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Recent content by JohnClay

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    Ezekiel 23 and the NIRV Bible for Kids

    BTW I was looking into other Bible translations: Verse 4 of the Good News Translation says "...I married both of them, and they bore me children" https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ezekiel%2023&version=GNT I didn't realise that "they were mine" or "they belonged to me" meant that...
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    Ezekiel 23 and the NIRV Bible for Kids

    So the goal was to make the NIRV text understable by a person at a 3rd grade reading level. They'd probably understand "private parts" and "breasts" but if they don't understand "s*men" or "sex" they might ask an adult or fellow child. (note the s word is replaced with "sperm" on these forums...
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    How to Recognise the Voice of the Lord?

    This is from my sisters' minister. He used to call himself a prophet. Anyway it goes for a bit over 2 minutes. He says that God's voice is "quiet, calm, still, and small" based on 1 Kings 19:12: "After the earthquake a fire came. But the Lord wasn’t in the fire. And after the fire there was...
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    Ezekiel 23 and the NIRV Bible for Kids

    @Lukaris Thanks I hadn't read the later verses very carefully so I wasn't aware of the parts about child sacrifice. BTW some AI says "Samaria was the capital city of the northern Kingdom of Israel" and Jerusalem was "the capital of the Kingdom of Judah". As far as "harlots" go, the NIRV is...
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    Ezekiel 23 and the NIRV Bible for Kids

    Ezekiel 23 has a lot of shocking sexual language. Especially 23:20... Though in the KJV it is pretty tame: (using euphemisms) "For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses." The NIRV uses much more clearer language...
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    "Sowing the seed" and prosperity gospel

    BTW I've heard stories of people giving large amounts of money to ministries (e.g. a lot of their life savings) and later decide that they need it and the ministries won't give it back... I won't name names though.
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    "Sowing the seed" and prosperity gospel

    Yes that is what some pastors would say. But say there were two Christians with $10,000 in assets each and one gave $1000 to a ministry and another gave $5000 to the ministry - I think usually the first person would be financially better off - unless the second person somehow got blessed more...
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    "Sowing the seed" and prosperity gospel

    What do you think of this teaching? A pastor who teaches this is Kenneth Copeland and apparently he is worth at least $300 million. They quote it as if it is Biblical but I'm not sure it is.
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    Jesus and his knowledge of being God

    So even before the universe existed, Jesus the Son knew almost everything (including the future?) except a few things like the time of the Second Coming? The following might be wrong but my idea is that just the Jesus on Earth didn't know about the Second Coming. The previous mind of Jesus might...
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    Jesus and his knowledge of being God

    I wonder what Jesus knew before he was born on Earth... it doesn't seem to make any difference whether that version of Jesus knew about the second coming... since it seems his mind was wiped during his birth... edit: I guess to be consistent with that Bible passage, Jesus' mind before his...
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    Jesus and his knowledge of being God

    @peter2 It seems the shame of nudity is taught rather than instinctual... I remember I met an old friend at the markets and I was left alone with their van at the markets with his step-daughter who was about 2 or 3 years old. She was walking around naked and I said quite aggressively to put some...
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    Need to marry someone on fire for God?

    I think it is used to motivate the congregation to be even more "on fire" for God rather than allowing them to get too comfortable. Or it is about feeling more special. Or something like that.
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    Jesus and his knowledge of being God

    It sounds to me like Jesus was a blank slate that talked to God (Father/Holy Spirit) to get his knowledge. If he knew everything already he could have done that Temple thing as a 3 year old.
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    Experiencing heaven on earth?

    I've been looking into that lately and apparently: (this might include my sisters' church)
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    Jesus and his knowledge of being God

    I thought if Jesus existed before the universe was created he would be omniscient. Talking to God the Father suggests Jesus lost all of his godly knowledge when he was born and God the Father was talking to a blank slate.