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    Hell and Justice

    Even in the OT a rule of justice was an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. This was not suppose to be a way of making sure 'you get yours,' buta way of making sure the punishment did not exceed the crime. If in responce to someone stealing something, the law court in Britan punished him by...
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    Hell and Justice

    I have a question for those who believe in hell as a place of eternal existance, awarness, and suffering in a Biblical imagery kind of way. How does that fit with your picture of God as i) loving, and ii) just.
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    If you cannot believe the genesis account....

    Hi. I am 2)Dazed and confused, and 3)too lazy to study the Hebrew language. But quite happy to read the work of lots of other people who have studied and learnt Hebrew. There are so many good resources out there now. Even some good ones that look not only at the Hebrew language employed in...
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    Where it all went wrong...

    When struggling after experiencing friends death, and again after spending time with street kids in Durban who had 'things taken from them they didn't even know they had,' I struggled with what I believed, and why. Some of the encouragment I had suggested that it had happened for the good, and...
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    Why are so many Christians so cruel?

    Take a closer look at the words used in this passage. A better reading might be struggle to enter... for afflicted is the way to life. Not the sort of warm fuzzy we like to associate with our faith. Has our western christianity got soft? "In the west we have a God that comforts and nurtures...
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    Where it all went wrong...

    Depending on what you mean by improve I mean. :-)
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    Where it all went wrong...

    P.S I genuinely mean no offence White Rabbit, but I think this is wrong. (would like to use stronger language but I don't know how different words are taken in other countries :scratch: ) Pondering
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    Where it all went wrong...

    I am sitting at this computer feeling sick after reading your post, instead of working. I'm sorry. :( Have been in the middle of this before, and yet I don't know how you feel because we are all so different. I would love to discuss this a little and put in a post, but right now I'm gonna...
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    Why are so many Christians so cruel?

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    Isn't war evil?

    I'm also thinking about what someone said earlier in the "what would Jesus Do" vein. I'm not sure about this. He did some odd stuff like spit in peoples eyes to heal them. Maybe we mean what would Jesus do if he were me? Or better, what IS Jesus doing now. Or perhaps, since He dwells in me...
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    Isn't war evil?

    One of the challenges that I imagine you would have to face would be one of message content. Archibald Baxter (Father of famous NZ poet) was an objector in the first world war. He was tortured by the NZ and British governments to induce him to fight. One of the comments he made about the...
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    Can I loose my Salvation?

    I agree with you Nate. Many different denominations will answer this question differently. I think one of the reasons is because there are a lot of verses (if we are playing the 'proof texting' game again) that support both answers. The impressive lists of verses in this thread demonstrate...
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    Help! Anything that will help me get my faith back!

    I agree with Caoimhin, The biggest problem with this whole e community thing is that it is out of touch with reality. We all leap in and try and answer your questions, as if its answers that always help. Sometimes they do, but I was suggesting that its community (the sort that can give you a...
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    Is Feminism biblical?

    Really interesting stuff, thanks for the reading. I won't post much here because I have already commented on this issue elsewhere, and because it seem like pretty much everything has been said. Only comment I haven't already read is a look at not just the clear equality of creation, but at the...
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    Help! Anything that will help me get my faith back!

    Hi Creation, As has been said this is kind of difficult without knowing whats wrong. I only partly agree with an earlier post that this is an individual journey we are on. It is also a corprate faith and communal journey. SO, here is my plan. Why don't we have faith for you today? I'll believe...
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