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If by the next generation you mean my children, only if their spiritual growth becomes stagnate in the paradigm they're in. As long as they are seeking God and seeking His Will for their lives, they are fine. Let them find their own bumps in the road. I'll be there to help repair the damage.

Creation, Communion, Separation, Retribution, Restoration, Resurrection, Perpetuation. All we are saying...is give peace a chance....(everybody now)

I'm not suggesting that the death, burial, and resurrection are not important in the physical evidence confirming coming Resurrection. Nor do I have any issues of the Word becoming flesh as evidence of Jesus' divinity. But if you are going to be consistent, be consistent in your context, Thomas...

You seemed to have skipped over an important verse here: John 6:63 - "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life." If the flesh profiteth nothing, then eating on any actual food profiteth nothing. The...

And some would look at the human race and and the evil therein and ask, 'Where is God?'

The present Human Incarnation? You mean humans? If God amounts to nothing more that the human race, we're in big trouble.

Well, thank you, FS. I understand about the testimony of two or more witnesses, even if the minors don't agree. That kind of thing stands up in court. But no matter how 'corrupt' the scriptures may seem to be, as accusations fly toward certain versions from those who hold to one particular...

What 'uncanny' ability? I'm not sure I follow. When did she demonstrate this?

To literalist evangelicals, the above scripture, along with certain other passages, leaves no room for doubt that the Holy Bible is inerrant in every word penned down by the writers, as inspired by thbe Holy Spirit. There are those who would even venture to proclaim that a certain version of the...

Not to mention that Moses, having grown up in the court of the Pharoah, probably had access to all that elite Egyptian technological knowledge.

Actually, that's not entirely correct. We pray to the Father through the Son (or through the mediative qualities Jesus provides in being our High Priest), by the Holy Spirit, who indwells in us by that same mediation. When we pray 'in Jesus' name', it is that name that gives us authority to pray...

Tis ok. Forget it, I know what you mean. Perhaps we ought to get back to the topic at hand. From a few pages back: OK, let's toss in another unconventional viewpoint, one that I had been working on some time ago (actually a year ago), but haven't quite completed it. In all this talk about...

I don't post bible verses to sway anyone (proselytizing is against forum rules). I only post them if I wish to make a point. Since the subject of this thread deals with the biblical story of Genesis, particularly in the current discussion of God making man in His image, the biblical verses I...

Yet the injuction in Genesis 1:26 only pertained to man. Nothing was said of the rest of creation. You still haven't really defined what it means to be in God's image. Then I assume that you believe that Jesus (as God incarnate) knew everything that was going on around Him? Or would it be...

I appreciate you response, Kim. When I returned to Christianity after a brief absence some years ago, I was over in another forum discussing my newfound views and one person told me that what I was describing sounded a lot like EO, particularly in regard to theosis (though I'm unclear about the...

I agree with you here on the subject of idolatry, but the vast majority of Christians do not view the cross as an object of worship, rather a symbol reminding us of the sacrifice Jesus suffered through in dying for the sins of man. Aside from that, Jesus encouraged His disciples to 'take up...

In what manner do you believe we are made in God's image? As a matter of reference, I wonder if you could tell me where you derive these traits of God in which you adhere to, particularly in regard to our current discussion of omniscience.

I'm rather curious as to which aspects of EO doctrines you identify with, path.

How can God be omniscient if He had no experiential knowledge? Does God already know how to ride a bike? Read the section on controversies regarding experiential knowledge in this Wiki article: Omniscience

Lack of community was only one aspect of my decision to return to Christianity. Diverging away from Christianity allowed me to see the fundamental aspects of Christ's teachings through a Jewish lens. What I found was a Jewish Jesus (as opposed to the Protestant Jesus I learned about growing up...