Quote The definition of polytheism is “The worship of or belief in more than one god.”Does the bible anywhere condemn “belief in more than one god.”?Wj, you believe in Jesus, who you would call godYou believe in the father, who you would call god. Some would say that makes you a polytheist. The bible does condemn the worship of other gods.

EdThoughts on the “Divine Name King James Bible”?Haven't seen it, but they put the name Jehovah back in it thousands of times I assume. Ed, is the AKJV wrong when it removes Gods name thousands of times?OR,Is the AKJV wrong to include the name Jehovah the 3 or 4 times it does?I know one of those things has to be wrong. If you argue that both…[Read more]

So mike, who are the gods then, demons? (Bad angels)

Quote (terraricca @ Aug. 14 2013,15:51)Quote (david @ Aug. 14 2013,08:24)Quote The weakness with the Eternal Universe option is that design, complexity, logic, patterns, and the code of the universe suggests very strongly that there is a designer, logical mind, or programmer of some kind. It is far more likely that the universe is a product rather…[Read more]

Quote (abe @ Aug. 14 2013,15:07)Quote (david @ Aug. 13 2013,17:51)Interesting thread. I'd like to point out that the bible doesn't use words like polytheism or monotheism.  This discussion would be quite different if we removed these trigger fear words from the discussion.  These words carry baggage.Hi David,Idol·a·ter noun \ī-ˈdä-lə-tər\ Defi…[Read more]

Quote The weakness with the Eternal Universe option is that design, complexity, logic, patterns, and the code of the universe suggests very strongly that there is a designer, logical mind, or programmer of some kind. It is far more likely that the universe is a product rather than the universe being the maker. It is like believing that a garage,…[Read more]

Quote What does “Only True God” mean? You and Mike believe there are other true gods, and if Jesus was claiming to be “a god” in John 10:35 why would he have said, “”Only True God”?–wjIf you understood what god means, (mighty one/strong one/powerful one, etc) then it would be easy to understand that he is the only one who is “mighty” RELATIVE to…[Read more]

Quote How can you and t8 claim “There is only One True God and yet claim there are other True Gods?–wjThe same way I claim that George, my life long friend, who I've known for decades, is my only TRUE friend, despite my other friends not being “false” friends.

Quote magicians also did the same things by their secret arts: I read a magic book that focused on the “Indian rope trick, an effect performed mostly in India or Egypt traditionally, or not at all. It's sort of an urban legend. But it was that book, if memory serves me, that mentioned that Egyptians today are still known to turn (apparently)…[Read more]

Quote But tell me what MAN, magician or not, can turn wooden staffs into snakes?People still do this trick in Egypt. Much like birds, when you bend back the head of certain snakes, they go into a trance like state and stay rigid until snapped out of it. Magicians use this principle to “hypnotize” birds, or to bring supposedly dead birds back to…[Read more]

Interesting thread. I'd like to point out that the bible doesn't use words like polytheism or monotheism. This discussion would be quite different if we removed these trigger fear words from the discussion. These words carry baggage.

Quote That the Universe can self-organise with no consciousness.If you have gravity, do you need consciousness to organize? But of course then the questions becomes: where did gravity and the other fundamental forces come from? We're these forces at one time one force? Perhaps gravity is just a function of mass. You have mass, and you have…[Read more]

If by “bananas” you mean modern banana's, then I would say and I would think you would know that bananas had a lot of help from humans. You wouldn't really recognize a banana from a few thousand years ago. It's similar with how it's almost impossible to find a watermelon with seeds in it these days. 10 years ago, not so hard. We made…[Read more]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expanding_EarthExpanding earth theory.

My opinion is that this is a crazy insanely insane idea. Interesting. It's so out there.

2besee, where on Wikipedia did you find these?

Maybe we are mixing up modern Hebrew with ancient.

Quote (2besee @ July 23 2013,10:25)Ed, your link is “Bible wheel” numbers. Mine is Wikipedia, and some other. Why don't we have someone on here that speaks Hebrew? That would really help.

I'm pretty sure Hebrew doesn't have the w sound. At least, that's what Ed and others have said 1000 times.

A sailer, a nun, and a rabbi walk into a bar…