Hi Heiscoming,Here is a thread on Hell/hades.“The Apocalypse of Peter (2nd century C.E.) was the first Christian work to describe the punishment and tortures of sinners in hell,” states the French Encyclopædia Universalis.Among the early Church Fathers, however, there was disagreement over hell. Justin Martyr, Clement of Alexandria, Tert…[Read more]

Oh no. You've opened up the “heaven” discussion again.H, you'll be fairly suprised to find that pretty much no one on here believes that anyone ever goes to heaven. Ever. No one.There is a discussion on this called “heaven.”Quote This isthe second death, the death eternally in torment.This too has been discussed at great length. I'll find the…

Nick, or anyone,Adam and Eve were presented with a choice–obey or disobey, life or death. As you say, Nick, there was a tree of life, which no doubt, adam would have been allowed to eventually eat from had he deserved it. Adam and Eve were given the job of cultivating the earth, taking care of the animals, multiplying and filling the earth.…[Read more]

Hey Sultan.Based on my questions to H, I strongly believe your question will either go completely unasnwered, or you will be directed to a site that may or may not have anything to do with your question.

Quote Quote (david @ June 17 2006,06:13)QuoteI have a question for you nick. If this military man goes to war and kills a fellow believer on the other side, the other country, does that demonstrate “love among yourselves,” as spoken of by Jesus? Judge for yourself.JOHN 13:34-35“I am giving YOU a new commandment, that YOU love one another; just a…[Read more]

Actually, Nick, I found something that answers your question:Quote This clearly rules out one common use of autologous blood—preoperative collection, storage, and later infusion of a patient’s own blood. In such procedure, this is what is done: Prior to elective surgery, some units of a person’s whole blood are banked or the red cells are separ…[Read more]

Quote If you had bleeding gums or a bleeding nose would it be sin to swallow that blood? A kid once asked me if it was cannabalism to eat your own pimple. I'll answer your question if you answer mine.Quote Could you be transfused with stored blood taken from your own body?It is often done. Ok, Nick, so you DO know some doctor stuff. I knew so.…[Read more]

Quote My question regarding Israel was asked because it appeared to me that your judgment regarding war meant that God himself as well as the Jews have sinned in the way you describe. Not at all T8. Who can check Jehovah's hand? Or question Him? And if he directly tells his people to do something (which he obviously did) who am I or you to…[Read more]

Quote I have a question for you nick. If this military man goes to war and kills a fellow believer on the other side, the other country, does that demonstrate “love among yourselves,” as spoken of by Jesus? Judge for yourself.JOHN 13:34-35“I am giving YOU a new commandment, that YOU love one another; just as I have loved YOU, that YOU also l…[Read more]

Quote Hi david,If you do not judge why would you invite meto dowhatyou donot do? I would say the same to you. In fact, I have.

I don't usually like to do this and prefer to answer questions myself, but this video which has been distributed to tens of thousands of phycisians shows the options that are available in the field of bloodless medicine. It also explains why some leading experts have called bloodless medicine the new standard of health…[Read more]

Quote So none of your own life in your own blood either?Is that what you are saying?Nick, I really don't understand the question.

The blood bankers will speak differently, but it's important to note that all types of surgery can be performed successfully without blood transfusions. This includes open-heart operations, brain surgery, amputation of limbs, and total removal of cancerous organs. Writing in the New York State Journal of Medicine (October 15, 1972, p. 2527), Dr.…[Read more]

Is a transfusion really the same as eating blood?In a hospital, when a patient cannot eat through his mouth, he is fed intravenously. Now, would a person who never put blood into his mouth but who accepted blood by transfusion really be obeying the command to “keep abstaining from . . . blood”? (Acts 15:29) To use a comparison, consider a man who…[Read more]

Does the Bible’s prohibition include human blood?Yes, and early Christians understood it that way. Acts 15:29 says to “keep abstaining from . . . blood.” It does not say merely to abstain from animal blood. (Compare Leviticus 17:10, which prohibited eating “any sort of blood.”) Tertullian (who wrote in defense of the beliefs of early Christian…[Read more]

How did those who claimed to be Christians in early centuries C.E. understand the Bible’s commands regarding blood?Tertullian (c. 160-230 C.E.): “Let your unnatural ways blush before the Christians. We do not even have the blood of animals at our meals, for these consist of ordinary food. . . . At the trials of Christians you offer them sau…[Read more]

Only sacrificial use of blood has ever been approved by GodLev. 17:11, 12: “The soul of the flesh is in the blood, and I myself have put it upon the altar for you to make atonement for your souls, because it is the blood that makes atonement by the soul in it. That is why I have said to the sons of Israel: ‘No soul of you must eat blood and no ali…[Read more]

So you're not going to tell us?

I have a question for you nick. If this military man goes to war and kills a fellow believer on the other side, the other country, does that demonstrate “love among yourselves,” as spoken of by Jesus? Judge for yourself.JOHN 13:34-35“I am giving YOU a new commandment, that YOU love one another; just as I have loved YOU, that YOU also love one a…[Read more]

I am not a judge Nick. Do you judge all of the early Christians as being wrong?