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My Jesus is the only-begotten first-born, and he created you; and you created yours. :-)

Thank you for your scholarship, Thomas. You teach every time you post. Thanks. Sincerely, Learner

Perhaps it is just something similarly unexplainable and bizarre as the running of the bulls during the annual festival of San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain, or the endless wars in Africa. Or, of course, the gay parade extravaganza during the annual Mardis Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Thanks for your response, Dream. Yes, of course, I meant "tradition" in the same sense as St. Thomas from Across the Tiber, as the teachings of the (early church) Fathers, or in the case of our discussion, the teachings and tradition of the elders and fathers of the ancient (Israelitish)...

Dear Dream, It seems to me that your premise may be sounder than I first understood. I cannot offer much in further discussion, as I really am still forming my own mind in these matters, especially in terms of disease and healing. I am surprised, though, by the use of the words, “By...

I did not know this, so, I thank thee, Dream. I am tempted to say: this would go a long way toward explaining my life. :-) But I need to learn more about it first. Does "the activation of the pain centers in your brain" merely warn of impending suffering, should you persist in "disagreeing...

Dear Dream, I have always refrained from entering discussions on homosexuality. I respond here, however, as a Christian, to the premise that you have developed to explore your thoughts on the matter; "to make a case" and "test it," as you put it. So while, at first glance, it seems to me...

One of the ways the Holy Spirit works in my life is often quite obvious in the things that present itself to me during the course of a day. If I attend to these, I find that they invariably offer what is needed. Often, however, the real significance or contribution of an item or event is only...

Thanks for spelling out that distinction, Thomas. I found that very helpful. Man-made tradition with Scriptural support vs. man-made tradition that contradicts Scripture. Thanks, Learner

Very dramatic, mee. A simple, "Yeeeeeeeeyaaah, ride on!" might suit the script better. ;-) Anyway, I wanted to remind thee, mee, that in opening another thread, you stated that things mentioned in Revelations could not be taken literally, but had symbolic meaning. Does the "white horse" now...

I was wondeing, mee, if your five thousand three hundred and ninety posts have resulted in any e-conversions? If not, should you not be outdoors, going from house to house? Just look what that did for Obama. No disrepect intended. :-) Learner

Thank you for responding, Nick. I now have a more balanced understanding of your point of departure. Sincerely, Learner

"someone can begin to become a Christian"...and talk in the Holy Spirit... Do you allow for the remote possibility of speech in the Holy Spirit? Was it the Cure of Ars' intellectual prowess that made him "the doctor of all of France?" Do not feel that you should answer, Nick, I know...

Nick-A wrote: Here is a standard definition of intellect: Quote: [T]he power or faculty of the mind by which one knows or understands, as distinguished from that by which one feels and that by which one wills; the understanding; the faculty of thinking and acquiring knowledge. Dear...

Only you could have said this, sir, and I find it beautiful. Thanks, Thomas. Learner

Dear NickA, An interesting question you pose to Thomas. I am not sure what you mean with "psycologically losing something?" What came to my mind was that one who has the Holy Spirit really has nothing to lose, for, since it was given to men as "the promise of the Father," those who have...

A rejection of God's care (for human life) because of faulty expectations that place God "on our side," that is, this side of death; limit Him "to our side" of life, and measures or judges His perceived performance here, on "this side," fails to see that "this life", "here" on earth, is not the...

The first sentence quoted above misses one word to make it realistic: self. It would then read, "We are born loving self. It is our way." And we do take full credit ---- for being, as if we are the source of life, being number one. What religion does is point to ("give credit to") the ONE...

Yes, it seems, however, that you were the obedient one. :) In Him we live and move and have our being; in Him we live and act and are.

How strange, GlorytoGod, that your new topic comes just after I resisted a prompting to start a thread, titled with a question that I saw over the weekend, (asked in Acts, I think): "Have you received the Holy Spirit after you were saved?" To me, this strange synchronicity signifies the...