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  1. atpollard

    I have difficulty believing that souls will be damned to the Lake of Fire

    Since we have revived this thread, let us at least start with a sound foundation of accurate definitions. When SCRIPTURE speaks of "LOVE" it is not talking about the warm and fuzzy feeling you get from looking at a little Puppy dog. Go find references to love in scripture and NOTE the actual...
  2. atpollard

    Genesis as allegory? - History versus allegory

    You got off easy ... Look at the face on that baby and tell me they didn't just meet God!
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    Genesis as allegory? - History versus allegory

    autograph 1: something that is written with one's own hand: a: an original handwritten manuscript (as of an author's or composer's work) - Websters Third New International Dictionary … Yes, there is. It just does not exist and it was never compiled into a single bound volume, but if every word...
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    Genesis as allegory? - History versus allegory

    Amazon Prime (That’s where I got my new one). (If you mean the ORIGINAL First Bible … then GOD).
  5. atpollard

    Genesis as allegory? - History versus allegory

    My name is Arthur, so I would only be speculating on Matthew’s motivation. I have OBSERVED that the two recorded genealogies are not IDENTICAL. I have HEARD that difference explained as one being the genealogy of Joseph and the other being the genealogy of Mary. I have HEARD the example of...
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    Genesis as allegory? - History versus allegory

    Do you have proof of an actual ERROR or are you merely wringing your hands over the two recorded genealogies not being identical? (which has several possible valid explanations that I would look forward to your disproving). The genealogies are abridged (which is a typical Jewish literary...
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    JOHN 3:16 IS THIS OUR GOSPEL?

    James 2:18-20 [NASB20] But someone may [well] say, "You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works." You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. But are you willing to acknowledge, you foolish...
  8. atpollard

    Genesis as allegory? - History versus allegory

    Where? (when one says “Jesus said so”, I just like to see Jesus’ exact words … “Genesis is a literal account!” is probably not verbatim.) :csm
  9. atpollard

    Genesis as allegory? - History versus allegory

    I view Genesis as a POLEMIC. It is 100% accurate in what it is presenting, but it is NOT attempting to be a textbook on Stellar or Planetary development, Geology or Biological Adaptations. It is a book correcting the ORIGIN of things from a metaphysical perspective (focusing on WHO and WHY...
  10. atpollard

    Noah and Abraham were deemed righteous, meaning exactly what?

    Who says they were “totally obedient” to God? My Bible certainly doesn’t present them that way.
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    Where was the Sabbath Abolished?

    Where was the Sabbath Abolished? Golgotha. It was abolished ON the Cross AT Golgotha. :cool:
  12. atpollard

    Where was the Sabbath Abolished?

    Go PARTICULAR BAPTISTS! ;) :vgood:
  13. atpollard

    Why do some people not like the idea of OSAS?

    God the Father hands Him off to God the Son, who then Gibb-slaps Him into a "stiff necked people*" that just never seem to do anything the easy way. ;) * Children of Adam.
  14. atpollard

    Why do some people not like the idea of OSAS?

    Logos or logos ... can't the "Word" ("Logos") also be the second person of the Godhead? Both the words and Who the words represent. I was mostly teasing about rhéma (spoken word) ... but as long as we are discussing fine points of Greek: can the spoken word (rhéma) also represent the...
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    Why do some people not like the idea of OSAS?

    This is the message of Once Saved Always Saved that I am familiar with: "Everything that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I certainly will not cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. And this is the...
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    Why do some people not like the idea of OSAS?

    So FAITH is unavailable to the DEAF? :contemplate:
  17. atpollard

    Why do some people not like the idea of OSAS?

    "Believe what you will, but know this, his TRUTH will outlast your beliefs !" I really like your signature. :vgood:
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    Why do some people not like the idea of OSAS?

    Neglecting so great a Salvation: For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it. For if the word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every violation and act of disobedience received a just punishment, how will we escape if...
  19. atpollard

    Prayer for the Jewish hostages

    At least ONE of the hostages taken by Hamas is a Holocaust survivor. :cry: :sob:
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    Losing Your Salvation - Bible Verses

    Let me guess … all means all without exception … So you are a HUMBLE, BIBLE SCHOLAR and a UNIVERSALIST. ”Well isn’t that special.” The JW and LDS must be so jealous. :rolleyes: