about a debt. This has to do with inheritance. Should Abraham get to choose his heir? Should kings appoint their sons to be heirs? The message is "No, they should not." Why not? Because a good man may have an evil son.
The Bible stories are full of examples...
Most physical explanations depend upon the assumption of cause and effect. Human beings are biased towards believing in a cause for everything, but perhaps on the massive scale that we see beyond our tiny galaxy *cause & effect* no longer holds true. It would explain many things, yet observing...
Its nice to have an additional confirmation of the theories. The Physics of it still doesn't make sense, but at least we know that the mathematical models have merit.
Psychology can account for these. Our brains can distort time and create false histories, particularly under hypnotic suggestion. If you search 'Hypnosis' and 'Time Distortion' you will get a lot of information about it.
It works like this: You allow me to put you into a hypnotic trance, so...
Happy Birthday to Wil
Happy Birthday to Wil
now blow on the candles
with breath that could kill
Happy Birthday to us
Happy Birthday to us
Wil's cake and his ice cream
we'll eat without fuss
Personally I think that people themselves are the forces, and laziness affects the shaping of traditions. It would explain how would you could have periods of improvement and periods of degeneration. It would make sense that when people have it good they become lazy but when they don't they...
Thank you for pointing that out! His "New Perspectives on Paul" is a gem. I'm relieved a little by this paper. Although I have not read his sources: Sanders, Augustine etc., this did not ruin the experience.
I like your off the cuff rebuttal on the whole and apologize for bringing up this...
I'm present, too, but as I haven't read a lot of commentary by scholars and as I am not retired I'm going to limit my contribution. Besides I think Paul was legit but that we simply don't understand him today - scholars included. Scholarly opinions vary widely, because Paul is an enigma...
That sounds like the sort of thing a woman would say, Juantoo3. Oughtn't you better to let them get their point of view across themselves? We want to know what you think, not what you think that women think.
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