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  1. halbhh

    ABRAHAMICS ONLY: The Tree called the knowledge of good and evil, (Genesis: a closer look) continued.

    It's very much better for you need to read again to notice things you didn't already: Genesis 2 NIV After you read chapters 2 and 3 I think you'll want to edit that sentence I just highlighted. As you will see, only the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil was forbidden to them at first...
  2. halbhh

    Religion, War and the Bible

    I'm not Vee, but I have an answer to that last question: I'm glad God modeled (led us/humanity to) the end of child sacrifice with Abraham and Isaac ("God will provide the lamb" ), and also outlawed it explicitly (and repeated the command many times in scripture, such as Deuteronomy 12:31 You...
  3. halbhh

    Religion, War and the Bible

    Just so! Micah 6:8 He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? At times to act justly may be to oppose someone doing wrongs to innocents....but we are never in any way authorized to initiate an...
  4. halbhh

    Learning to Forgive

    Forgiving where it isn't easy, the harder case. While like you I had the basic idea (that's been around in psychology articles for many decades) that forgiving is a very beneficial thing for oneself -- you escape the weight of what they did to you -- I went further after I was intrigued to...
  5. halbhh

    Science, the Universe, and Ex Nihilo

    You 2 may be interested in Hawking's idea about 'imaginary' time (a quantum type) existing already when 'real time' (the kind we usually think of) began: Stephen Hawking -- The Beginning of Time To look at another mainstream view in physics, the variety of multiverse theories (though still...
  6. halbhh

    Rewarding disobedience in the military!

    I hear you. It's a good point that even though Catholic priest pedophilia is rare, it should have been more powerfully addressed and more perpetrators defrocked, and promptly, and already very long ago, back in the 1970s, 80s, 90s. I was also thinking about the analogy to military hierarchy...
  7. halbhh

    Science, the Universe, and Ex Nihilo

    It's a wonderful time in physics, because that's the ultimate big open question, and a lot of competing speculative theories have been proposed in the last 20 years on this, and related aspects, since physics all ties together (we think). For instance, the "multiverse" theories are just some of...
  8. halbhh

    Claims vs. Beliefs

    Trying to see another point of view from another angle, even trying to see it from someone else's point of view, is such a good habit, and I think it is probably a natural ability that we have, and the only reason it's not more widespread (and it is around, but not as widespread as we would...
  9. halbhh

    What causes people to choose what they choose?

    Ah, I'm thinking you haven't seen what is in many of my posts above (Like this one: What causes people to choose what they choose? post 652 ) -- so that you don't quite know my actual view to respond to unless you saw those. Also, I think your response is reasonable certainty if you don't...
  10. halbhh

    What causes people to choose what they choose?

    Ah, understandable mistake. Your guess turns out exactly the opposite of how it really works. If a person really does believe in Christ, then they will read and listen to what He says in the text, and then won't put their faith in Trump, and won't try to use Christ as if just a flag, for...
  11. halbhh

    What causes people to choose what they choose?

    Actually, interestingly, if more of those Trump believers would read through the common bible, they would eventually realize they are directly going against clear instructions given in the texts when they put their hopes and trust and faith in a political leader.
  12. halbhh

    What causes people to choose what they choose?

    That's a fun and novel point of view. In my case, I rely on both physics and the common bible respectively, for various pieces. Here are some below. If you get curious, there are many aspects, and I lay out some of them in these posts (links will go to specific posts): What causes people to...
  13. halbhh

    What causes people to choose what they choose?

    We don't have any basis in scripture or physics to assume that Nature is a clockwork Universe (though there is a highly speculative theory of that kind, 'superdeterminsm', which hasn't any unique supporting evidence). Instead, it looks in physics more likely than not that Nature doesn't have a...
  14. halbhh

    What causes people to choose what they choose?

    Hi, I read the first sentence, and get the drift, having seen it already as you have done this laying out your ideas more than once. I'd not ever waste time endlessly trying to refute some religion I thought was false. Maybe 20 -40 minutes altogether in life, is about how much time that...
  15. halbhh

    What causes people to choose what they choose?

    I'll start with something most all know and agree with, and then get more into the speculating on details side of it: a) God allows us free will meaning we have genuine freedom of choice (so we are not merely like a train on a track then, but actually able to switch the the tracks at...
  16. halbhh

    What causes people to choose what they choose?

    If you'd point out which ones, that would be interesting for anyone that wants to understand it well to look at more closely and with more depth.
  17. halbhh

    What causes people to choose what they choose?

    No change in the New Testament regarding the general principle that God will fight for righteousness, and destroy evil. E.g.: Rev 19:14 Every story in the Old Testament is also a parable, metaphorical: not about mere physical events essentially, but essentially about spiritual events inside...
  18. halbhh

    What causes people to choose what they choose?

    You might have already noticed, but let me point out that those are not the only 2 positions about God's omniscience and our free will, as I've tried to lay out another view above in this thread, one which better fits the common bible, which happens to show God not anticipating some things...
  19. halbhh

    What causes people to choose what they choose?

    If you sincerely want to learn more about what God says about His own plans and bringing them about, read Isaiah chapter 46 (the key passage starts at verse 8 and continues, but it's often best to read a full chapter or book to really hear well), and read without preconceptions (just listen...
  20. halbhh

    What causes people to choose what they choose?

    No that's not an error I make, nor many others I bet. It's a reasonable guess though, so I like it you are trying to figure it out. Better would be to ask me what I think, for instance, than to guess, really.
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