epistemaniac replied to the topic John 1:1 in the forum Scriptural Teachings 15 years, 7 months ago
Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 15 2009,08:51)Hi E, Indeed all will bow the knee to King Jesus. But is that your idea of what true worship is?? Jesus said something quite different in Jn4do you read minds N? I thought the bible said that only God knows the heart of men… 1 Kings 8:39 (ESV) then hear in heaven your dwelling place and forgive and act…[Read more]
epistemaniac replied to the topic in the forum John 1 15 years, 7 months ago
Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 16 2009,16:28)Hi E, Trust the bible.Theologians and humanistic teachers just fill our heads with follies.ahhh… good… then I will distrust you, for you are a theologian and a humanistic teacher…and yet once again, you fail to answer a direct question with a direct answer… are you a politician N? You sure talk like…[Read more]
epistemaniac replied to the topic in the forum John 1 15 years, 7 months ago
Quote (Nick Hassan @ April 15 2009,07:44)Hi E, Why not just read the bible? Truth is for kids.Hi N… check this out:”In order to be able to expound the Scriptures, and as an aid to your pulpit studies, you will need to be familiar with the commentators: a glorious army, let me tell you, whose acquaintance will be your delight and profit. Of…[Read more]
epistemaniac replied to the topic RAPTURE in the forum Truth or Tradition 15 years, 7 months ago
Quote (Stu @ Feb. 28 2009,14:26)Quote (SERVANT OF THE MOST HIGH @ Feb. 28 2009,02:02)WHERE IN THE WORD DOES IT REFER TO,OR PEOPLE GET THAT THERE IS A SECRET RAPTURE THAT IS TO TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE GRAND TRIBULATION.Don't shout! Others will hear about this secret rapture and get…[Read more]
epistemaniac replied to the topic in the forum The Trinity Doctrine 15 years, 7 months ago
well if we were, for some strange unfathomable reason, absolutely restricted to just this one passage then Trinitarians would not be reasonable in believing in the Trinity. Thank the triune God above that this is not the case ehhhh? lol…. The 3 in 1, as you put it, is a doctrine based on the full counsel of God, not just one verse or…[Read more]
epistemaniac replied to the topic John 1:1 in the forum Scriptural Teachings 15 years, 7 months ago
Quote (WorshippingJesus @ April 15 2009,04:41)Quote (epistemaniac @ April 15 2009,03:35)but Gene… am I to take your word for it… or Jesus'? He said of Himself: John 11:25 (ESV) Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live” John 14:6 (ESV) 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way,…[Read more]
epistemaniac replied to the topic What Bible Version(s) do you use? in the forum Bible Texts & Translations 15 years, 7 months ago
Quote (david @ April 02 2007,07:10)I'm sorry Phoenix, but you are being lied to:Quote Quote What resulted was just what the WT wanted all along I suppose, an extremely biased paraphrase, doctored to endorse WT doctrines.Isaiah 'supposes' wrong. JW's have a history of making changes or alterations in their beliefs when the Bible shows that past…[Read more]
epistemaniac replied to the topic What Bible Version(s) do you use? in the forum Bible Texts & Translations 15 years, 7 months ago
Quote (Is 1:18 @ April 01 2007,20:16)Quote (Phoenix @ Mar. 31 2007,21:55)I cant even find it on BibleGateway.com.BibleGateway would not list the NWT because it's a not really a genuine translation, that word would imply actual “translators” were involved in generating it. Instead an assortment of highly-unqualified persons were involved, with not…[Read more]
epistemaniac replied to the topic THE BIBLE and GOD in the forum Truth or Tradition 15 years, 7 months ago
Quote (dirtyknections @ Dec. 11 2008,03:30) ..Ok my friends…I have been doing a lot of soul searching and I have a very serious question for the Heaven.net family…Alright here goes….(takes deep breath)How do you know that the bible is REALLY God's word?Now before you answer the question let me clarify…I for one do not doubt that “GOD”…[Read more]
epistemaniac replied to the topic in the forum John 1 15 years, 7 months ago
Quote (Texas @ April 07 2009,11:02)An examination of John 1: 1-20! The context Reveals What? With an addition!Trinitarians will take this scripture out of context using only verse 1 to support the Trinity Doctrine. It is true most Bible Translations word this scripture in this manner: “In the beginning was the…[Read more]
epistemaniac replied to the topic John 1:1 in the forum Scriptural Teachings 15 years, 7 months ago
but Gene… am I to take your word for it… or Jesus'? He said of Himself: John 11:25 (ESV) Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live” John 14:6 (ESV) 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. I just do not s…[Read more]
epistemaniac replied to the topic Proverbs 16:4 with Colossians 1:17 in the forum Scriptural Teachings 15 years, 7 months ago
Quote (SEEKING @ Mar. 17 2009,05:05)Quote (thethinker @ Mar. 16 2009,09:36)Quote (SEEKING @ Mar. 16 2009,09:04)Quote (thethinker @ Mar. 15 2009,11:41)Quote Man is a plural unity. Man is called both “him” (singular) and “them” (plural). So God is also called “Him” and “Us”. Another vastily inaccurate statement!Gen 1:27 So God created man (adam -…[Read more]
epistemaniac replied to the topic Free Will? in the forum Truth or Tradition 15 years, 7 months ago
but choosing (to repent etc) does not automatically prove libertarian free will…. people choose what they choose for reasons…. right? Well these reasons, whether they be the cultural context in which the choices are made, or the vast psychological reasons affecting what they may choose, are all themselves within the purview and control of the…[Read more]
epistemaniac replied to the topic Non-trinitarianism's absence in the forum Truth or Tradition 15 years, 7 months ago
sorry about that Thethinker…. I had just read the Op and commented on that… I see now that you have recanted and repented in sack cloth and ashes I am blessed by your humility….blessings,ken
epistemaniac replied to the topic Non-trinitarianism's absence in the forum Truth or Tradition 15 years, 7 months ago
Quote (thethinker @ April 09 2009,03:34)TRINITARIANISM:Quote Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great… was the bishop of Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia, Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). He was an influential 4th century Christian theologian and monastic. Theologically, Basil was a supporter of the Nicene faction of the church, in…[Read more]
epistemaniac replied to the topic Omnipresent in the forum Truth or Tradition 15 years, 7 months ago
I remember what seemed to me to be a very helpful discussion on omnipresence in Systematic Theology class… maybe what I learned will be helpful… but then again, maybe not… but in hopes in might….we were told that when thinking of omnipresence its probably better not think of God has being some kind of cosmic peanut butter spread out…[Read more]
epistemaniac replied to the topic Full responsibility in the forum Truth or Tradition 15 years, 7 months ago
Quote (thethinker @ Mar. 31 2009,12:48)To All,Our brother Seeking has advocated the notion that the Father took the full responsibility for our salvation. I offered him the non-trinitarian explanation of John 10:30 where Jesus said “I and the Father are one.” The non-trinitarian explanation is that the Father and the Son act as one. I agree with…[Read more]
epistemaniac replied to the topic Do you believe all that is written? in the forum Truth or Tradition 15 years, 10 months ago
meercat, I think that a great deal of prophecy in the Bible can be explained by the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, which I think was an end of an age… for instance, t8 brought up the passages in 2 Pe, if you think of those verses in terms of the destruction of Jerusalem, it explains a lot, not in the sense that everything literally burned…[Read more]
epistemaniac replied to the topic Logic in the forum Truth or Tradition 15 years, 11 months ago
I am pointing out one thing here N, just deal with this one point, re logic… if “logic” is wrong because it does not appear in the bible, then “bible” is wrong because it nowhere appears in the bible…. just deal with this one point, please….blessings,ken
epistemaniac replied to the topic in the forum The Trinity Doctrine 15 years, 11 months ago
Quote (t8 @ Nov. 17 2008,08:11)It is true WJ, that I haven't seen much of his teaching as truth. Scripture is a witness to that.I haven't passed judgment on him by calling him a liar or whatever. I have made a comment about his words. It is up to God to pass judgement on what sort of people we are.spin doctoring at its best…. have you ever…[Read more]
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