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questions we never asked -

was there evil before they ate of that tree of knowledge of good and evil

why would "the serpent" want adam and eve to know good and evil

hm..yeah.. romans.. and genesis for that matter.. it took eve and the serpent to get thru to adam

without feminine qualities .... I don't think humans would survive long

possibly why biblical scripture is such a stumbling block to many, and yet scripture abounds in everything, is the spirit being consulted within to determine it's meanings, or rather to soak up wisdom when it's shown so plainly

For me, it took over 3 years to kill twi in my head. But I had to take it on head first. Like deeper than I ever thought I could. 

it boils down to fear of death, all the crap people come up with, they can't face the devil....

it's not hard to do though.....

If you take out all these !theory? off a return of Christ or who some thinks God is 3 in 1 or any other such perspectives and let the spirit guide, not these man-made doctrines

Senses will return, which is Christ returning in you. You know, it says the glory shall be revealed IN you.....that is where heaven and earth meet..

.the rubber hitting the road 

......

16 hours ago, Ham said:

I don't practice self-loathing every day, just some days..

yeah! depends on the day or hour, there is plenty to go on, then I come out of it somehow...

well... I can't put any faith into some kind of return of Christ when Christ is here now 

took a long time to get rid of a bunch of pfal/twi doctrines, some of it was me, my quest for truth, but it was mainly the spirit of God that helped me, showed me and I can't deny it's presence 

perhaps this return teachings is why some just look at it as some kind of salvation instead of finding their salvation now, and believing that there is answers now and that it's simple, easy, it has to be

if you want a different answer ask someone else lol

On 11/30/2023 at 9:46 PM, Nathan_Jr said:

I believe what has been proven to me, also. Until, of course, a new, stronger, more convincing proof is presented.

But this is not the question. 
 

You said the Britannica definition of faith is laughably wrong. I knocked, asked and sought your insight. If you can’’t or won’t answer the question, fine. 

you just don't like the answer

lol...

yeah waysider.....and that's the way it is 

I believe what has been proven to me. If you want my definition then there it is.

If you want to advance your understanding then listen

 Or do as Jesus instructed ask seek knock.

I have claimed nothing and assumed nothing. Or show me what the f you are talking about.

No, I don't think so. You know when only 2 options are presented then there is always more 

Either Paul's writtings are a great lie or he's talking about something you know nothing about 

10 minutes ago, TLC said:

Where or how does any change start? Well, regardless of whatever words are spoken, even by the apostle Paul himself, it appears they are only attended to when the Lord opens someone's heart.

i agree

that dictionary is wrong. lol

4 hours ago, penworks said:

“The first breath of a child is soul life, until that time, there’s no soul life.”

a baby in the womb is breathing, there is life in the womb

no matter what is done, abortion or whatever, that life cannot be ended

faith is probably the biggest thing needed, and let your faith reveal itself to you and not some preconceived definition of it

10 hours ago, Stayed Too Long said:

do you want to understand or are you convinced that there is no understanding

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do you want to understand or are you convinced that there is no understanding, maybe there is some missing pieces....

fear of freedom is probably the reason anyone would go back to twi......or maybe loneliness....

here is the standard definition by twi/bullinger and other offshoots 

The Idiom of Permission : Biblical Studies by Phillip Varady Sr.

there is a lot of assumptions in this definition to make it sound real

It's one thing to be an arrogant know it all and another to be arrogant and think no one knows anything including one's self except for what is arrogantly posted as if it means something to anyone. That's not the only 2 ways to do it either. 

I think the old testament folks were just like us, you know, people, Jesus too

Primitive like us, refined like us, just as dumb and just as smart