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Don't know if you come to this forum anymore. This is the first time in a long while for me. I just came here to retrieve a post of mine from some time past. How are you doing? Dondi

"Free Four" by Pink Floyd. Do I get a cookie now? My view of hell is pretty much found here. And yes I am comfortable with it.

To paraphrase a quote from Howard Storm's book: "The best religion is the one that brings us closest to God."

Well, the key word here is 'potential', human potential. I think we are kinda working on two sides of the same coin. You say that it's there and we just need to find it. I absolutely agree. Jews find it in obedience to the Torah. Christians find it in belief in Christ and following His teachings...

Though I agree that religion often separates us, and while there is the wrost in all religions, sometimes it take a genuine attempt in practicing one's religion that serves as a conduit to this spiritual awakening, that would not normally not manifest itself outside on one's own. The religion...

Well, see now, this is a gross mischaracterization of what you term as experientialism. It's not about speaking in tongues and flipping out on the carpet between the pews (see I cor. 13:1-3). It's about living the Christians life to prove to oneself of goodness and faithfulness of God. It is...

I could not participate in the poll because I believe that both faith and dogma (dogma has evolved into such a nasty word, hasn't it? all it means is "the established belief or doctrine held by a religion"(Wiki). For Christianity, it contains the basic beliefs as held by the scriptures), work...

A great solo in the beginning by Dave Davies: YouTube - The Kinks - Celluloid Heroes - Live 1979

I do not put a lot of stock in the non-free will argument. If God is absolutely in control, that is doesn't give us any leeway in the events of our lives, then we'd all be perfectly obedient.I do believe there are boundaries, limits on how far we can go (and we have gone pretty far). If there is...

Jesus said He came not to abolish the law, but to fulfill it. The Mosiac Law was imposed on a society of people after their escape from the bondage of Egypt to provide order in their daily affairs. The Ten Commandments deals with relationships between man and God and man with his neighbor...

Hey, it makes sense to me. Much more than some of these hopeless eternity viewpoints. :rolleyes:

The primary primise for universalism has it's basis for the idea that God is love, or the embodiment of love. And from that that God loves His creation, and will do whatever He can to draw all people to Himself, that is, into a fair-righteousness in relationship with Him (and our neighbor). I'd...

It's the bane of cut and pasting.

While God might be beyond the limits of human comprehension, remember that He made us in His image, so we can derive from this that there is a certain shadowy resemblance in our own emotions, wants, and needs that must have been imprinted upon that image from the source. Otherwise, we might as...

"How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?" - Matthew 18:12 "He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he...

Re: The will of jesus So essentially you are saying that Jesus was wrong. Did Jesus really need His mother's insistance though? Was Mary in tighter with the Father than Jesus was?

All I mean by that is that pride is what drove James and John to say 'we are able'. They thought they were being virtuous in their pride. But were basically shot down by Jesus. In essence, Jesus told them, 'go back to square one'. Sarcasm, on the other hand, is not a virtue.

Re: The will of jesus So Jesus had no free will. Yet when His mother asked Him to change water into wine, He replied, "Woman, what have I to do with thee, mine hour has not yet come" (John 2:4). Seeing that it is the Father's time that is in question, He was obviously influenced by His...

Re: The will of jesus Could He have disobeyed the Father's will if He wanted to?

Did Jesus have a free will?