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Recent content by Tomb523

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    Introduction

    Hello, I'm a 65 year old man who has had an on again, off again relationship with God until 2015 when I got serious about it. Since then, I have found a good church, become an adult bible school instructor, ordained a deacon, and amassed a solid library of biblical reference material to study...
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    Should a christian wear a Prayer Shawl?

    What is in your heart when you do wear one? I wear one, but I'm mindful of the reason why. It's really about the knots on the 4 corners of the outer robes to remind the Jews about the laws which set them apart from the rest of civilization. When a christian wears them, as I do, it's not about...
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    CONDITIONAL IMMORTALITY

    As I said, I'm not here to debate nor will I debate weather I should debate or not. Don't worry, this place is becoming too much like the REDDIT boards I left. Have a blessed life.
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    CONDITIONAL IMMORTALITY

    Just cause it's controversial, doesn't mean it requires a debate. I'll state my beliefs and in most cases I'll try to support them, but maybe I'll just state my belief. If one doesn't agree, feel free to post your beliefs, but it doesn't require debasing the post because it doesn't meet you...
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    CONDITIONAL IMMORTALITY

    So I see the problem here. Because my post immediately followed yours you felt it was a direct response to refute your position. It was not. I was responding to the entire thread and it wasn't directed at your post or anyone else's. It was just a general comment on the topic. As I said, I...
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    CONDITIONAL IMMORTALITY

    So you didn't comprehend that I acknowledged I wasn't using scripture and might try to at a later time? I would like to say I'm sorry you had a problem with my post, but I feel no remorse. My goal is not to please you and if you have a problem with my post, let me invite you to pass them by.
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    CONDITIONAL IMMORTALITY

    My chief reason for being an annalist is based on the character of God. I do not believe He is a God of eternal punishment. There may be some suffering in the final death, but I can't reconcile His character with eternal torment. There are many other passages which I could use to justify my...
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    Wearing TziTzit

    I wear them myself in the form of a Talit Katan. I wear them to my non-denom church and to work every day. Occasionally someone will ask why. My answer is I wear them to continually remind myself of all the God has done for me. I also have a prayer shawl which I pray with in the morning. My...
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    One Church?

    Even in Jesus' time there were many sects of Judaism just as there are today. But in the Church, there is only one leader, Jesus. He will one day extract His Church from the world and it will not be of a special denomination, but those who have been Justified by Him. I loved it when someone...
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    The Torah is still valid..

    OK then, so what day is it? I also believe Jesus clarified many things including this. God doesn't need rest, but he rested from creation. Jesus says it was made for man. God, in my considered and prayer opinion intended us to take one day a week to rest from our normal toils and look to Him...
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    How can creation week be literal 24 hour days?

    Are you sure the Sun determines the 24 hour time frame? Most scientist say the 24 hours is determined by the time it takes the earth to rotate one revolution. From that perspective, it doesn't require a sun to determine 24 hours, it just helps us measure it.
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    Oh, Ye of Little Faith

    We have been studying Job in church the last few weeks. Job was a man of faith and because he kept that faith, he was eventually rewarded far more than he had previously. I'm not sure I could endure what Job did, but faith was in knowing he knew God. His friends tried to convince him he was a...
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    Celibacy In The Church

    I am bothered by this statement a little, but I'm sure it is how you phrased it (or even perhaps how I inferred it) rather than how you actually intended it. Still, I will express my consternation for clarity. With what I do, time away from work is good because my work is entirely secular...
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    CONDITIONAL IMMORTALITY

    I agree that the wicked will be killed. I differ slightly, if I understood you correctly, that the spirit or soul is mortal. I believe it is created immortal and returns to God in a sleeping condition until judgement day, then the righteous are raised and the soul re-united with the...
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    Do you believe that a wife must do something immoral or dangerous if ordered by Husband?

    The post subject is like a mixed metaphor. If a man is a man of God, he would never ask his wife to do anything immoral. If he's not a man of God, then the wife is not under any authority to obey him. If we love our neighbors as ourselves, we wouldn't effect an abusive situation as a husband...