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Hi Stu,Quote “ rocking horse people”, “newspaper taxis” and “marshmallow pies” were lyrical phrases written by John Lennon while high on LSD.   Revelation is much weirder even than this.Revelations isn't science but literature.  You can't approach it in the way you'd approach a mathematical problem (for instance).  To say that, Revelation read…[Read more]

Quote As you might be suggesting, the way the hunter-gatherer brain works makes it easy to end up putting the cart before the horse, constantly looking as we are for patterns, real or imagined, thinking there is a designer with a forward-looking purpose, or that evolution somhow has some kind of “goal”.  Looking backwards in time, we are the…[Read more]

Hi A4,I'm in sympathy with your position, but I think you need to research your facts.Quote things only evolve if they have tooyou obviously do not understand, I'm sorry but you can not de-evolve… you just simply evolve to survive in your environment… thats itThis is classic Darwinism, but it certainly isn't what current evolutionary theory…[Read more]

Hi A7,Quote Hi Kejonn, sure Jesus was not given to Molech, but the principle of human sacrifice is the same is it not. I dont care who the sacrifice goes to, you can't condemn something on the one hand then condone it on the other and still be considered fair and just.I think that the difference between these two examples is that Christ allowed…[Read more]

Hi Nick,Quote Hi Casi,The bible is not a world of mystery.Are you not yet born from above?I don't wish to offend you, but your statement shows that you haven't understood my post.The Bible* may represent a deep and abiding truth, but in and of itself it can never be truth – it is just words.  As St Paul says, we see only in part, a mere shadow.…[Read more]

Hi Nick,Quote Hi Casiphus,Yes John did write that.Since then men have been claiming that their speculations form part of that unwritten truth.It does not wash.Perhaps this is a fair comment, but when you choose to interprete a word or a passage in one way, as opposed to another, you are speculating – regardless of how educated a guess you make.…[Read more]

Hi Nick,Quote So you agree trinity is not taught by Jesus or the prophets or apostles?Not explicitly.  But when we write for an audience (as the prophets and apostles did), there is always going to be some assumed knowledge.The Hebrew writings are not entirely silent on themes such as the Son of God, and the Spirit of God.  But these are not e…[Read more]

Hi BP and Is,If I can just butt in for a moment:I've really enjoyed reading both your posts here, and I think that you both make excellent points.But are not not being a bit too scientific?  Aren't the words just there to give a sense of the whole?One can't hope to understand The Road Not Taken by merely focussing in on:Quote Two roads diverged…[Read more]

Hi Nick,Quote Indeed the trinity doctrine, which never appeared in any of the sacred writings, has continued to evolve ever since it appeared 200 years or so after Christ. Both facts argue against it having any origin in God at all.I think it is a bold assertion to say that this doctrine never appeared in any of the sacred writings.  It doesn't…[Read more]

I don't think that the fact the a doctrine changes and evolves should necessarily nullify it.  God may be perfect, but we are not, and neither are our understandings.King David was purported to have many wives and concubines, whereas St Paul supported having just one spouse (if any).St Paul lived in a world where there were slaves, and never…[Read more]

Hi IM,Quote Were did you get your information, if I may ask?My undergraduate degree was in ancient history, so I was mostly drawing from memory – especially as the Ninus and Semiramis legend had fascinated me at the time.  This is a Greek legend, but (as with many Greek legends) it draws on bits and pieces of Assyrian and Babylonian myth.I have…[Read more]

Hi All,I just wanted to get back to the original article that Nick posted.I know it was posted to generate discussion, but I haven't really seen any serious discussion yet.  I wonder that no-one has pulled this article to pieces, because it is so amazingly full of errors and misunderstandings I find myself divided between frustration and outright…[Read more]

Hi Is,I'm not sure I understand the difficulty.If I have a son, it is only natural that my son would be human, because I am human.  If God has a Son, what else could he be but divine, because God is divine?But just as an only son becomes an inheritor of his father's possessions in many cultures here on Earth, wouldn't it stand to reason that…[Read more]

Quote CompareJer 31:33  But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD(JEHOVAH) I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. Jer 31:34  And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his b…[Read more]

Of course, you could also phrase it: because the verse doesn't mention rape and murder, does not mean it doesn't apply to those situations.In my experience if something truly applies to one area, it applies to many. Here is another example :Quote Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am…[Read more]

Hi MrBob,Quote There is nothing wrong with sex, but there is something wrong with lust.This is true, but if you dwell on sex, without immediate expectation – ie. a sexual partner – then the body has no recourse to release, and lust will generally ensue from the pent up pressure.

hi sorryman,i think the reason this is a problem for so many people is that they allow themselves to dwell on sex for so long… physiologically, this has a similar effect as the release of pheromones…people dress provocatively, movies are full of sex, and sex is used in advertising… you can't really escape it… but being exposed to…[Read more]

Hi Soxan,My last comment was relating to this question:Quote The question then would be; which Jesus? The Jesus of scripture or the Jesus of your own personel mind set, who ever you want Him to be?I don't see that the Jesus of the Bible, and the Jesus of a person's minset are mutually exclusive. Take the Trinity debate for instance. All those…[Read more]

Do they have to be mutually exclusive?