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Does scripture instruct us to witness to people who are deaf and dumb? No. What about toddlers and adults suffering from retardation? There you only have body language, which we also have with pets. We can show them love. That is very much a kind of witnessing, IMO. I think that is precisely the...

Luther said that a variety of animals, “display a simple and unsophisticated faith.” from “Luther on Birds, Dogs, and Babies: Gleanings from the ‘Table Talk,’” by Roland H. Bainton, in Luther Today, Martin Luther Lectures, vol. 1, Luther College Press, 1957...

It is a reference to Luther's son's dog named, "Tölpel," which means clumsy or clown in German (often translated as Clownie). Tölpel is mentioned frequently in Luther's Table Talks as a model of the life of prayer and faith. Here is Luther's answer when asked if his dog was in heaven...

Check out my new signature! Its a quote from Luther that matches my signature picture much better than the Bible verses I've put there in the past. Take that, DaRev! :) (He denies that any dogs ever go to heaven.)

I was watching a History Channel documentary on Hell when it was mentioned that the Egyptian religion was Annihilationist. I looked it up and sure enough it is true. I have highlighted all the occurrences of the word annihilation so you can see how often it comes up in this book on Egyptian...

I was reading Luke 24 yesterday when it suddenly occurred to me that verses 37 & 39 seem to be strong evidence of the existence of ghosts. Five out of 18 translations on bible.cc actually use the word ghost in these two verses. I figured there has to be a very different interpretation of these...

How come you deleted Matt 25:41 from his list? It is by far the most important verse of the four. Verse 41 that you deleted from his list does. When the wicked are sent "into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels", what do you think eternal fire is referring to other than Hell...

Your statement doesn't sound at all vague to me, it is very specific and unequivocal. How do you see it as vague? (I agree the Bible is vague so I'm wondering why I don't see that vagueness reflected in your statement at all if you agree the Bible is vague and you rely only on the Bible.) Is...

Tim, do you have any kind of college education in science? You seem to be completely unaware of the fact that circular reasoning always results in totally invalid conclusions. No one has accused you of speculating that Lazarus was dead. We all agree that Lazarus was dead, but you seem to be in...

You know, we all engage in speculation from time to time. There is no sin in that. Why is it that you cannot admit to yourself that you sometimes engage in speculation? This is extraordinarily irrational of you, Timothew. It is so at odds with reality that I would call an ordinary person...

Why are you now denying what you clearly stated earlier in just the last page of this thread? You clearly made statements about Lazarus that were a product of speculation, why are you unable to own up to this fact?

Annihilationism originated in Egypt! I was watching a History Channel documentary called, "The Gates of Hell". After being here so long I didn't learn much, but I did learn one thing, that annihilationism started in Egypt. Timothew always likes to characterize the immortality of the soul...

No, you were attempting to read between the lines and make speculations about Lazarus that are not present in the Bible.

I'd like to reiterated FWG's question about the spirit and ask some more of my own. You are so vague about the nature of the spirit and I think his question was very incisive. Since you so often deny that your views are properly being expressed when anyone attempts to extrapolate your views...

This one paragraph is spot on, even though you deny it, Timothew. Here is what you originally said: Have you ever heard the criticism of atheism that it is based on "absence of evidence rather than evidence of absence"? The same criticism applies to your reasoning above.

Another thing to think about, for a long time I have suspected He-man of being either a web-bot, or a person using a very intentional propaganda methodology, not unlike military psy-ops. When DrBL posted a message quoting the CF anti-spam rule, suddenly He-man disappeared. When he realized that...

Your explanations are virtually all one liners, frequently just three words like this one ("we are souls"). On top of that you frequently use redundant self-referential definitions, making a definition using the word (or a close variant) that you are supposedly defining, like saying "death means...

I have denied this a dozen times, but you finally seem to have gotten it in email today. Martin Luther certainly denied that all souls are immortal. What denominations are you referring to? The only person I have ever seen supporting the notion of all souls being immortal is GradyLL. I took him...

How is my quoting you from a year ago offensive? You made the statement, not me. I just quoted you.

How can we have a reasonable debate if you deny major elements of your own argument that you have stated many times in the past and continue to state even as you deny it in the very same message yesterday? You have clearly an unequivically equated the word soul with the word life. You did...