Mike,I was hoping to get back to you about the English wording if certain verses from John 1 but I may not be up to it tonight.

Quote (terraricca @ Nov. 30 2011,12:05)Quote (kerwin @ Nov. 30 2011,23:53)Pierre,Quote we did not look at John 1;1 only but to Rev 19:13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God.I understand that is the passage you use to support that the Word symbolizes Jesus in John 1 but you claim is invalid since it does not…[Read more]

Pierre,Quote we did not look at John 1;1 only but to Rev 19:13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God.I understand that is the passage you use to support that the Word symbolizes Jesus in John 1 but you claim is invalid since it does not follow that the Word in John 1 symbolizes Jesus just because he is called the…[Read more]

Quote (terraricca @ Nov. 30 2011,00:03)kerwinQuote Understanding of the letter of Scripture is a social science.  Understanding of the spirit of Scripture comes from God. you are right here ,but like i have told you before :Understanding of the spirit of Scripture comes from Godthis is only true if you LET God do the work and you believe in…[Read more]

Quote (t8 @ Nov. 29 2011,05:24)Quote (kerwin @ Nov. 28 2011,11:29)Mike,The spirit of God is rational and therefore uses both sound in valid reason. If your argument is not based on the same then it is not from God. That is why I pointed out the flaw in the reasoning that led to your conclusion.  There is no sense in going further until the…[Read more]

To all,Here are two Bizzaro world doctrines.1} Some teach that a father is his own son. 2} Some teach that a child exists before his mother. If you choose to believe either of those I question how you can call any doctrine Bizzaro world doctrines without pointing at your own teachings.

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Nov. 26 2011,22:08)Quote (kerwin @ Nov. 25 2011,13:30)Quote (mikeboll64 @ Nov. 24 2011,22:08)Hey all,I think God has showed me a way to end the discussion about the pre-existence of Jesus once and for all.29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 <…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Nov. 24 2011,22:08)Hey all,I think God has showed me a way to end the discussion about the pre-existence of Jesus once and for all.29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has sur…[Read more]

Gene,What came first, the true religion of God or the false?I agree that mixing what is false with what is true is of the devil but you fail to understand that the teaching of the modern Skeptics are based on the principles of man and not of God.Scripture is clear on the point that part of a human being survives the death of the body.  Jesus…[Read more]

Quote (Gene Balthrop @ Nov. 23 2011,08:53)Kerwin……..Spiirt is closely related with the Mind, becasue it gives the mind it Intellects, Mind is the thinking going on (IN) our physical brains . If spirit was to be removed from you body you simply would cease to know anything and would soon die.  That also applies to all the animal kingdom on…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Nov. 20 2011,22:00)Hey Kerwin,I obtained my info from the JWs:There are thousands of copies of the Christian Greek Scriptures in existence today, but most of them were made during or after the fourth century of our Common Era. This suggests a possibility: Did something happen to the text of the Christian Greek Scriptures before…[Read more]

Quote (Gene Balthrop @ Nov. 21 2011,01:34)Kerwin………..Spirits are not beings themselves, they are what produces cognate thoughts in a Being, they can be both clean or unclean , they can be taken away or given and even replaced in a BEINGS. God makes His ANGEL”S spirits for them and then sends them out to minister. He does not make the Angel s…[Read more]

Quote (Gene Balthrop @ Nov. 20 2011,11:55)Mike………..but Pierre keep yacking at me so his word does not have much credibility here as far as i am concerned. Mike do me a favor and sware off also OK. And don't try to drag Shimmer into this I believe she has a better understanding of Spirit,  and it does not agree with yours either. IMOGene,Do…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Nov. 19 2011,21:30)Quote (kerwin @ Nov. 18 2011,00:33)Mike,Am I correct that you do believe that Jesus did have a flesh and bone body when he stated those words?Yes Kerwin.This is one of my beliefs I had to adjust since coming to HN.  I used to think Jesus was raised from the dead as a spirit being, but Shimmer used this…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Nov. 19 2011,21:23)Quote (kerwin @ Nov. 18 2011,16:14)Jesus is a Greek translation of the Hebrew name Joshua as names has meaning at the time.That is right.  And if I remember correctly, Johsua means “Jah saves”.Quote (kerwin @ Nov. 18 2011,16:14)I would be interested to find out what the tetra-gram was translated into Greek…[Read more]

Quote (carmel @ Nov. 18 2011,22:19)Quote (Ed J @ Nov. 19 2011,00:55)Quote (carmel @ Nov. 18 2011,17:09)EDj,WHO IS JEHOVAH???peace and love in Jesus not jehovahCharlesHi Charles,Exodus 6:3 I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. That men may know that thou,…[Read more]

Quote (carmel @ Nov. 18 2011,12:09)Quote (Ed J @ Nov. 18 2011,15:04)Quote (Ed J @ Nov. 17 2011,19:58)Quote (carmel @ Nov. 13 2011,22:55)Quote (Ed J @ Nov. 12 2011,08:54)Quote (carmel @ Nov. 12 2011,03:54)Quote (Ed J @ Nov. 11 2011,13:31)Quote (mikeangel @ Nov. 11 2011,12:56)Powerful word being his spirit, as discussed, the inspiration of the…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Nov. 18 2011,04:32)Quote (Gene Balthrop @ Nov. 17 2011,06:57)Quote (mikeboll64 @ Nov. 17 2011,11:32)Quote (Gene Balthrop @ Nov. 16 2011,10:26)I will stick with what Jesus said , ” A SPIRIT DOES NOT HAVE (A) BODY”No wonder your understanding of scripture is so flawed, Gene.  You keep sticking with the things YOU IMAGINE that…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Nov. 17 2011,06:30)Quote (kerwin @ Nov. 16 2011,12:00)Quote (mikeboll64 @ Nov. 16 2011,04:59)Kerwin: “spirit is a synonym of spirit”I think you meant to say, “spirit is a synonym of phantasm”.Good point, btw.  I'm anxious to see if Gene will now be able to grasp the truth of the matter that “spirit” has many different meanings…[Read more]

Quote (kerwin @ Nov. 17 2011,00:00)Quote (mikeboll64 @ Nov. 16 2011,04:59)Kerwin: “spirit is a synonym of spirit”I think you meant to say, “spirit is a synonym of phantasm”.Good point, btw.  I'm anxious to see if Gene will now be able to grasp the truth of the matter that “spirit” has many different meanings in scripture.Mike,'Thank you for…[Read more]