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  1. Hockeycowboy

    What if these Christian beliefs are not true?

    Right. Jesus is not coming back to Earth. And how phrases are worded, and which words are used (and their definitions), does matter.
  2. Hockeycowboy

    What if these Christian beliefs are not true?

    Yes, the mainstream understanding of this, is not accurate. Everybody says “coming”, like most Bibles at Matthew 24:3. But the Greek word the apostles used, was “parousia”, which means “presence.” It would be an invisible presence. If it was a physical coming, why did the Apostles ask for...
  3. Hockeycowboy

    What if these Christian beliefs are not true?

    What is illogical or irrational about thinking that God would give people another chance to live free of our current imperfections, and living without the misleading influences we have today? Once the issues of Sovereignty and its related questions (raised in Genesis 3) get resolved, it only...
  4. Hockeycowboy

    What if these Christian beliefs are not true?

    Why? Is God not powerful enough?
  5. Hockeycowboy

    What if these Christian beliefs are not true?

    Well, first of all, thanks for your reply. You wrote: “It says first resurrection. It says nothing about a second resurrection;” Come on, Trailblazer… If I said something was “the first”, you automatically know there’s gonna be a second. Look at the context, vss.4&5. It states in the New...
  6. Hockeycowboy

    What if these Christian beliefs are not true?

    Pardon me.... (I forgot that most translations simply say "resurrection" at that verse, but that's not the word Paul used; instead of "anastasis", Paul used "exanastasis", which is literally "out-resurrection".) Please read Revelation 20:6. If there is a "first" resurrection then, logically...
  7. Hockeycowboy

    What if these Christian beliefs are not true?

    Yes, I agree with pretty much everything. Are you aware, though, that was referencing “the earlier resurrection (Philippians 3:11)”, of those who “belong to Christ”, as the Scripture said? So let me ask you this… if there is an “earlier resurrection”, what does that imply? That there must be...
  8. Hockeycowboy

    What if these Christian beliefs are not true?

    Ok, I’d like to clarify your belief… Didn’t you just say: “….the most dangerous thing about Christians believing that Christ rose from the dead is them believing that they will also rise from the dead because I consider that belief to be completely false.”? But the link you posted, says that...
  9. Hockeycowboy

    What if these Christian beliefs are not true?

    Not "for our sins", per se. But the resurrection of Christ bolsters / strengthens our faith that there will be a resurrection for us (& others), if necessary. --1 Corinthians 15:12-18
  10. Hockeycowboy

    If you claim any sort of belief in the Bible--

    Yes, some permanently (@ Armageddon.) Even in the New System. And at the end of the Millennial Reign. -- Revelation 20:6-9
  11. Hockeycowboy

    Atheists believe in miracles more than believers

    OK, my friend, I’ll cover this one more time…. To answer your question above: NO! Not when, on average, worldwide there are 20,000x more workers in existence than queens, and 100x to 150x more drones than queens! Does saying there are “some” for each group sound acceptable, to you? Not to...
  12. Hockeycowboy

    Atheists believe in miracles more than believers

    OK, thanks for your in-depth post. It helped me to see where I was wrong. But I do think that the usage of ‘some’, ‘some’ & ‘some’ (which accounts for the whole) implies an equal measure; hence that can be misleading. We know these 3 types of mutations are not found equally by a long shot...
  13. Hockeycowboy

    Atheists believe in miracles more than believers

    I got your meaning
  14. Hockeycowboy

    Atheists believe in miracles more than believers

    It sure is.
  15. Hockeycowboy

    Atheists believe in miracles more than believers

    Hey IANS. You must have missed the umbrella topic being described here: “….when it [the process resulting in mutations] goes awry…” When the process “goes awry”, the majority of mutations are deleterious. If they’re “inconsequential”, like blonde parents having blacked-haired progeny, there’s...
  16. Hockeycowboy

    Atheists believe in miracles more than believers

    He did that, all by himself! And, yeah. Yours don’t?
  17. Hockeycowboy

    Atheists believe in miracles more than believers

    This Harvard.edu website states, “Most of the time, this process [the transmission of genetic material] unfolds with remarkable accuracy, but when it goes awry, mutations can arise—some of them beneficial, some of them inconsequential, and some of them causing malfunction and disease.” How...
  18. Hockeycowboy

    Atheists believe in miracles more than believers

    Would this be Cambrian biota?
  19. Hockeycowboy

    If you claim any sort of belief in the Bible--

    Which is everyone, because of our imperfection / sinful condition. Romans 3:23; Romans 5:12
  20. Hockeycowboy

    If you claim any sort of belief in the Bible--

    I know this isn’t on-topic, but if you look at these Biblical verses about not touching the dead — like at Numbers 6:6, & Numbers 19:11 & others — it almost always says “soul” in Hebrew. IOW, contrary to what almost everyone is taught, the Bible says the soul dies! And stays dead! The concept...
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