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I guess what I'm saying is I'm right there with you about the 'Righter than thou', but on the other hand there are different kinds of Christadelphians, even though there are so few. You've got different kinds of people in there, too. I know what you experienced was very difficult. The...

PAT BOONE // 50TH ANNIVERSARY I really like some Lynyrd Skynyard. I particularly like "Simple Man" and I have visited the town where the singer grew up. Its hot and the affects of segregation are still very strong, but the place is pretty and people are upbeat. I think that place is going to...

Bhaktajan, I'm sorry I haven't responded but I've been very busy. I still have yet to look up basic information about Bhakti-yoga or what a yogi is. I have seen people practicing yoga positions, but I'm sure there's more involved than stretching exercises. This may surprise you, but I came...

Gatekeeper seems like an independent thinker, and he was reared Christadelphian. My experiences are mostly with charismatic churches and baptists, but I think that all people have the problems you've mentioned. You've got your scientists who want to overturn science with their paper, but they...

Thanks for that reply. Of the rest I will respond to this: This response may be a little disturbing to you, because I have to mention some details. Only once in my life have I felt guilty about eating meat and only recently. It was some barbeque already prepared. It struck me as very...

In the Bible there are levels of sanity and insanity, called 'Wickedness' and 'Righteousness'. (I am heavily paraphrasing). There are strategies to get rid of insanity and increase sanity. If your wife is evil to you then you should try appeasement to help her madness, usually. If she is...

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Thanks for your honesty and trust. Its meant a lot to me, and I've enjoyed your posts over these several years. I stop by your website sometimes to see what's going on. Also, thanks for exhorting me to continue reading and studying. "May God give you of heaven's dew and of earth's...

Its a garden gnome. I found it on the internet and am borrowing it under "Fair Use" terms. Its title is Chrome Dome Gnome and the photograph is being sold on Etsy.com at this link .

Sorry about that, Radarmark. I'm not familiar with Finkelstein, and I felt I had to say something. I'm in a position to know what I'm talking about when it comes to Jews as a whole. I've always been kind of a reject, but various Jewish people were kind. That's how I have met as many as I...

Good opener. This ties up some things. First of all it shows the 'Jews' are the 'Hebrews' in Jesus opinion, so the word 'Jew' does refer to all of the tribes under Moses care (contrary to what some posters have claimed). Secondly, it means that whoever receives Jesus gospel is also included in...

I suggest looking into the old Japanese 'Snake Woman' mythologies, but I'm not familiar enough to say whether there is a strong parallel. Perhaps a better match would be the Greek conception of the creation of humankind and of Zeus, whose father Chronos is often depicted as relatively evil.

I need to read up on gnostics and just about every other subject. I've got a copy of several important books about them, but I'm just the saddest little student you could ever hope not to have in your class. What I know is that Marcion was a man with a history, and he liked it that way. He...

The reason (as I understand it) is that Marcion was a control freak who should not have been given a leadership position. Anyone that is anyone in Christianity never makes a name for themselves. That is why nobody knows who Paul is, for example. I believe this comes from the Jewish...

I do not claim that it hasn't. Jesus once told his disciples "He who is not against us is for us." It means you could have a difference of opinion with Jesus, yet still be on his side. What I know is that Joseph Smith did not recognize, at all, other movements of the Holy Spirit except in...

"for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones." Proverbs 2:8. Faith requires believing this, but people always try to build devices to replace God. (Ecclesiastes 7:29) They want mechanisms in place, such as this 'Plan of salvation' . It is a complex theory at...

I'm in chorus with Thomas and Radarmark. Christians love models which they call types and shadows! The Christians thought of themselves as modeled after Israel -- slaves going on a journey into a new wilderness to a new promised land. Many still do. All of the history of Israel (proper...

Thanks for clarifying that, Amica. You mention that reading the mus-haf is not the same as reciting. Some posters have said that the 'Sound' of the recited words alone have positive properties even if one does not understand what they mean. I have read somewhere that many recite but aren't...