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Actually, I don't think that Christianity functions very well in ignorance.
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I know this is an old thread but there is a question about the Bible I have asked many people on many different Christian boards. There is a story in Ezekiel about the valley of the dry bones and how they come together, get sinews and flesh and then come alive after God breathed life into them. What is your interpretation of this story?
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angellous_evangellous
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It's a vision that God gave Ezekiel about how God promises to restore Israel from its destruction by Babylon.
Captain Civic
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How has your choice of career in biblical scholarship affected your beliefs?
Would you recommend the same or similar course of study who are interested in getting deeper into the roots of Christ?
Would you recommend the same or similar course of study who are interested in getting deeper into the roots of Christ?
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angellous_evangellous
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My study has completely shaped my beliefs.
I think that Bible-thumping evangelical fundamentalism and responsible scholarship leads to either atheism or intellectual dishonesty, because this type of Christianity is founded completely on lies concerning history, the nature of the biblical text, and bad biblical interpretation. A Christian belief system that relies on tradition with some respect for the biblical and other texts will fare much better in light of historical and biblical reality.
What do you think of people like Kirk Cameron going around and telling people that even if they think they are good people they are really not good at all (asking questions like did you ever tell a white lie and so on)?
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angellous_evangellous
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angellous_evangellous
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Nutcase.
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angellous_evangellous
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That folks who God chooses (believers in Christ and others) will be made like Christ. My interpretation of this is that we will be resurrected like Christ by the same power that ressurrected Christ from the dead, and made new like Christ, without having the same substance as Christ. That is, we will be what God wants us to be, but not God.
Captain Civic
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What's your interpretation of Genesis?
I know that this was already discussed in this thread but it's late and I'm tired so I thought that staring at a computer screen at 2 AM would be a wonderful idea. Earlier in the thread...years earlier you stated that you weren't sure of your eternal salvation. I have never met a Christian who said this before. Now although I know we are here for more than God given fire insurance and I love life as much as most people, how is it possible that you are unsure of your eternal hope of being with the One who called you by name? Forgive me for being so blunt but you speak very bluntly and as I said in another thread I'm bolder behind a computer screen.
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angellous_evangellous
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angellous_evangellous
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It is because I respond to God by faith and hope and not by anything else. If I were so sure, I would not have faith and hope, but assurance. The the two (faith and hope) cannot exist with the one (assurance), because the one replaces the others.
It is because I respond to God by faith and hope and not by anything else. If I were so sure, I would not have faith and hope, but assurance. The the two (faith and hope) cannot exist with the one (assurance), because the one replaces the others.
Thank you for such a quick response. I don't quite follow you, but to make sure that I ask a question, how is it possible that faith and hope in the promises of God cannot exist with assurance in the promises of God? If anything is sure it is most definitely the word of the omnipotent I AM.
Thank you for such a quick response. I don't quite follow you, but to make sure that I ask a question, how is it possible that faith and hope in the promises of God cannot exist with assurance in the promises of God? If anything is sure it is most definitely the word of the omnipotent I AM.
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angellous_evangellous
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Assurance and faith cannot co-exist. When one has assurance, one has no use for faith.
Captain Civic
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I've noticed. :areyoucra
More succinctly, what are your interpretations of the two most hotly contested arguments facing Christianity from that book? ie. Adam and Eve, Noah and the Floating Wood Menagerie.
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angellous_evangellous
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ESV Hebrews 1:1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets,
So what is your question?