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Yes but weren't we all? There will be people who looked good to the rest of the world in hell. No outward signs of depravity. Bending away from God is a sin. The sin that gets them to hell.

The bible makes many of these kinds of comparisons. The just and the unjust, the obedient and the wicked, Contrasted often in books like the Psalms. The caveat is that the evil made a choice a DECISION not to follow Christ. Decisions are only made with wills and wills go against them being...

A couple of obvious flags. -Closed system -Modified texts -Close monitoring and indoctrination of participants Reading other info, you know, to get the truth is discouraged. If it's true why protect it to such an extent? Why make it such a closed system? We know why. Get out of it if you are in...

I agree with that. Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft. HOWEVER, you are collectively summing all of these peoples into one group. If they were encouraged to follow the Lord, then there was potential to do so. And why would they be encouraged is if wasn't possible?

There are beliefs fully confirmed to be outside of mainstream Christian and trusted theology. JW is such a belief system.

Yes they were part of the early church appointed for the growth of the church. This in no way disqualifies the rest of us from salvation.

My .00002 worth. It might be valued at less, but I think there is some validity to it. "Tongues" as the gift is commonly referred to is not magic fairy dust. Nothing in the bible specifically says there was a discontinuation as many seem to believe, although I think the gifts are maybe used in...

I am attending a reformed church and have reformed friends, but they know I disagree with them. I am no stragnger to this theology trust me. You point me to your selective scriptures to make your points which I vehemenently disagree with. The bible is a collection of books that all need to be...

Then why do you feel the need to tell us about it since it's all decided anyway? I am not calvinist for good reason. You accuse me of generality but so far that's all I've seen from you.

If I decide not to marry a woman, then I decided I don't need a woman in my life. If I love a woman, there can be a codependency there that I need her or I feel I need her emotionally. This is the bond I think God has with us, and the bond satan is doing everything in his power to destroy. Is...

This is a good thought but it can only be an assumption because you have no basis for the claim other than what you think. These convenants were about God sending His blessing to the entire earth, such as the covenent He made with Abraham. This had nothing to do specifically with eternal life...

In my opinion there is both religion to the true God and replacement religion which seeks to fill those gaps in different ways. Jesus said true religion really boils down to two commandments. Love the Lord with all of your heart and love your neighbor as yourself.

Nope not at all. That board has a statement of faith maybe similar to a church. nuff said. Remember the bible tells us that in the latter days many false teachers will arise. I think we need to be on guard against that. Now whether you think that should be a personal decision or an...

The more doctrinally loose a forum is, the more potential for error to be introduced, so it's more up to the membership to correct it and not the mods.

No hidden oracles to men in general. Everyone has access. Mystic anything in association with christian is usually a mix of gnostiscism.

Yes and no. With more freedom comes more responsibility. IT doesn't feel as imposing probably to a new comer IMO.