Recent content by Jonathan Dahlin

  1. J

    Faith Alone?

    Have any of you mentioned James 2:24, which specifically denies Martin Luther's justification by Faith Alone? Martin Luther questioned the canonicity of James, Revelation, and two other books because he deemed them to contradict his doctrine of faith alone. Therefore Luther's canon would have...
  2. J

    How can God be simultaneously a Trinity of Persons, and yet one?

    What do you think of “Christian Beliefs” that the Bible Doesn’t Teach An article specifically about the Trinity is found at What is the Biblical basis for disbelief in the doctrine of the Trinity?, also see Is the Doctrine of the Trinity Polytheistic?. Proceed to that site with great caution...
  3. J

    Eternal Companions in Heaven

    Does God really think it's best for people to not have eternal companions? If it's not good for man to be alone in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:18), it's not good for man to be alone in Heaven, or rather the Resurrection Life, either. No marriage or romance in heaven would mean that God is...
  4. J

    Why does Matthew 22:30 cause me SO MUCH PAIN?

    I don't see how God makes romantic relationships with women redundant.
  5. J

    Why does Matthew 22:30 cause me SO MUCH PAIN?

    God does not replace a woman. Why did Adam need to be completed by a woman? Why didn't God just complete him? You didn't answer that. If only the fall of sin had not occurred, romantic relationships with the opposite gender may be eternal. Then we wouldn't be filled merely by God.
  6. J

    Why does Matthew 22:30 cause me SO MUCH PAIN?

    But God is not female. Only a female can complete a man. Only a male can complete a woman. Why didn't God complete Adam then? What would have happened if the fall of sin did not occur? In Heaven, will we get to see that "what if" worlds? Will we get to travel to the "would have been" or "could...
  7. J

    Why does Matthew 22:30 cause me SO MUCH PAIN?

    Is sex vs. Heaven like Barker Lever vs. Willis floating lever or Fisk servopneumatic lever? You probably don't know about pipe organs, let alone tracker. Qualitatively different? I'd say Barker, Fisk, and Willis are more quantitatively different, while electropneumatic vs. tracker action are...
  8. J

    Matthew 22:30 = Unfair To Perpetual Singles?

    I understand the thing about chemical reactions in the human brain and nerves. It wouldn't have to be that way. Why not continue with physical acts? Couldn't guys kiss girls and vice versa just for pleasure? It wouldn't have to be to prepare or sexual intercourse. Couldn't guys have special...
  9. J

    Matthew 22:30 = Unfair To Perpetual Singles?

    Well... Saying that God's presence means that marriage and sex is unnecessary is like saying that it means food and drink or... trees, rivers, animals, plants, possessions, and friends is unnecessary. Why can't the physical pleasure of sex last?
  10. J

    Matthew 22:30 = Unfair To Perpetual Singles?

    What about chase sexual love as Swedenborg or Chadwick puts it?
  11. J

    Matthew 22:30 = Unfair To Perpetual Singles?

    Nah! That wouldn't help. That would be a fake. He could give them a new past though, like to relive an Earthly life. Intermediate compensation time. Rearrange the past. Redo their Earthly life. Revamp or whatever. Rearrange the family tree, because the family tree that exists has been faulted by...
  12. J

    Matthew 22:30 = Unfair To Perpetual Singles?

    Why won't there be sexual attraction. Could there be a new type of attraction? Couldn't guys kiss girls and vice versa just for pleasure? It wouldn't have to be to prepare for sex. Couldn't guys have special relationships with girls? It wouldn't have to be marriage. It could be... I don't know...
  13. J

    ~ Sex in Heaven? ~

    I would choose a lifeboat over a sinking ship. Heaven is a lifeboat, hell is a sinking ship. How could anyone choose a sinking ship over a lifeboat? Couldn't guys kiss girls and vice versa just for pleasure? It wouldn't have to be to prepare for sex. Couldn't guys have special relationships with...
  14. J

    Why does Matthew 22:30 cause me SO MUCH PAIN?

    Something tells me it refers to the resurrection life, not a particular resurrection event. See Matthew 22:30 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary - StudyLight.org