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Recent content by Jayray7352

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    The passage that has been the bane of my life and faith.

    I am going to take a shot at this, take it for what it is worth.. As I have stated in the few posts that I have made on this forum, I do not have a lot of biblical knowledge, I am going on pure feeling right now....so forgive me if I don't quote too many verses.... I would simply say this...
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    Here's the pattern....

    OK...I'll bite..... I am new to the 'study' of religion. I have always called myself christian, but never really asked a lot of questions, so maybe this is an opportunity. What exactly is the difference "simplified please" between Protestants and Catholics? Jayray
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    Why Couldn't Jesus Have Been Married?

    Maybe threatened was the wrong word....I just think that it is interesting how quickly some are to argue that he wasn't....I do not personally think that it would diminish what He did in the least. It just seems that some people work so hard on justifying why He wasn't versus discussing whether...
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    Why Couldn't Jesus Have Been Married?

    I am still new around here, and don't have the biblical text to back up most of my beliefs...but... I don't understand why some Christians are so threatened by this concept. What would it really change if He were married...nothing....
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    What is the Bible and why led to it's creation?

    I really appreciate all of the feedback and book references. But they all seem to reference, as far as I can tell, the canonization of the NT, I am more interested in the OT and how it came to be....meaning...how in the world was Genesis written? Was it written by Moses? If so, who told him...
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    What is the Bible and why led to it's creation?

    No worries JM, I am certainly not one to 'dodge' an argument...lol....but again, I am not questioning the consistency....at all, I am not sure where that came from...I will fully agree that based on what I know today, the internally, the bible is very consistent, but.... I am simply asking ( I...
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    What is the Bible and why led to it's creation?

    JM, I appreciate your explaination, I just don't see how it answers the questions. I am not trying to be argumentative or difficult here, just looking for answers, so bear with me... I am not questioning the consistency or factuality of the Bible. I was simple asking 1-What led to the...
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    What is the Bible and why led to it's creation?

    Jawsmetroid, My question wasn't with the consistency, rather the potential lack of content, and what led to the compilation.... Did Jesus say at some point "write this all down" for the NT, or did God tell someone to "write it all down, this is how is happened" for the OT?
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    What is the Bible and why led to it's creation?

    I read in another post something that I thought was an excellent point. That when the books of the bible were actually written, they were not done so with the intent of creating a compilation that we now call the bible. Is this the case? If so, how can we be sure that we are 'getting' the...
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    Why I cannot believe that prayers work.

    Not trying to start an argument, I am way too new to do that. But based on what you have said (or stated through questions), If God is going to heal someone regardless of whether they are prayed for or not, can you not say that the praying is in fact, only helping the relationship of the person...
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    I am Lost

    It does say in Tim 3:16 "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness," but there are also verses that state that not all of the scripture is God-breathed: 1 Corinthians 7:12 For to the rest I speak, not the Lord. If any brother...
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    I am Lost

    That is one of the things that I really struggle with...exactly what you have said....if we are to say that it is written the way that it is because that is all that they understood, then doesn't that reinforce that it could have been written by men, and not God? If God had truly inspired the...
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    I am Lost

    First off, hello everyone! I am new to this site, and I am hoping to progress on my journey to being closer to the truth with a little help from all of you ...... Here is where I stand, or how I feel. I have been a christian my entire life....by christian, I mean that my family taught me to...