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Recent content by CryptoLutheran

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    The Adjustment Bureau - is this like your theology?

    The critique is closer. -CryptoLutheran
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    why is the us Governement...

    Then let me clarify, erect humanoid biped. -CryptoLutheran
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    why is the us Governement...

    I'm not asking you to dismiss Scripture. I'm simply pointing out that 20-30 foot tall bipeds aren't physically possible. Additionally, just because you interpret a very tiny passage from Genesis to mean a race of giant bipeds that were half-angel and half-human doesn't mean that's what the text...
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    why is the us Governement...

    Tabloid-esque pictures. Do you know the original sources of these pictures? Do you know who the photographers were? Where they were taken? When were they originally published? -CryptoLutheran
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    why is the us Governement...

    Fantastic game. I wasted so many hours away with friends on multiplayer. Problem was someone would eventually be cheap and play as Oddjob. -CryptoLutheran
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    why is the us Governement...

    Massive giants ala of the folklore variety are, for all intents and purposes, not possible given the simple fact of physics. Large human beings, such as Goliath, would already have so much stress placed upon their bodies that they would probably struggle just to survive. Large animals such as...
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    Eternal Torment or torture

    Aionios is the adjective form of the word aion, which means "age", an indeterminate amount of time. The word in and of itself doesn't mean "eternal" or "everlasting"--it is often rendered this way interpretively and because there's no real English cognate for the word. As such I have a very...
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    why is the us Governement...

    Oh snap, she's onto us. Where's that MIB memory eraser thingy when you need one? -CryptoLutheran
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    Did the Church hand down Scripture to us?

    The poll feels a little too one dimensional. I agree that the Church has handed down Scripture to us, but I don't see this as a distinctively Roman Catholic belief. -CryptoLutheran
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    Old testament?

    Neither. Though probably closer to The Silmarillion. Genesis 1 is a mythopoetic text functioning as a narrative polemic against standard ancient near eastern creation myths by deconstructing common motifs such as waters of the deep (which would correspond to Tiamut from the Enuma Elish) and...
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    why is the us Governement...

    Denver Airport conspiracy debunked here. -CryptoLutheran
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    why is the us Governement...

    What I'm really curious about is why the Canadian government is building a giant icecream cone factory on the moon. -CryptoLutheran
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    Old testament?

    It's not "based" on them, it's based on Jesus of Nazareth who we receive and believe is the Christ and the received teaching of His apostles. The Bible is a collection of books that have been received by the Church as a faithful witness to the faith of the Church which communicate and proclaim...
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    Ultimate Reconciliation

    I'm quite sympathetic to Ultimate/Universal reconciliation myself, however per the rules of the site, discussion of it isn't permitted except on the Unorthodox sub-forum. Just a heads up. -CryptoLutheran
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    Vote to establish Palestinian State Sept 20, 2011

    <staff edit> Christians in Palestine - YouTube Palestinian Christians mark Christmas amid Israeli restrictions - PressTV 091224 - YouTube WCC article here. And the fact still remains that Christians, Muslims and Jews have and do stand side-by-side in solidarity with one another on the issue...