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Hi Thomas, Purgatory is presented (by the "church fathers") as something that has always existed. Am I right? What troubles me is, the rabbis never claimed there was such a place. So has G!D made a new thing, and told only the "church fathers" that there is now a new realm in the heavens for...

Hi, Am I the only one that has a problem with "church fathers". How can a group of men mine, in a few hundred years, all sort of new Biblical fact and ideas from writings which have existed for thousands of years, in which the owners of these writings, who studied them for thousands of years...

Hi, This passage from Isaiah is pretty good. ( some like to say "it's all good") Isaiah 63: 7-14 from the NASB 7: I shall make mention of the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, the praises of the Lord, According to all that the Lord has granted us, and the goodness toward the house of Israel...

Hi, I've been looking for bible passages to add to this thread since it first appeared. So here is my first one. Job 42: 1-6 from the NASB 1: Then Job answered the Lord and said, 2: "I know that You can do all things, And that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted. 3: 'Who is this that...

Hi GlorytoGod Read it aloud lots, never had any problems. Joe

Hi GlorytoGod, This is not to bad. Has a ton of information about the text, with somewhat Christian bias to it's meaning. I don't think any of it strays too far from standard teachings. But in the end for me, it became another shelf sitter. .02 Joe

Hi, I also find myself reading the NASB over the others. The NASB moves from the coffee table to the kitchen table to the computer desk and back around, the others seem to stay on the shelf. BTW: Didn't care for the Moffatt. I find his choice of words at times lacking. Joe

Hi Mee, I agree a little here. From the NASB: Ezekil 18: 26:"When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and dies because of it, for his iniquity which he has committed he will die. 27:"Again, when a wicked man turns away from his wickedness which he has...

Hi, I kinda agree with what Wil says here. Two or more different accounts, combined to make one. Also "but poetic renditions of folks trying to explain the unexplainable" comes to mind more often that not lately. Come to think of it, that's kinda what goes on over in these here parts, quite...

"God bless all nations"

Hi, I've read the parts about the calender in the bible, and find them and this thread very interesting. Thinking about it and reading here you can't help but think this is something of history. I don't want to sound complaining, maybe this should be in "Ancient lore and Mythology"...

Hi Dream, I'm not totally sure of your question, but: from the NASB Mark 9:33- 35 ... "What were you discussing on the way? But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest. Sitting down, He called the twelve and said to them, "If...

Hi, My .02. Hatred and racism are learned at the kitchen table. I don't think it's confined to any particular religion or group of people. You are right though, in the churches and temples it is not address but seems to be "swept under the rug". I find this "a breath of fresh air" BBC...

Hi SG, Has anyone or Jesus tried to confine Jesus to any one group? --> "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." The Jewish group is the one he was born into and the one he moved in. Wasn't the Blessing to the Gentiles adding a branch to the tree, not really creating a new tree...

Hi Vajradhara, Thanks for the reply. So I should not have included Buddhism on the list. OK. As a Buddhist can I say: I have delivered myself to this experience that I am currently living. Joe

Thanks Dawud, I think Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year. Joe

Hi everyone, A man (or woman) looks out at all that he (she) has. Seemingly, it is more than he (she) has the means to obtain, and proclaims I am blessed, and gives praise to and thanks his G!d. In no particular order: The same as with the Christian? The same as with the Muslim...