Quote (thethinker @ Dec. 17 2009,13:54)(The Greek characters in bold are the definite articles. One goes with “God” and the other goes with “Jesus Christ.” Therefore, they are distinguished.)Exactly.The God and the Jesus are distinguished and not the same.God is not Jesus and Jesus is not the Most High God.Jesus is the son of God. He is not his…[Read more]

Quote (david @ Dec. 17 2009,12:21)The 5 “proofs” of Jesus' Godhood according to Sharp are (in the literal wording of the original manuscripts):(a) Titus 2:13:”of the great God and savior of us Christ Jesus” tou megalou qeou kai sothroV hmwn cristou Ihsou(b) 2 Pet. 1:1:”righteousness of the…[Read more]

Yawn.Wake me up if Stu ever gets interesting.

Where is the edge of the world? New Zealand?Perhaps when you travel in a straight line for long enough you end up back where you started.If the universe is infinite then maybe it is an infinite circle/sphere. Travelling on the circumference of an infinite circle would appear to us as a straight line. So if we travel in a straight line through…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ Dec. 13 2009,22:04)Exactly the same applies to the ‘saved’!  The moment you will no longer die is the moment your ‘life’ (whatever it is) loses all motive and meaning.God's love is what sustains those who have eternal life. Without it, eternal life would be a curse.And:Everlasting destruction simply means destroyed forever. It is th…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ Dec. 12 2009,07:59)Enjoy your life because there is probably no god.That is an oxymoron.Enjoy means to have joy and joy comes from God.Without the ability to have joy, you couldn't enjoy anything.When people say ignore God and enjoy life, what they are really saying is ignore God and sin.After all. To enjoy life is what God created us…[Read more]

Quote (david @ Dec. 13 2009,17:06)Quote an ongoing act of vengeance, perpetrated by a forgiving god, as a punishment.I'm not sure how it could be an “ongoing act” of vengeance.  Those who do not want to follow the rules, are removed.Much like when some countries decide someone is incapable of reform, they are considered no longer fit to live…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ Dec. 12 2009,20:17)2 Thessalonians 1:8-9 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destructionHey Stu.If you have an English dictionary at home, take it off the shelf and look up the word 'destruction'.Better still, try…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ Dec. 12 2009,20:17)You will notice that I did not use the word stake.Dude, it was an expression.If you cannot fathom the message, then it might be time to hang up your hat.

Quote (katjo @ Dec. 12 2009,14:25)LOOK HOW MANY SCRIPTURES LITERALLY CALL JESUS, GOD!Look at how many verses refer to some men and angels as “theos” and “elohim”. Both those words are translated as God/god.

Quote (Stu @ Dec. 12 2009,09:41)When you have a contribution to make, let us know.StuartYou need to be able to comprehend a contribution first in order to recognise it. So yes I understand your comment given the circumstances.

God is referred to as “him” and “he”.God and Jesus are “they”, “them”.I think Trinitarians in general need to learn some basic English when it comes to referring to the Father and the son.The Father and the son are not called “him” or “he”. That is simply bad English.

Quote (thethinker @ Dec. 12 2009,09:01)t8 said:Quote God is the redeemer and Jesus is the agent of God's redemption.Jesus is the indespensible agent of God's redemption which means that He is truly and properly the Redeemer.Paul is the final word and he said that it was Christ who redeemed us (Galatians 4). The Revelation says that Christ redeemed…[Read more]

Your view of what scripture teaches appears to be more bound up in tradition than truth, Stu. Show me in scripture where sinners are burned at the stake for eternity and I will show you more than 10 scriptures that say that sinners do not inherit eternal life, no matter the condition of that life.You are simply regurgitating a Catholic doctrine,…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ Dec. 12 2009,09:15)So you are claiming there was nothing before the big bang? That is brave of you.No, that is what your uncreated brain concludes.

Quote (Stu @ Dec. 11 2009,21:35)You would be right about that, logically.Why?  Who is claiming that?StuartYou are by saying that it is one of the possibilities.Your other possibility is that something has existed for eternity and that something is not God.In that case your brain is the result of blind chance.You are saying it.My brain was engineered.

Nice post WhatIsTrue.

Conscience is made up of 2 words.'con' is a latin word meaning 'with'. Spanish uses this word.'science' means 'knowledge'.Humans have a conscience, meaning that we have built in knowledge.It's a bit like the bios of a computer.Even without any recorded data, humans have knowledge.As we develop, our conscience guides us in life.Our conscience…[Read more]

I will give you 2 guesses.