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I agree, the issue with free will is not restricted by omniscience, but by omnipotence.

The verb estar denotes condition or place (which is more likely to be temporary), the verb ser denotes identity. Your example Soy viviendo is incorrect, you say estoy viviendo (I am living) or estoy vivo (I'm alive). So there really isn't any difference adressing life or death in spanish.

Hello Excaliburton, I don't agree or disagree, its your choice. Its fine if you want to reject Paul, but you have to reject all his doctrines as well. It has been said in this forum many, many times that if you remove Paul you are left with an enlightened Judaism, nothing more nothing less...

That's the only true answer imo. How do I get there?

I agree. Then you have Samuel's mum giving him away to the Lord as soon as he was weaned, heartbreaking in my eyes.:( It makes you think how people's worldviews can be so different, can that be a sort of answer to your dilemma?

LOL, this is going to be a long thread! I won't waste my precious typing time yet:D

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I remember reading somewhere (a long time ago) that the word eunuch was used with a wider meaning than the specific one, that is a synonym for royal servant. In some cases eunuchs had a lot of power in their roles serving their masters, and perhaps it wasn't necessarily perceived as something...

1- I hear you. You are concerned about a scenario where those who are saved by faith are licensed to sin, is that right? In my experience you don't deal with the sin directly but rather the root of the behaviour inside you. As far as I know in christianity there is a lot of emphasis in...

Kenod, I doubt wether such conflicting accounts will stand in a court of law. How could he pay for the field with the reward, if Matthew says that he got rid of the coins in the temple out of guilt? Now, you can come with all sorts of explanations, ie the branch where he hanged himself broke, he...

Well, beauty can be ugly, or at least an it can be both on different layers perhaps? I'm thinking of polarities, the typical example the elephant man, outer ugliness creates inner beauty.:rolleyes: As for absolute beauty just look at me:D

Why is it so hard to acknowledge that the Bible has errors, just like any other holy book? I agree that a lot of those contradictions are only apparent, but factual differences cannot be ironed out, just like the one regarding the death of Judas. Some christians that are more honest with...

Ciberpi, I sort of agree with what you are saying. If you have true belief unimpeded by fear or doubt, then yes it will manifest in action. The question is: what is the nature of those actions, is it true faith or is it the act of your own will, your own ideas or perhaps because you are expected...

I was just thinking of those clubs and groups. Have you considered perhaps that part of the reason that some people go to church is just for the fellowship as a last resort, because non-religious groups simply don't suit them? Some of those organisations do provide a sense of purpose, even if...

I agree with that statement, however I don't think that all believers will necessarily fall in that category. People can be genuinely compassionate, for various reasons, regardless of what beliefs they have. I think it is sad that some parts of the NT seem to encourage people to serve god as a...

Excaliburton, I think you are chasing your tail mate. If one is to believe scholars, some of the epistles attributed to him aren't his, and in any case Paul's genuine letters stand way taller than the Gospels in terms of consistency and accuracy. If I remember correctly Hebrews is sometimes...

I don't disagree, but there is always a danger of abusing the works issue. I come from a born-again brand of church, unconditional salvation through faith in Jesus Christ was acknowledged, and yet on the other hand they always seemed to be hammering works as the standard of a good commited...

Things like the veil had a very particular meaning in their original cultural setting, not the case anymore at least in the western worldview and cultural values. I was once told that nowadays a woman should wear the modesty "inside", it is a matter of attitude, not a legalistic imposition of a...

Sorry Samabudhi, complete misunderstanding, I supose I didn't express myself very well. I meant the opposite of attachment, detachment, and I don't mean healthy detachment.

I don't think that that is an imaginary number, as far as I remember i=√-1. The square root of any positive number has two possible values, a negative and a positive one with the same base/module. The rush to be right.......