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  1. Deeje

    Syncretism.....Can Mixing Religious Ideas Lead to the Truth?

    4 You think the devil would not take advantage of any opportunity to jump on the bandwagon? His favorite tactic is confusing deception. Back in Jesus’s day, in speaking to wicked Pharisees, Jesus said “the kingdom of God” that was “in their midst” was not some emotional feeling.....he was...
  2. Deeje

    Syncretism.....Can Mixing Religious Ideas Lead to the Truth?

    3 God’s justice is tempered by his mercy but it is not guided by sentiment. When he has just cause to be angry...we don’t want to be on the receiving end of that. What God hates is what we should hate as well......he hates the sin, not necessarily the sinner who has opportunity to separate...
  3. Deeje

    Syncretism.....Can Mixing Religious Ideas Lead to the Truth?

    2 The Pharisees did teach lies as Jesus said to them....”You are from your father the Devil, and you wish to do the desires of your father. That one was a murderer when he began, and he did not stand fast in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he speaks the lie, he speaks according to...
  4. Deeje

    Syncretism.....Can Mixing Religious Ideas Lead to the Truth?

    These posts are getting ridiculously long so this will probably be the last one....I’ll break it up.... Both the Jewish system and the Christian arrangement had methods of discipline....sometimes harsh ones causing Paul to comment.... “....and you have forgotten the exhortation which is...
  5. Deeje

    Christians only: is casting lots/cleromancy a sin?

    God’s spirit will not co-exist with practices of divination that are condemned in the Scriptures. I believe that you are in touch with veiled dark forces which are filling a need in you. What is I Ching? These are the definitions that I have gleaned from internet sources.... “I Ching (易經) is...
  6. Deeje

    Special Needs/Disabled/Handicapped

    IMO, someone who is bi-polar is aware of their difficulty in predicting the times when they may lash out. If medication helps to stabilize the mood shifts, then taking those meds is an obligation to oneself and others. (I have a dear friend in this situation who also deals with OCD inspired...
  7. Deeje

    Job: is God tricked by Satan?

    Well, according to my studies, the story of Job is very important because it was not just Job whose faith was tested out here....but by extension it includes all of us. Job 1:8-12.... " And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a...
  8. Deeje

    Can a marriage survive being "unequally yoked"?

    I lost my other half seven years ago. He was not a believer and at the time of our marriage I was spiritually lost.....but searching. When I found Jehovah's Witnesses, and began studying the Bible with them (not long after our wedding) my own family was very supportive, but my husband and his...
  9. Deeje

    Is it possible to be

    In a perfect world...yes it would be possible..... But in this one, there is no way because it would mean sanctioning evil things for the sake of peace. Martyrs have died standing up to powerful bullies who tried to stop them spreading God’s message of a peaceful world to come......a place...
  10. Deeje

    Christians only: is casting lots/cleromancy a sin?

    I believe that this question is the same as asking “what is the difference between a miracle and magic?”.....the answer has to do with the source of the power behind the result. All forms of divination, of the sort practised in Canaan, are condemned. So the divination that the Bible warns...
  11. Deeje

    Historicity of Bible

    You can think whatever you like.....that is why we have free will.... There is one truth and our judge is the one who teaches it. He knows who is obedient to that truth and who is not. My mother is a ‘nominal’ “Christian”......it’s something she puts on a piece of paper if asked what religion...
  12. Deeje

    Question about God and hell

    I'm sorry but we have already been through all of this......believe whatever you wish...its got nothing to do with me....I have explained all this before from my perspective and you can choose to read into scripture whatever floats your boat. We will all just have to allow Jesus to correct...
  13. Deeje

    Question about God and hell

    A "soul" in the Bible is a living, breathing creature......the word never means a disembodied "spirit". You are confusing those two word which have entirely different meanings. Animals are called "souls" in Genesis and there is no everlasting life offered to them. Solomon said that we have no...
  14. Deeje

    I'm not dead yet!

    Feeling sad for you Matt :(.....your addictions and mental illness have plagued you for a long time. I hope you can get the help you need.....and whatever you have done, I hope they understand that you are not a well man.....
  15. Deeje

    If Hell is a place of eternal torment

    Exactly right, Jesus did die for the sins of all mankind, but it was conditional.....if one did not exercise faith in that sacrifice by living a clean and moral life in imitation of the Master, then forgiveness was withheld. Repentance must be demonstrated for all past sins to be...
  16. Deeje

    If Hell is a place of eternal torment

    God will resurrect a person no matter where their body ended up.....hades is said to give up its dead, so if that was at sea or on land, (Revelation 20:13-14) God does not require a single molecule of our former body to re-create us and reinstall our memories. Death and its receptacle the grave...
  17. Deeje

    If Hell is a place of eternal torment

    Forgiven... These are the most misunderstood terms in scripture..... Sheol and hades are equivalents in Hebrew and Greek.....they mean the same place....the grave. Hell is "down there" like 6 feet under. Gehenna and the lake of fire are the same.....gehenna was originally the Valley of Hinnom...
  18. Deeje

    If Hell is a place of eternal torment

    Read my description under my name....
  19. Deeje

    If Hell is a place of eternal torment

    There is no "hell of eternal torment" in the Bible. There is sheol....hades....gehenna....and the lake of fire. Understanding what these terms mean will answer all these questions about where the bad guys go.....
  20. Deeje

    If Hell is a place of eternal torment

    What????
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