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    It's time for a Crusade

    To answer you well, I would need to place my answer in the debate section. Let me just say that your understanding of Biblical doctrine is very flawed, in my opinion, and you did not read my post very well.
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    Original Sin

    She looked around because she did not have faith in God's word to her--faith is how we accept God's grace. When Abram was told to leave the Chaldees and go to "a land I will show you", he demonstrated tremendous faith, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness. Faith is the key, and without...
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    Religion in school

    The problem, in a nutshell, is that most religions create a worldview that is outcome determinative on many issues. As a Christian, my faith affects my view of human nature, good and evil, scientific truth, marriage, other religions, etc., ad infinitum. Many other religions are similar. The...
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    doctrine

    No passages support that Mary is without sin. I believe the reasoning goes something like this--for Jesus to have been without sin, Mary had to be without sin; otherwise, original sin would have tainted Christ, too. Therefore, Mary, a virgin, must have been sinless, too. I think this is...
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    It's time for a Crusade

    I do not understand how a non-Christian would know how a Christian is supposed to be or behave. Muslims are very different from Christians. Unless they accept Christ, they are dead to sin and we are not. Christianity is not inherently a pacifist religion, although certainly there are...
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    Are all of the answers in the Bible?

    Slavery is really a red herring, Biblically. The Bible speaks in terms of authority, and all of it comes from God, although man's use of it will surely be perveted by man's utter depravity from sin. In fact, all suffering comes from sin, and it will be here in its many forms until the Second...
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    Trinity, Whaaa?

    There is a good thread on this--Is the Trinity Biblical?--below in the topic list But, it is Biblical, and here it is in one simple quote from Jesus: Matthew 28 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[1] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the...
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    Original Sin

    No--the point is mankind cannot even obey the most simple of commands, as mankind is corrupted by sin. Therefore, we need to accept the freely given grace and forgiveness of Christ so we need not worry about our peformance in this picayune sense, as we are saved by grace, not by works...
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    Why do non-believers go to Hell?

    In a nutshell, here is the argument: 1) God is God over all creation, believers and non-believers alike. 2) God has at least two defining traits we know of from the Bible--he is perfectly just and perfectly loving. 3) God created man to have fellowship with him and to glorify him. 4)...
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    Did Christianity wipe out the Native Americans?

    I think you missed my point. All successful cultures export conquest. No Indian tribes had the technology to invade Europe, but they would if they could have. The various tribes had vicious land squabbles in America before and after the first Europeans arrived in the modern era. If the Stone Age...
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    It's time for a Crusade

    Very well said. Paul has told us what weapons we need for our spiritual war, and they are as follows: Ephesians 6 The Armor of God 10 Finally, (19) be strong in the Lord and in (20) the strength of His might. 11 (21) Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to...
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    God, where are you?

    See below: Here is part of what the Westminster Confession says about revelation and the Scripture, and its Biblical sources as to the last sentence, which is critical to your questions (Chapter I, 1): Although the light of nature, and the works of creation and providence do so far...
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    Marrying in a non-denominational wedding

    The Bible addresses the issue, and suggests believers and non-believers not be married (See below). Is your spouse-to-be a believer and just does not want a Catholic wedding, or is he a non-beliver? If the former, I see nothing wrong with a non-denominational wedding so long as it is...
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    Religions outside the Christian Church

    I would suggest you read the Bible--the authority--rather than speculating in this fashion. Speculation by fallen man is dangerous.
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    The Bible and Homosexuality

    I think I have clearly demonstrated your first point is just plain wrong. I know the Bible very, very well, and the tortured sophistry some go through to make black seem white in the Bible is amusing and sad. If anything, the fact that people go to such extremes to discredit the Word is a...
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    The Bible and Homosexuality

    Because it is Biblically wrong--that is the entire point of this thread, is it not? We lapse into these "practical" discussions, but at the root of this issue is that homsexuality is Biblically wrong. We seem to be repeating ourselves over and over again. I think we should agree to...
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    The Bible and Homosexuality

    Why would someone choose to throw themselves on a live hand grenade in combat?; Or choose to follow Christ in the Sudan, where your family is killed and your property confiscated? I've heard your argument before and it never made any sense to me. Below is an interesting web link giving...
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    The Bible and Homosexuality

    My wife has been in interior design for 25 years. I have probably met more homosexual men than you can count. My wife's business partner of 7 years was homosexual--but became so only after a varied and active heterosexual career. As I have said above several times (you really need to go back...
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    The Bible and Homosexuality

    There is so much misinformation in this thread, I just cannot leave it alone. There is not one reputable study that so states that there is "No Choice". Here is a little inference about the recent UCLA study that was touted so highly in the press, but really is not even persuasive...
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    Original Sin

    It is usually quite obvious from either direct comment (i.e., a parable), or from context--especially context as a verse is quoted and referred to later in the Bible. I err on the side of literal interpretation. Also, in many parts of the Bible, it truly doesn't matter; in other areas, it is...
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