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Dear Darren, The problem was that I failed to adjust their size: I tried, but could not. They were copied/pasted from elsewhere, where they did not appear that large. I have since realized that it is the Quick Reply window that offers no options to adjust letter sizes, while the Advanced...

Sorry, Nick. I do not know what it is about, but we've just met, and I am sorry to see you go. I enjoyed your Simone Weill quotes. Learner

On second thoughts, the Second Section could have a sub-section: Section: Categories of People (or Thought) that are simple, make sense and please most people. Sub-section: Category for those that are complicated, make no sense and offend as many people as they can. :-)

Perhaps the solution would be to create two forum sections: One for "religions that are simple, make sense, and please most people." And another for "categories that are simple, make sense and please most people." Respectfully, Learner

My apologies, Mee. I had noticed earlier that a post of yours was edited by someone of that name (I think), and assumed that to be your real name. It seems I made a mistake. Thank you, mee, for your good explanation of what you believe. I have never come across that interpretation of the...

Dear Nick, I am in general agreement with your comments, and it is quite true, doing from our own corrupted nature or self-righteousness is but putting on sin-soiled filfthy rags and appearing in public thinking we are all dressed-up. I would agree that it is, in the end, a question of "to be...

Dear Netti-Netti, The end is in the beginning, and both are in the means. Thus, salvation as a means "begins" and "ends" in a (future) conlusion of the End reached, or fulfilled, yet salvation is always a "present" thing, something of the here-and-now. Jos 24:15 And if you be unwilling to...

Dear Thomas, Thank you for your generous and accommodating response. This statement startles me. You do go on to explain that there is a difference between a state of bliss and a state of beatitude, and that they belong to different ends and orders. It all depends how one sees heaven, I...

Dear Darren, I must have not expressed myself well to make my meaning clear. Please, let me try again. Mat 22:32 'I am the God of Abraham,and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not God of the dead, but of the living." (1) The living God lives. (2) The living God is the God...

Dear Thomas, Allow me to make some personal remarks about your personal comments. :-) Surely, the creature's naturally ordained end is fixed in the beginning of creation itself, in that man is born for heaven, and Salvation and Redemption are the means to secure his paticipation in the...

Dear Mee, I would be interested to know how you (as a witness) explain, (from the Bible, of course), the Biblical revelation that God is the God of the living, when referring to the God of the "dead" Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Respectfully, Learner

Dear ahmetsecer, Thanks for this. I enjoyed reading your article. Respectfully, Learner

Dear Thomas, Thank you for the effort to respond with such a thorough explanation. I especially took note of the emphasized words in the quote above. Thanks once again. Learner

I thank you for your answer, Thomas. I find it interesting that you zoom in on "doctrine" and cleaving to "original teaching" (as handed down, of course) as the main mark of close resemblance between the primitive church and the RCC, EOC, and OOC. Of course, these appear to have no...

"[T]he church was there before the Scripture was ... so the Scripture is the witness of the Church ... so if you want to understand what it means, go ask the Church which wrote it." May I ask, sir, if the Church that brought forth its witness in Scripture, (as well as in martyrdom), had a...

Dear Dream, I found this contribution very interesting and educational (for me): Thanks. Dear Winner, I understand the point you are making, and it is true as far as it is the Divine modus operandi --- a method serving God's greater plan, as you put it. I intended to say that, given...

I believe this to be a sound insight. The use of parables should also be considered along with the following statements: With regards his messages and teachings, Jesus distinguishes between "earthly things," that is, things concerning our life here on the planet, and "heavenly things,"...

It should be noted that the link provided regarding the OSU study refers to "minority teens." Being a youngster in America could be ample ground for suffering depression, regardless of religious affiliation. Being a youngster in America and labelled a "minority," is almost certain grounds...

The principle expressed by the first shall be last, and the last first, refers to an inverted order that pertains to the heavenly realm, as opposed to the apparent order of the material world and the life in it. It cannot be seen apart from other like expressions, such as, that in order to be...