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Yep. I've read the Catholic version with 1 & 2 Maccabees, Bel and the Dragon, etc. as well. I was once a "spirit filled" believer myself you see.

Stop presenting yourself as the authority. These debates can be fruitless for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the arrogance expressed in your statement above. The sad part is, you probably think you're being humble. "Unless you are one of us you won't understand!" How Pharisee...

And this is one example of where the KJV does a poor job translating the Greek.

The end of the age passage you quote is AGAIN being lifted from context to promote the idea of a succession plan that is nonexistent in the writings. Actually, and I find this amusing I will admit, what it seems the NT teaches is that the age often referred to was within the generation of those...

Nope, millions, perhaps billions throughout time don't so the above statement is DEFINATIVELY false and a flat out lie at worst or wishful thinking and projecting at best. Oh, personal bias, that's trustworthy........ My body is the direct product of two humans I called mother and father...

This passage is about what can best be described as "church discipline" for handling matters of behavioral issues among the brethren within a local gathering of 1st century Christians.

Methinks you are misapplying or better yet misunderstanding the message in this text. Paul was not saying that the corporate institution that we call the (insert denomination name here) church is the pillar and ground for what is true. What the writer was saying is that the called out assembly...

What logical, evidence-based reason would a person have for coming to the conclusion that the origin of that which we enjoy is from your concept of deity?

I believe you are looking at it from the wrong perspective. When considering why someone doesn't believe something it is helpful to assess why they would believe a particular thing in the first place. So the better question is why doesn't everyone accept your, or more broadly the Christian...

1 Timothy 3:15 is what believe you are going for here, correct? This text indicates that Paul proposed the idea that the members of the Lord's Called Out Assembly (church) were to be the heralds of the their foundational doctrine that Jesus of Nazareth was the God of Israel's anointed one who...

When you understand the reality that the human condition is a terminal situation from day one, it makes it easier to cope with the reality of our own mortalities. We see example after example of how mothing we encounter lasts forever, yet we somehow believe that a part of us will. Vanity of...

Not to be dismissive, but what does you feeling or sensing something prove? Why do you feel this way? Futility indicates pointlessness or uselessness and I don't find my life or the lives of those I know and love to be either of those things. I couldn't agree more. You are valuable to yourself...

I am looking, so miss me with the REFUSAL accusation. What I'm not doing is seeing.

You are well within your rights to believe this, but believing it doesn't make it true. Assertions like this need to be verified with evidence to be proven as facts. Truth is simply that which is true or in accordance with fact or reality. Just because I want or believe something to be true...

I made myself do some buying last week because all of my non-emotional voices said it was a pretty good time. It's so easy to buy when things are up and sell when things are going down, but doing that is the OPPOSITE of what we should do. For me, (and I've been investing 20 years), a properly...

So because the answer to the questions you proposed is "I don't know," that means a deity, specifically one you believe in is responsible? Why not stick to the honest answer of "I don't know" as opposed to making an assertion that evokes something unproven? When you use the term "evolutionist"...

Watching too closely can be stressful, but not taking advantage of what the market provides over time can be detrimental to one's wealth preservation. Now may actually be a better time to buy into the markets since so much has fallen in value from the all time highs achieved in the last year...

Are you comfortable with the markets and how have your portfolios been doing?

The irony...........

Were I to give all proclaimed figures of various faiths such consideration, I'd fail for lack of time. Why should Jesus, Krishna, Ra, Muhammed, or Azura Mazda move to the front of the line to e given consideration at the expense of others?