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  1. ether-ore

    What was Jesus doing from when he did that thing when he was 13 until he got killed on the cross?

    I echo Kirran's request. I too would like to know where this evidence of Jesus Christ having been to India can be found. I'd like to review it myself to see if there is any merit to it.
  2. ether-ore

    The bible and gays

    ImmortalFlame I am intrigued by your name as contrasted with some of your posts. Do you believe in immortality and if so, what is your basis for that belief?
  3. ether-ore

    The bible and gays

    Of course you can refuse to believe it, but your disbelief has no bearing on the existence of God or His laws. We do indeed make mistakes in life and hopefully we do learn from them. That is why we are here; to learn how to cope with mortality according to God's laws and to learn to control...
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    The bible and gays

    Yes,I am inferring that someone who is sterile is physically flawed in the sense that it is not normal to be sterile. I'm not up on some acronyms, so I don't know what IOW means, but it doesn't matter. Sterile people don't need an excuse... they have an excuse. What levels are you talking...
  5. ether-ore

    The bible and gays

    And your reasons for believing this are what?... your extensive knowledge of faith, repentance and how the atonement works? I don't think you have a clue.
  6. ether-ore

    The bible and gays

    Simply to stop sinning (even if that were possible, which it isn't) doesn't solve the problem. That fact that one has ever sinned at all at any time makes the atonement of Jesus Christ necessary. Any sin, however minor, makes one unclean and the only thing that makes the sinner clean is being...
  7. ether-ore

    The bible and gays

    Repentance is a process, not an event. Compare it to Newton's law of motion. Remember the scene in the movie Apollo Thirteen where they had to fire the rockets to hit a specific point in space? Remember that as the rocket was firing and they had to manually fly the spacecraft? They were all...
  8. ether-ore

    The bible and gays

    All of us are children of God. But the unrepentant sin keeps us from being one with Jesus Christ. The sin is to be hated because it is that which keeps us separated from our Father in Heaven. While God loves all of His children, He cannot break or deny His own law which is that no unclean...
  9. ether-ore

    The bible and gays

    Sin is not a virtue though Christians recognize that they do sin. It is not a badge of honor but it does serve to keep us humble in terms of recognizing that we need the atonement of Jesus Christ to save us from our sins.
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    The bible and gays

    A sin is any activity contrary to God's law which are written in scripture and not made up. The definition of an abomination is: "a vile, shameful, or detestable action, condition, habit, etc." Abominations have these descriptors because they are contrary to God's law which makes them a sin.
  11. ether-ore

    The bible and gays

    I'll tell you what I believe. Jesus Christ says that He and the Father are one; meaning one in purpose. If we repent and are baptized and become one with Jesus Christ in the same way by keeping His commandments and doing His work, then He saves us. Jesus Christ is the Bridegroom. Members of...
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    The bible and gays

    Not all sins carry the same weight or have the same gravity. There are gradations of sin, some more serious than others, An abomination is a serious sin.
  13. ether-ore

    The bible and gays

    Coming from a Catholic background (as you halfway understand it) that allows you to speak from that perspective. It does not give you any "authority" to speak for all of Christianity. Your interpretation says "hate". The reference of hating gays is not in the Bible. The only thing referenced...
  14. ether-ore

    Does your God(s) follow the golden rule?

    The golden rule, "do unto others as you would have them do unto you", has a reference. That being the law of the harvest; "you reap what you sew". So, yes, God Himself abides the golden rule in terms of the law of the harvest, except that He is the point of reference. How you behave relative...
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    What is Proof of Gods existence to you?

    I define God by saying that He is our Father in Heaven. Our Father in Heaven has given His Son, Jesus Christ, sole proprietorship over the creation of this heaven and this earth and the judgment of events that take place on it. Jesus Christ is the only God to whom we are answerable since He...
  16. ether-ore

    Is it admirable to be intolerant of unsubstantiated assumptions?

    I say it is not admirable. In your example, you are equating intolerance with demanding a response that would be acceptable to you. Yet you point out that you never get an acceptable answer. You keep doing the same thing over and over as if expecting a different result. My question is that...
  17. ether-ore

    The bible and gays

    You mean to tell me that you believe that people who are sterile aren't excusable from not having children? as for the rest of your rant... I'll just ignore it since with it, you are off on a tangent. No. I do not believe that the spirit of man is gay before it reaches the corporeal body. It...
  18. ether-ore

    What was Jesus doing from when he did that thing when he was 13 until he got killed on the cross?

    When you say "my people". I've no idea who you are talking about. "My people" sponsored the Polynesian Cultural Center where Hawaiians dance, speack their own language as well as English and do wear their own clothing. Further, I have as much a right to express my concerns with that kind of...
  19. ether-ore

    What was Jesus doing from when he did that thing when he was 13 until he got killed on the cross?

    In your twisted way, you may think I have lost the debate. But I tell you that that is what started the Holocaust. The belief that people should be "put away" or "got rid of" is always the first move in that atrocity. I think you have as much to repent of as you accuse the Catholic church of...
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    What was Jesus doing from when he did that thing when he was 13 until he got killed on the cross?

    I know how to read missy. I justly believe your evaluation of what Catholicism's attempts to teach is very much skewed by your bitterness and contempt. I still maintain that to desire to "put anyone away" because of their beliefs is as much a criminal act as what you are accusing them of.
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