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A couple of book titles that might relate to this thread: https://www.amazon.com/Being-Wrong-Adventures-Margin-Error/dp/0061176052/ and https://www.amazon.com/Coherent-Mind-Quantum-Lali-Love-ebook/dp/B0F6YCDP2Z/

Want to know what the glove looks like, what it’s made of, how it fits? Want to know where in your imagination to look for that yet undiscovered manuscript? Want to know how to MAKE something fit that doesn’t fit? There’s a Bible version for that.

Exactly!

CNN changed the game. In 1990, during Dessert Storm, still no one else was doing 24hr news-only broadcasts. As a kid in high school at that time, I was glued to CNN, watching the war and the launch of Wolf Blitzer’s career. Elvis Presley made his performance debut October 16th, 1954 on a weekly talent showcase. He was signed to a contract to perform on the program every Saturday for $18 a show. Colonel Tom Parker “discovered” Elvis after 18 months of performing and bought his contract for $10,000. What was the name of the radio program or venue?

Why would God need a witness?

Had to post this one... too funny...

Could you? J/k

The antidote is quite simple: go to the confessional... make a thorough and honest confession, then the priest will absolve sins and you're back in the state of grace with God (in TWI terms... back "in fellowship with God"). As we know this differs from the TWI version. But in Catholic and some other Christian traditions, a priest acts as a representative of Christ and is able to forgive sins. This is not the priest's own power but a conferral of God's forgiveness through Christ. The priest through the power given to the church acts as an instrument of God's mercy. The practice stems from Jesus's giving authority to forgive sins to the Apostles, who passed this authority down through apostolic succession to priests. In this manner, Catholics believe that when a priest absolves sins, it is ultimately God who forgives. NOTE: IMO, I consider this method more substantial and ultimately valid than simply asking God for forgiveness without a witness.

I guess you're right. "Well, I believe in the soul, the c--k, the p---y, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days." "My name is Dances with Wolves. I have nothing to say to you. You are not worth talking to." "Sex and golf are the two things you don't have to be good at to enjoy." George

Danger, sin, egregious sin, ungodly lifestyle, commands of God, hardened hearts, salvation maintenance, suffering, hell, ... Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to believe. (tangled web = a complex, difficult, and confusing situation or thing) Yeah, decided not to go down this rabbit hole again (rabbit hole = a bizarre, confusing, or nonsensical situation or environment, typically one from which it is difficult to extricate oneself) "What has been seen cannot be unseen, what has been learned cannot be unknown." Cynthia Woolf. Entangle me once, shame on you...entangle me no more, shame be gone. I'll stop now.

Some fine print on what you shared is that the code of canon states 1) the abuse must cause grave mental or physical danger and 2) while separation is allowed, divorce is not which means the woman is still sacramentally bound to her abuser. Her only option is to seek an annulment which involves Church officials deciding whether the marriage was invalid from the beginning.”

This 15 min. clip was sent to me and it's highly recommended. Please note this is not about politics (not my intention) -- its all about answering the question "What is Israel". Note that Atheists (I think Jimmy Dore is one too) know more about biblical truths than some Christians. If we owe the modern state of Israel anything as Christians, it'd be converting them to Jesus Christ as it says in Romans Chapter 10.

I think you're up George.

The only lines left to this tune are repeated four times with the name of the song in them. So, I'm posting this then ~Neil Young~ Are You Ready for the Country and I will soon a new one.

Yes. I know nothing about it and I think the Christian hell is enough to keep me concerned.

2 billion Muslims say yes. Willing to take that chance?

I don't know about that... so I did a quick AI search: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has clearly stated that no woman is expected to stay in an abusive marriage and encourages these women to seek an annulment. However, studies on the experiences of battered, Christian women indicate that this is not always enough to free women from abusive marriages.May 23, 2024

Wow now there's a question I was never asked in my 68 years. Should I be concerned?

I did send a message to JS on this website. I finished by asking, "Also, if someone is wanting to know the truth about what was going on with Wierwille, knowing how his doctrine and practices concerning sexual sin were passed on and then followed by many leaders, are you willing to talk openly about it now?"

I just found out that John Schoenheit also no longer teaches once saved/always saved. In his REV bible, he writes a commentary for Ephesians 5:5 saying, "We must be careful to understand the relationship between sin, the ungodly lifestyle, and abandoning Christ to the extent that one forfeits their everlasting life. Everyone sins, and some people sin egregiously, but sin does not cause a person to forfeit their salvation. However, if a person ignores the commands of God and defies Him and lives an ungodly lifestyle, they are in danger of having their heart so hardened by sin that they go so far as to renounce their trust and belief in Christ, and at that point, they forfeit their everlasting life. A person gets born again by trusting Christ (Rom. 10:9), and they maintain their salvation by trusting in Christ (1 Pet. 1:5)." Ephesians 5:5 I find his complete commentary on this verse to be questionable. He also does not believe "the orthodox depiction of a hell ruled by the devil where people suffer eternally" is based on Scripture. I'm about to listen to a video where he "explores what the Bible has to say about the destiny of the unsaved and explains the biblical depiction of 'hell.'" What is the Destiny of the Unsaved? If I get into either of these topics any further, it will be in the Doctrinal sub forum.

I know it's a dormant thread, and we usually have some leeway in policing "on topic" posts after a long time and a long discussion, but... This thread was started in Doctrinal by someone who wanted to discuss doctrine, not by someone who wanted to see his relationship with God mocked by comparing it to the relationship of a pet owner and his good boy. I understand the impulse, but we set up Doctrinal: Exploring the Bible apart from the other subforums specifically to avoid this kind of thing. Please refrain from posting on this thread unless you want to explore issues in the spirit of this forum. Thank you.

"Avoid it at all costs" AI Overview "The idiom "avoid it at all costs" means to make every effort to prevent something from happening, regardless of the difficulty or expense involved. It emphasizes the importance of preventing a particular outcome, action, or situation." How confident can one be that their "every effort" is actually enough? The point of my earlier post was to question how the all-loving God of the Bible could 1) send people to eternal torment and now, 2) cause his people to live in fearful obedience their entire life to avoid said eternal torment not knowing if it was enough to ease his wrath towards them. This is a rhetorical question. A non-rhetorical question is whether a believer, such as yourself, sees living with this fear and uncertainty as a demonstration of being devoutly religious - something which God expects and honors? I'll never forget when a priest (over five decades ago) told my mother she had to stay with her abusive husband as a show of her pious suffering which later would be rewarded in heaven.

How are you avoiding Islam's hell?