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  1. SoliDeoGloria

    The Chill Out thread

    Wish I could help out with the swimsuit issue. Shoot, If I knew that you lived close enough, I would even attempt to pick you up. I don't envy Turk either. I used to work at the brick yard in Adel and it got pretty hot in there too with two ginormous kilns that ran 24/7. They used to hand out...
  2. SoliDeoGloria

    The Chill Out thread

    Speaking of chilling out. Their talking about humid 90 degree temps tommorrow so the family and I are making a mandatory trip to the town pool tommorrow. I can't wait. I've got to make up for all the days I couldn't go swimming when I was a kid. My boys are spoiled in that aspect. The pool even...
  3. SoliDeoGloria

    hmm...another try maybe?

    Hi, my name is James and I like walks on the beach and eating cat food. Sorry, wrong website. I am a Christian and all my "ist"s are monotheist, calvinist, & southern baptist. While I was raised in a very secular fashion and unchurched, I still had some sort of a belief in God. Certain...
  4. SoliDeoGloria

    Foreigners in the Bible

    Even in the levitical law, the Isrealites were not allowed to marry outsiders for the sake of keeping the Isrealites from picking up other religious practices from their spouses. And yet even in Jesus' family line there is a Moabite (Ruth) and someone from Jericho. The issue is over genuine...
  5. SoliDeoGloria

    Interesting Moral Dilemma for Pro-Lifers

    I would have to agree with this one. Interesting discussion. Kind of reminds me of why the law is so tongue and cheek on the issue. Take for instance, If I were to get into a car accident with a lady who was on here way to a clinic to get an abortion, and both the lady and whatever you want...
  6. SoliDeoGloria

    Gay and Polygamous Marriages/Unions

    It's called civil commitment and while you may not call a lockdown mental facility "jail", I'm sure there are many inmates that would strongly disagree. Tell that one to the millions of incarcerated people in jail for "possession of an illegal substance". The funny thing is, they use some...
  7. SoliDeoGloria

    Gay and Polygamous Marriages/Unions

    Silly me, and here I was under the impression that quoting a statement from somebody and then addressing it meant that you were addressing what they stated. Neeto, that still leaves the question of why are there so many discussions over it if it is being taken care of? As I have stated...
  8. SoliDeoGloria

    Your top 5 issues to "fix" in the world...

    Thanks for the vote of confidence. First off I don't hope or pray for any of this. I actually kind of like living and even like my familie's existence.(2 Pet. 3:3-9) All I have done is acknowledge the reality of the situation that has lasted since the human race began and logically realized...
  9. SoliDeoGloria

    Gay and Polygamous Marriages/Unions

    I or anybody else in this thread never stated that they did, but that is a neeto attempt at diverting the subject here. All I was trying to do was to get MaddLlama to validate why they were so insistant that they needed nobdoy to "validate" their relationship and yet felt the need to get their...
  10. SoliDeoGloria

    Your top 5 issues to "fix" in the world...

    since we seem to be our biggest enemy I propose 1. do away with the human race I'm sure I'll be looked at as if I am some kind of a wacko for that one, oh well. I firmly believe that until that is done all that can be done at best is a symptom fix. Sincerely, SoliDeoGloria
  11. SoliDeoGloria

    Gay and Polygamous Marriages/Unions

    Uh O.K., you still have yet to give a definition of what marriage is or what it entails. You have given a couple of required prerequisites and reasons or benefits for getting married, but have yet to give what a marriage is. I'm sure the government defines marriage with more than that...
  12. SoliDeoGloria

    Gay and Polygamous Marriages/Unions

    So let me get this straight. A marriage, to you, is a legally recognized contract between concenting adults. The one thing I am now curious of is what does this contract require besides being What I mean is if this is all marriage is, then obviously sexual relations are a completely...
  13. SoliDeoGloria

    Gay and Polygamous Marriages/Unions

    Don't forget about inmate visitation. Believe it or not, I can actually agree with this statement dispite my reservations of this issue. And yet people keep reverting to these types of arguments for support of their specific stance. I am curious as to what standard you believe should be met...
  14. SoliDeoGloria

    Gay and Polygamous Marriages/Unions

    I have to agree with this statement. On a side note, I wonder how many people agree that monogomous relationships are humanly unnatural. Believe it or not there are many studies on this subject...
  15. SoliDeoGloria

    Beliefs

    In Calvinism, God must do a regeneration of one's heart and mind before an outward manifestation of being "born again" can occur. Arminianists strongly disagree with this and state that the opposite is true. Personally, I was brought up in a very secular fashion not only from my parents but...
  16. SoliDeoGloria

    Predestination

    This is not a paradox but a contradiction by definition. This is not an explaination of Biblical or secular predesination but rather it is an explaination of omniscience(Psalms 139). Omniscience does not equal or automatically conclude predestination. As I stated before: Yes He does; Deut...
  17. SoliDeoGloria

    Predestination

    The whole quote which I couldn't put in my signature due to space goes as such " Evil is more than an exterior reality that endangeres universal suffering; it is an internal relaity from which we run." As far as finding an online version for you to read, due to limitation in time on my part I...
  18. SoliDeoGloria

    Predestination

    I guess if you were going to put it into the smallest nutshell possible, that would be correct. Most of the criticisms of Calvinvism in truth are criticisms of what is called "Hypercalvinism" which is the conclusion that God actually dictates all of our decisions and we are nothing more than...
  19. SoliDeoGloria

    which comes first? relationship or the good book.

    Interesting discussion!!! I know that the Calvinist position is that the relationship must come first in order for proper understanding of the Bible. One can read the Bible without a relationship with God but it would be like eating corn flakes without milk. Another interesting aspect of this...
  20. SoliDeoGloria

    Predestination

    Well, it is from a book that I have read that I really enjoyed and that particular quote from it really stuck out to me and I thought it would help keep things in their proper perspective. If you haven't read the book "Jesus among other gods" by Ravi Zacharias, then I would highly recommend it...
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