Recent content by True_Blue

My view is that the Bible's description of the earth being void, formless, or empty refers to the matter that now comprises the earth as once a virtual drop of water somewhere near the center of supermassive ball of water. The water then became plasma as it was subjected to compressive forces...

There are a lot of scattered thoughts on this thread. I will try to provide some clarity. 1. We know from Einstein that Time is dependent upon velocity and gravity. If there is no matter or "stuff," there is no time. So it's meaningless to talk about time before God created this universe...

You will spare yourself an astounding amount of horrendous emotional trauma over a LONG period of time if you break up with her before making the mistake of marrying her. You're totally playing with fire, and God has warned you. (I know that this post won't make a bit of difference, but I pray...

Virgins, put a rubber band around your wrist. At the moment you become self-aware that you are thinking about the fact that your woman or man had sex with someone else, snap the rubber band. After a few days, you will shut down the negative pathways in your brain that are bringing you hurt...

Friends, I am looking for a Christian ex-business consultant who has the funds and interest in helping me commercialize two sets of ideas/business plans. The first is a way to a make bureaucracies shrink over time rather than grow, which will release the government's braking action on the...

Please pray for me. I am in love with a woman who betrayed me and lied to me, but is working very hard on her issues and getting better. We have about a month of noncommunication for us to work separately on ourselves, but I want desperately to contact her and show her my love and support. I...

It is true that God created existence, logic, thought, and every other similar thing. He created the idea of dimensions, of time, of everything. It is definitely paradoxical. God is the ultimate Cause of everything. Everything else is an Effect that springs from God. He is the ultimate...

It is a true antinomy. God the Father boths knows the future of the universe and sets that future in motion by the direct application of his infinite, eternal, and sovereign power. And bafflingly, we have a choice about whether to choose Heaven or Hell. We have to have a choice. Otherwise...

Please allow me to pack a bit of philosophical meat on these bones. The idea that God is omnipresent is strictly speaking not Biblical, but it makes obvious sense from philosophical reasoning. If God created the universe, then the complex collection of forces and mathematical laws that...

During my 25-year Christian walk, God has for the most part been very, very faint, almost undetectable. But I cling to those few times where his presence and voice was obvious. About this time last year, I wept in front of my computer and cried out to God. I asked Him if He really loved me...

Both predestination and free will are true at the same time. Predestination looks at time from the perspective of God the Father, who sees all of time from beginning to end like a book in His hand. Free will looks at time from the perspective of humanity. We get to choose whether to obey...

Wayseer, Church doctrine is driven by centuries of experience, by science, and by simple reason. People who feel distant from God need to do this: 1. Pray to him fervently 2. Read the Bible 3. Go to church 4. And most importantly, have a well made up mind to obey God in the ways you are...

Some questions can't be comprehended. You can't prove the answer, but you can prove the question is not answerable. Any question about the fundamental nature of God and the fundamental nature of God's plans cannot be answered because our minds are simply too small. Your refrigerator can no...

Does God elect those who'll become Christians or do Christians choose God? The answer is that both are true at the same time. God's selection of people in advance has to do with the fundamental, extra-temporal nature of God the Father. That nature cannot be understood, so the apparent...

I think this is an outstanding analysis, and I applaud you. I would only say that the reference in Genesis to days does unambiguously refer to 24 hours--"and it was evening and it was morning, the __ day."