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The other part of this is that one witness might have seen the body with guts asunder, while the other noticed the rope and the branch with the rope remnant on it.

Accidents that just “happen” in the commission of a crime are usually charged along with the original crime. It’s at least assault on a child along with murder. Mom is excusing brutality. I guess her “kid” IS the type to murder another person.

Which also means that any discussion is useless, if I HAVE already grasped the truth of Amillenialism and Calvinism. Which profoundly illustrates what I’ve come to understand about Calvinism: that it is a useless doctrine, at least the 5 points part of it. It only helps those who don’t need...

Let's pretend for just a moment that I'm not a Calvinist, but I'm asking questions about how Calvinism works, since this forum is for debating between Arminianism and Calvinism?. Are you saying that because I'm not already a Calvinist, then you won't "be ready in season and out to give an...

3 answers. You get to choose the one you like (or all of them, if applicable)): Maybe you can tell me what part of my attitude would lead you to think I'm the Devil. I'm humbled that you put me in the same category as Jesus, when the pharisees said He did miracles by the power of Beelzebub...

I'll give you 3 reasons: You are commenting on my thread. This thread is in the "Christian Debate Forums" category, not the "I'll belch out my opinion without any reasoning" category. 1 Pet 3:15 but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who...

Which part of what I said doesn’t align with scripture? Don’t be lazy! Give references. You should be trying to convince me, not just spouting your own philosophy. And don’t forget to tie it back into the “sovereignty” topic. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I appreciate your analogy of dead people getting adopted (especially since Dick Grayson, after his parents died, was Bruce Wayne’s ward), I really do, but aren’t you mixing your metaphors a bit?

I can think of a number of things other than the Holy Spirit that He uses to make us more like Him. 1. Our parents 2. Our pastors 3. His Word 4. Temptations 5. Hardships That doesn’t mean the Holy Spirit isn’t involved, including with all the foregoing, but He is certainly more nebulous than...

I don’t think anyone can stop God from fulfilling his plans. Can you point to where you think I said something like that?

It is loving for God to force us to behave a certain way, if that way is for the best for us. For instance, a parent SHOULD force a child to stay out of the street when a car is coming, or that parent is not loving. The situation might be different when the child is no longer a child. It might...

If you hold that your first statement, "Whoever reacts is controlled by whoever causes what they react to. This is not God but an idol." is accurate, then you are agreeing with my contention: that you are saying God does NOT answer our prayers, when we ask for bread, He gives us a stone, or that...

Do you think He does that with every act of rebellion of every person? In other words, let's say Joe Blow has been sitting in his basement for 3 weeks straight, playing video games instead of helping his elderly mother get groceries. Somebody else ends up helping her with the groceries. Joe...

Your original statement: was much more broad than that. Are you retracting that original statement and replacing it with this one? You are then agreeing with me that God reacts to our prayers, and sins, and actions, at least in every instance except where it involves salvation? So, regarding...

Are you saying God doesn't actually forgive us of sins when we ask? Did Jesus not really follow Jairus to his house? Was the second set of tablets Moses brought down not really written by the finger of God? What you are saying is completely antithetical to the whole of scripture. God is not...

I think we’re mostly in agreement here, but could you clarify: is God allowing it because it suits His greater plan, or is He ordaining it as a necessary part of His plan?

Probably a topic for another thread, but what you’re saying, it sounds like, is that Adam and Eve were created with a fallen nature, ie, not “very good”. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thank you, Dave. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I can give my thoughts on it. I can't say for sure that my thoughts are the right ones. He succeeded because 1. He did not have a fallen nature, by virtue of His virgin birth 2. He was completely submissive to the Father's will. (His will and the Father's will were united.)

God's word doesn't need any help, but we help it along without thinking. Everybody does when we apply our understanding of those words and the grammar. That "everybody" includes translators and readers, which is a minimum of 2 layers of interpreting. This is the same thing as checking other...