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    Do I have the spirit of this world?

    Can you elucidate? I'm having a bit of trouble understanding how doing computer stuff is the spirit of this world. My brother fixes junker cars, for a hobby, (and even for a ministry). No problem. We all live in this world. That doesn't mean we are part of this world. I'd suggest you inundate...
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    ‘Homo bigheads’: Newfound human species roamed China’s woodlands with extra-large heads

    I know an architect, very intelligent, and at 65 years, still a very full head of hair, with which to cover his very large head, and frame his huge flat face. He doesn't look wrong, exactly, but he doesn't look right. I'm thinking it is genetic, nothing else, so, I'm wondering what the...
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    Why is Trump obsessed with Biden?

    Low hanging fruit.
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    What denominations believe Salvation can never be lost?

    There was a time when I didn't want anything to do with Christians, because 'they', (I said to myself), —and specially those who came before me as long-time 'mature' believers who should have 'done it right',— instead betrayed me (as it seemed to me, though not me in particular, but in effect)...
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    What denominations believe Salvation can never be lost?

    Throwing out the baby with the bathwater?
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    A lot of controdictions/help please

    I'm assuming you wrote this presupposing a connection between both questions. Both are answerable in something I wrote on another site just today, for someone who worried that their loved ones who have passed on, are necessarily going to Hell. This is not about the reality of Hell —just...
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    My 30 yr son asked it I would denounce Christ if a man said he'd shoot him if did not and I said I would not. What do you all think

    seeking.IAM said: In consideration of this verse, how do you reckon Jesus dealt with the situation with Peter? A few thoughts here: 1. God looks on the heart to judge the deed. 2. Is what Peter did the same thing Jesus was referring to as "deny[ing] me before men"? We know very well that...
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    My 30 yr son asked it I would denounce Christ if a man said he'd shoot him if did not and I said I would not. What do you all think

    Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.” John 19:11 That example is not a special case. Nobody has the ability to do anything that God has not ordained and established. (See...
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    My 30 yr son asked it I would denounce Christ if a man said he'd shoot him if did not and I said I would not. What do you all think

    You told him right. His assessment is a little like saying the devil makes a person sin. (According to James, it is the person who sins, not the one who supposedly made him do it). If someone murders your son, it is the person who murdered him that did it, regardless of anyone's excuses. But...
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    The cosmos is all that is or ever was or ever will be

    Correct. In fact, if Cosmos is by definition NOT God, then there is less reason to believe it has always existed, than there is that God was first. And if Cosmos is considered by definition, God, then whoever is considering it has a self-contradiction on their hands, even if they want to insist...
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    Psychic ability and Christians

    Does one pursue it for its own sake? I don't do dowsing in order to get better at it. "Spirit connections", if I know what you are referring to, are of themselves explicitly forbidden in scripture. As for the spirits themselves, we have ways explicit in scripture for testing them. 1...
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    Psychic ability and Christians

    That is a really poor experiment. Do you have any idea how many items are involved in the fact of a human being involved? Take a look at the "double-slit experiment".
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    Psychic ability and Christians

    That's more than you know. The fact you know of no such force does not mean there isn't one. I don't blame you for wanting people to be careful, but to me, the idea of some occult force reminds me of what God said, talking about idols, "They cannot help you, nor can they harm you." If you look...
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    The 2 types of Righteousness

    Where who says otherwise —God? Well, let's see ... Lust of the eyes, Coveting his neighbor's wife, seducing her or imposing his status upon her for her cooperation, conspiracy to murder her husband (i.e. involving others in his plot, who otherwise would not have done it), murder of her husband...
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    The 2 types of Righteousness

    Define sin. It is among other things, always, rebellion against God, or it is not wrong to do. Look at David's, "Against thee only have I sinned." when he had sinned against the whole nation and several individuals within it.
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