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"I see what's going on here." Haha! There you go with that humor thing again.

Well written and insightful. Thanks, Rocky.

You forgot about humor. You're way up there in humor, too. Hahahahahahahaha!

In the U.S., his fate (for his actions, not his beliefs) would be decided by society and governing entities, not.Christendom. If Christendom became part of the decision making process deciding David's fate, it would mean we have entered a Theocracy. The Constitution warned against this. It would be in conflict with the first amendment. In 1802, Jefferson wrote this in his Letter to the Danbury Baptists: 'Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof", thus building a wall of separation between Church & State. Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation in behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.'] It was emphasized in The Treaty of Tripoli, Article #11, which, though discussing a specific scenario, set the tone of future dealings. (1796) "Art. 11. As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen (Muslims); and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan (Mohammedan) nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries. On this basis, I propose the aforementioned question raises a moot point. Dave's not here.

"Dave's not here, man."

HERE is an old discussion that may interest you. edit: Please be aware that some of the people who posted in this thread have since passed away.

I didn't ask you what Bullinger or Darby said. I asked you what the scriptures say.

May I kiss your ring, Your Holiness?

Heavy, dude! Allow me to rephrase my comment: Are you saying that, in light of of this verse, the Bible has offered proof of itself that it's been sub-divided into distinct time periods?

So you're saying that verse proves the Bible is chronologically compartmentalized?

If you need a non-scriptural concept to make sense of scripture, you may want to reexamine your methodology.

Definitely not maybe.

I guess I'll be the party-pooper who spills the bean dip. There is no difference. There, I said it. It might have been Steve Lortz or Raf who examined this rather extensively, I'm not sure. If not, I offer my preemptive apology to whoever it was that did the leg work. It's all here if you are curious enough to seek it out. Kingdom of Heaven and Kingdom of God are used synonymously in the scriptures. edit: There is THIS for starters... http://www.greasespotcafe.com/ipb/topic/19171-kingdom-of-god-vs-kingdom-of-heaven/

Yes...and no.

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All men are liars...and that's the truth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heNLjW4o5XE

Considering his propensity for falsehoods and misrepresentation, why should we believe anything at all that he says about himself, including his supposed time as a pilot and his retirement income?

I see a lot of cherry picked scripture references supposedly supporting a man-made concept. What I don't see is something showing me the Bible has been sub divided into neat little compartments. But, hey, if that's what you need to make it all fit like a hand in a sock, more power to you.

So there you have it. A guy comes in here under false pretenses, admittedly plays a bunch of deceptive head games and then expects us to grant him some sort of award for his unwavering integrity. Yeah...not so much. A hypocrite in all his might, So wrong in that he thinks he's right. Still he hears not Still he sees not. Will he?

Well, yeah, but really what I'm saying is that there is another facet to it. We've probably all heard some variation of the idea that for every rat you see in the open, there's a bunch more hiding in the dark.When someone comes here over an extended period of time professing that the PFAL book replaces the Bible, you can be pretty sure there's a good chance they've ALREADY created a support system .

Festinger stated that five conditions must be present if someone is to become a more fervent believer after a failure or disconfirmation: A belief must be held with deep conviction and it must have some relevance to action, that is, to what the believer does or how he or she behaves. The person holding the belief must have committed himself to it; that is, for the sake of his belief, he must have taken some important action that is difficult to undo. In general, the more important such actions are, and the more difficult they are to undo, the greater is the individual's commitment to the belief. The belief must be sufficiently specific and sufficiently concerned with the real world so that events may unequivocally refute the belief. Such undeniable disconfirmatory evidence must occur and must be recognized by the individual holding the belief. The individual believer must have social support. It is unlikely that one isolated believer could withstand the kind of disconfirming evidence that has been specified. If, however, the believer is a member of a group of convinced persons who can support one another, the belief may be maintained and the believers may attempt to proselytize or persuade nonmembers that the belief is correct. source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Prophecy_Fails The section I bolded is the scary part. It not too likely anyone goes 20 years believing PFAL is God-Breathed without a support system to solidify their belief.

I clicked on your website. It now presents the following message: Hello World.I can be found at GSC. Are you the world? More importantly why do you need to remind yourself where you are? Please tell me you're not one of those lizard people. Those dudes can be scary.

Awww. How sweet. Thank you for being so worried about us.

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, there's a pretty good chance it's a duck.