Quote (kejonn @ Aug. 20 2009,22:58)Depends. If someone assaulted an older person because it could be shown they did it due to prejudice against the elderly, it could be a “hate” crime. If it was just to get a purse, no “hate” crime. Likewise, not all crimes committed against gays will be seen as “hate” crimes, just those that are motivated by a…[Read more]

WorshippingJesus said to Marty:Quote esus had told them…But “you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you”; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8That is exactly what happened in Acts 2. If Jesus would have been speaking of himself then he would have said s…[Read more]

Marty said:Quote We as Christians know that Jesus is the lamb of God and no further sacrifice is required by God.  This was a perfect sacrifice, but the Jews who do not believe that Jesus is the Messiah do not know about this sacrifice, and therefore, they will rebuild the temple according to the specifications in Ezekiel and offer animal…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Aug. 21 2009,10:26)Hi TT, Your opinions are not necessarily true to the timetable of God.My God Nick! According to Hebrews the sacrifice of Christ is the final, once for all sacrifice and you say that it is my opinion? You have the audacity to say that trinitarianism is folly?thinker

Quote (Not3in1 @ Aug. 21 2009,16:56)Quote (thethinker @ Aug. 21 2009,14:28)Marty believes that animal sacrifices will come backThinker,Would you mind pointing me to Marty's post that said this?  I find this facinating, and have wondered about it myself.Thanks,MandyMandy,Go to Scripture and Biblical Doctrine to the Messing with God's Timetable…[Read more]

WorshippingJesus wrote:Quote ”And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you”, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies “through his Spirit, who lives in you”. Rom 8:11WJ,Good passage. It says that the Spirit raised Christ from the dead too.thinker

Quote (Cindy @ Aug. 21 2009,12:48)thinker!                  So you are calling the first Christians names?  It was in the third Century that the Christian came out of hiding.  It was Constantine that ordered an edit and made Christianity the Universal Roman Church.  He changed the Sabbath and ordered Sundays a  day of worship.  ll you  did not…[Read more]

bodhitharta said:Quote But to call The Holy Spirit unclean is Blasphemy. Now according to your belief, can part of the trinity be cursed without the other two parts being cursed? Can someone only curse part of God?Yeap! This is a problem only for the Gnostic.bodhitharta said:Quote You need to understand the more we make this clear to you the less…[Read more]

Lightenup said:Quote Yes Thinker, My statement IS ridiculous, that's the point, I was comparing it to the logic that is flowing from your “camp.” It was good of you to notice!Kathi,Nonsense! Even anti-trinitarians speak about love and other abstracts as personal attributes simply incidating the character or nature of a person. This is what Keith…[Read more]

Quote (WorshippingJesus @ Aug. 21 2009,08:53)Quote (Lightenup @ Aug. 20 2009,16:08)WJ,You said:Quote Jesus calls the Holy Spirit “He, him”, the Spirit is a person!Jesus did not use English…sorry.  The translators gave the neuter noun for “spirit” a male gender, we can blame them.  BTW, to base your beliefs on pronouns that are often misleading t…[Read more]

Quote (princess of the king @ Aug. 20 2009,13:20)Quote (thethinker @ Aug. 18 2009,14:03)Quote (princess of the king @ Aug. 18 2009,11:41)Quote I was taught that any interpretation of the Bible must agree with historical evidencewhy?It's brings embarassment and shame to Christianity that you would ask.thinkertruly thinker, you think your double…[Read more]

Quote (942767 @ Aug. 19 2009,11:01)Hi thethinker:Jews that don't believe that jesus is the Messiah don't know that the Levitical priesthood has been done away with.And there are Jews in Israel who are planning to rebuild the temple even as I speak.  The have already made some of the temple fixtures.  The temple was rebuilt when the Jews came b…[Read more]

Quote (Jodi Lee @ Aug. 21 2009,06:06)Quote (thethinker @ Aug. 20 2009,05:55)Quote (Jodi Lee @ Aug. 20 2009,04:11)Thanks Gene, I hope people are really starting to question their understanding of Jesus being YHWH, both trinitarians and pre-existent folks.YHWH is clearly the Father due to the fact that it was YHWH that promised He would raise up an…[Read more]

Quote (Jodi Lee @ Aug. 20 2009,08:55)Quote (thethinker @ Aug. 20 2009,05:44)Quote (Jodi Lee @ Aug. 20 2009,04:11)Thanks Gene, I hope people are really starting to question their understanding of Jesus being YHWH, both trinitarians and pre-existent folks.YHWH is clearly the Father due to the fact that it was YHWH that promised He would raise up an…[Read more]

Lightenup said to WJ:Quote Now, according to some trinitarian reasoning that we have had lately, love must be a person, and since we are to abide in love and love is to be in us, and since God is love, love must be God and that would give us yet another separate person of the ummm trinity?  No, couldn't be trinity because that would make four…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ Aug. 21 2009,06:54)I believe that is how the law is applied in some countries, the UK for example.  They have many instances of racial and homophobic attack which is definitely motivated by prejudice, often incited by the political actions of parties like the BNP.  Such incitement is very similar to the statement that gays are &…[Read more]

kejonn said:Quote If you accept the bible as true, then there is some semblance of truth in his statement. However, I do not believe that all Christians peresecute others who are different than them, partly because most Christians don't have a clue about what is written in their bibles.What a bigoted statement! You infer that knowledgeable…[Read more]

Quote (kejonn @ Aug. 20 2009,22:58)Depends. If someone assaulted an older person because it could be shown they did it due to prejudice against the elderly, it could be a “hate” crime. If it was just to get a purse, no “hate” crime. Likewise, not all crimes committed against gays will be seen as “hate” crimes, just those that are motivated by a…[Read more]

Quote (kejonn @ Aug. 20 2009,14:17)Quote (thethinker @ Aug. 19 2009,10:15)Quote (kejonn @ Aug. 19 2009,11:06)Quote (kejonn @ Aug. 17 2009,08:27)Quote (thethinker @ Aug. 09 2009,13:27)kejonn said:Quote Look at the homosexual threads. thethinker tries his best to get others to believe that homosexuals = predators,I said that homosexuality has…[Read more]

Jodi lee wrote:Quote 1 Timothy 2:3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,  6 who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time,Titus 2:13:“waiting for…[Read more]