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Recent content by PhilosopherDave

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    Stryper

    I just picked up the new Stryper album a day after it was released. It is good and solid, but not quite up to the same dynamic level as their old stuff; and I've got just about every Stryper album in my CD collection to compare it to. It was inspiring enough, however, that I felt twenty years...
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    How can you be sure that you are one of the elect?

    Littlelion, Well, I guess you would be technically correct :) to say that our own efforts before God, if He exist (I say this because I'm an existentialist when it comes to theology), could never be enough. We both know that the 'orthodox' answer would be that our own efforts are dirty rags...
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    hardened heart

    CheshireDragon, You're asking why you have to be punished when you didn't ask to be placed into existence...good question, I've asked that same thing a few times. First off, CD, you seem to have some personal issues that need resolving, and I don't think this has a lot to do with God...
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    How can you be sure that you are one of the elect?

    Littlelion, I'm interjecting my view here in the middle of 12 volt man's response so that I can try to assist you a bit. I understand how a quotation from the Bible doesn't quite set your mind at ease. It seems that you are wanting to know 'how much' or of 'what quality' of faith one has to...
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    A few questions...

    Wintermute, I'm not sure that there is an official position on what happens to athiest after death from a Christian context. As for myself, I tend to lean more toward what is called an 'Annihilationist' position. Which means your punishment for not pursuing eternal life in Jesus Christ is in...
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    How can you be sure that you are one of the elect?

    Littlelion, Granted, there are some people who get attracted to Christianity, and at some superficial level assimilate a Christian mentality, but they were not called, or yet called, by God. ex. Matthew 7:21, 22, 23 (NKJV) "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord' shall enter the kindgom of...
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    What is god?

    Spock, I was asking the same questions a few years ago. Fortunately, I've studied philosophy at a formal level, read many views on this subject and have come to the conclusion that it is up to God to 'draw' you/us to Himself. This 'drawing' process, however, is usually not by some empirical...
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    Back in the Saddle...

    Hi Brothers and Sisters, This if my official, first post. A quick bit about myself. I just recently earned a BA degree in Philosophy, and I am entering into a master's program for Education/Social Science. I've been a Christian for about 19 years, although I went through what might be called...
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