Quote (Mandy @ Feb. 29 2008,14:59)Quote (Mandy @ Feb. 29 2008,10:03)Regarding this entry that you have made, it's just your mean-spirited opinon.  Men wrote the bible, Nick.  If this is not true, are you willing to say that the errors we have found like 1John 5:7 was the work of the Spirit of God?  Of course you wouldn't want to agree to that!  B…[Read more]

Miracles do indeed happen, I myself have been both witness to, and subject of such.  I will not go into details about what happened for it streches the limits of creduality and I would not believe my own story if told by someone else.  What miracles show is that missing link in our arguments with those like Stewart, where reason falls short in e…[Read more]

Weinland is not the only one predicting WWIII this year.  Evidently Nastrodamus did too according to a new book mentioned on the History Channel recently.  It's called, The Nastrodamus Code WWIII 2008-2012:  “Drawing on newly discovered Nostradamus manuscripts, a startling new view of the world is revealed. With a total of eight chapters, The No…[Read more]

Dear TheodoreJ,The Americans always appear to be divided, that is until an outside player gets involved then you will see how quickly they close ranks (ie. Pearl harbor).  The American political landscape is not as seperated as it appears to outsiders, both of the major political parties are Centrist.  Supposing an  economic meltdown occurs (h…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ Feb. 28 2008,19:30)Quote (Mandy @ Feb. 28 2008,18:40)I suppose because God is not material; he is not like his creation because he is not created.  He is spirit; he is invisible.But if god created everything he must have mastery over the material world.  Why not apppear to us in material terms? Spposedly he can do anything, i…[Read more]

Mandy,You are very correct when you point out the motivating factor of fear in regards to these discussions, I myself while rejecting a lot of what I have been taught or read still have this occasional nagging fear of what if I am wrong and they are actually right?  Yet when put in a larger context what if any particular religion, not just…[Read more]

Anticipation of peace you wrote, “Ron's message comes from God, it is clear everytime.  He has conviction and resolve that no other has ever been able to do.  I honestly imagine that is how many of the apostles and Christ himself use to speak – with boldness and conviction.”I am glad you think so, personally I do not, but then the flaw can be w…[Read more]

In my previous post no one seemed to answer any of my points.  I did not examine the idea of the alleged coming European military assault as foretold by Mr. W. through scripture, as there is plenty of point counter-point going on.  I look at it as a matter of probability based on my knowledge of industry, economics, politics and military o…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ Feb. 27 2008,16:02)Quote (Cato @ Feb. 26 2008,23:58)Stuart,”So you are saying that Zeus was considered to be a god and now is not because people stopped believing he was, but that the Judeo-christian god really is there because people believe he is?”This was not my point (though it may have some validity psychologically).No my point…[Read more]

Quote (Mandy @ Feb. 27 2008,19:27)But Nick, I press in and ask………..are you blind?You must be if you are not able to point me in the right direction?  Maybe the blind really do lead the blind here?My question is clear.  My question is simple.You have no answer.Yes, Stu, the “second coming” in an invention made to cover-up the fact that J…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Feb. 27 2008,05:52)Hi KJ, Fascinating reflections, echoes and shadows…. perhaps to some. But we are not interested in being seduced by such illusions.So before Jesus, God only concerned himself with Jews?  A pre-Christian belief system that taught one benificient, almighty, unmanifest God, that stressed good thoughts, words…[Read more]

After perusing bits of Mr. Weinland's End Times I have some comments:”The beast (of Revelations ) spoken of here is a military power that emerges out of Europe for the seventh and final time in history.”  Since the time frame for this starts this Spring, I would say that while anything is possible, it is highly unlikely in the extreme:The…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Feb. 26 2008,14:38)Hi, Certainly we do need to research this matter further. Scripture is the only source of truth on such matters. So reliance on logic and reason and pleas that God is too nice to allow such things will not wash.More research yes.If scripture was the only source of truth then I think it would be more clear on…[Read more]

Stuart,”So you are saying that Zeus was considered to be a god and now is not because people stopped believing he was, but that the Judeo-christian god really is there because people believe he is?”This was not my point (though it may have some validity psychologically).No my point was that Zeus was discarded because of his nature, he was no…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Feb. 26 2008,06:38)Hi cato, No true doctrine.Many humanistic religions are of this nature.True doctrine is drawn directly from the teachings of God in the bible.Men teach that they can save themselves.God teaches that it is impossible to do so.How is this humanistic?  Zarathustra/Zoroaster existed perhaps a thousand years or…[Read more]

Alas I, by Jove, was the one to bring our much maligned Olympian into the fray for which I now regret.  I did so in response to a claim by Stuart who said, “In short, why does this god make everything look like 'he' does not exist?”  My point was that God, is not a definable figure and is beyond our means to understand and measure so we don't e…[Read more]

Going back to the purpose of this thread which was to examine whether belief in the trinity was essential for salvation, let us pose this, two people both good, believers in God and Jesus, baptized, etc., and both try and live a life based on both faith and good works motivated by that faith, the difference: one views God as having three equal…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ Feb. 22 2008,18:57)Quote As for the control room god, well in that view such a being would have the big picture and we in a limited perspective might not see or understand the shaping hand thereof. Perhaps God looks as if he is not there because his scope is so large in time and power that we can not measure or even separate him from…[Read more]

Quote (acertainchap @ Feb. 17 2008,13:38)If there is no God, ultimately, philosophically, how can one talk about reality? If there is no God (there is a God) one cannot rationally believe that there is such a thing as truth, let alone decide what it is.Proverbs 1:7 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge,       but fools despise wi…[Read more]

“Your one illogical assertion is that there is anything other that what we call the natural world.”I guess it is a matter of defining boundaries and terms rather then a flaw in logic.  According to a strict materialist view, if something exists at all, it is by definition not supernatural. Certainly there may be things outside of human…[Read more]