Quote (kejonn @ Oct. 06 2007,10:34)Whenever God spoke of the Sabbath, whether yearly or weekly, He spoke of having a holy convocation. In otehr words, a gathering. Much like what we call today as “worship”. Therefore, if the Sabbath was well established in the OT, and Christians, both Jew and Gentile, continued to gather on it in the NT, what…[Read more]

I think most doctrines are of man, but there is true doctrine. The doctrine of Christ for example.Hebrews 6:1Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,1 Timothy 4:16Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ Oct. 02 2007,19:49)Imagine a coder who just copies routines from other programs, almost at random, then spends years playing randomly with them until something that might be useful turns up (appearing to know nothing about how to construct code at all). Instead of writing new code for a new purpose, he just reworks old material,…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ Oct. 02 2007,19:49)As humans, you and I are unusual in that we cannot produce our own Vitamin C. We have four enzymes that should convert glucose to ascorbic acid, but one of them has mutated and doesn’t produce a functional enzyme. Was it careless coding? Was it mutation, the like of which drives the variation from which natural s…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ Oct. 02 2007,19:49)Why do we have “junk DNA”?Junk DNA could be any of the following:DNA that we do not understandDNA that was used once but not nowDNA that could be used in the future if our environment changesThe same question of course could be asked of your faith.Why Junk DNA? What would force evolution to produce junk DNA if it…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ Oct. 02 2007,19:49)Strictly, evolution says nothing at all about where the first living thing came from. You’re talking about abiogenesis, as we have already discussed. You say it is more plausible that the code was written. Why is it more plausible? I don’t know any decent theories that simply claim plausibility. I think it isn…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ Oct. 02 2007,19:49)So this is it! The first peek at the Theory of God making himself and all the stuff we have from nothing by magic? I was hoping you might explain the details of the “mashed” bit of this (is “mashed” a biochemical term?).It's a programming term.I use it because I am dealing with code.Look up the meaning of mashup.…[Read more]

So which day is the Sabbath?SaturdaySundayOr another

Quote (kejonn @ July 22 2007,03:06)So in essence we really don't have just Father, Son, and Holy Spirit but Father, Mother, and Son?Where DO people come up with some of these ideas ?That's what happens when you ban coffee.

Oh, I didn't realise Nick was back. I was thinking wow, what a long holiday he was on.

It could also be said that if we rejected everything that denominations espouse, then we might not have much truth left to work with.After all, many denominations hold that Jesus is the son of God and we wouldn't want to throw that away just because a dodgy denomination also believes it.I like to think of it like this: If we have truth in our…[Read more]

Quote (Is 1:18 @ Sep. 30 2007,20:31)Quote (t8 @ Sep. 30 2007,15:21)OK, there are 2 verses.Anymore?How many mentions is enough to legitimise a doctrine in you mind t8? Quantify it for me. How many times in scripture are we told that we must be born again?….Do we need to be born again?How many verses are men or sons of the most high, referred to…[Read more]

Letter to Gentile BelieversActs 15:22-2922Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas, two men who were leaders among the brothers. 23With them they sent the following letter: The apostles and elders, your…[Read more]

I am open to learning things relating to this topic.I would just like to add this:The Law was made for the sinner.If we love God with all our heart/soul/mind and our fellow man as ourself, then the law is fulfilled.But we are not perfect and we fall short (even now). But Jesus died on the cross and we are forgiven of our debt(s).As long as the…[Read more]

Quote (kejonn @ Oct. 02 2007,00:26)WJ,I just had to reply to this one because it is so obvious: Mat 12:29 is quoted from the Septuagint, which came to replace YHWH or YHVH with “kyrios”. You know that the original Hebrew phrase was “YHWH our God is one YHWH”.Yes I have seen that error perpetuated many times.YHWH is translated LORD, and we know…[Read more]

Quote (Stu @ Oct. 01 2007,19:04)Let’s have it. Tell us how your creator differentiated bone and connective tissue cells from Adam’s rib to make brain, liver, pancreas and epithelial cells for Eve. Explain how when initiating the separation of matter and anti-matter he created himself, retrospectively.Stu.I will give you a clue.Adams rib con…[Read more]

Hey Stu, nice pic BTW.I can understand why you can't make a banana, you don't make em, you just eat em.Tell you what, I won't penalise you for not using your own atoms.That seriously stacks the odds more in favour of you, over nothing doing it.

Oh, I just realised that this is a Trinity discussion, not a Nothing Created Everything one.

Quote (Stu @ Oct. 01 2007,17:55)Hi t8Yes the child in me always wants to shout “the emperor has no clothes” whenever I am in the company of religious folk!Seriously, I think artists and scientists particularly benefit if they can achieve the qualities you describe.StuartI agree totally. It also applies to that religion called Evolution.That belief…[Read more]

Quote (kejonn @ Sep. 28 2007,02:52)Here is a question for some of you. I have a regular secular job from Monday to Friday. What if I were to volunteer my time to a local mission or something similar on Saturday? Or if I participated in a prison ministry? This would be “work” per se, but I think we can see that Yeshua “worked” in a similar fashion…[Read more]