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    A debate on Christian Universalism

    To all interested, Below is a link to a current debate between Samuel Cripps (A Christian Universalist) and a gentleman who goes by the alias Shiloh357. http://www.worthyboards.com/index.ph...pic=79870&st=0 Here is a quote that might peak the interest of some here: Quote: Originally Posted...
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    Does the Nicene Creed preclude Universalism

    First off, let me note that the type of Universalism in view is Christian Universalism (the belief that all humanity will eventually be saved through Christ) and not Unitarian Universalism. That being said, does the Nicene Creed rule out universal salvation? Let's take a look: We believe...
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    The subjection of God's enemies entails their reconciliation

    "For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet." - 1 Corinthians 15:25 (KJV) Orthodox theology holds that the subjection of God's enemies is non-reconciliatory and that God's enemies will be either absolutely destroyed or eternally tormented. Scripture, however, paints a far...
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    Zoroastrian Influence On Biblical Eschatology

    Scholars generally agree that Zoroastrian eschatology had a major influence on Jewish thought during and after the Babylonian Captivity beginning early in the Sixth Century BCE. Proof of this is in the fact that it was not until after this period that the prophetic books of the Hebrew Bible...
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    A return to the Garden, but so as by fire

    "Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life." - Genesis 3:23-24...
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    Maintaining the Integirty of the Scriptural Universalist

    Anyone who has encountered and/or studied Christian Universalism has probably come across a subset of Christian Universalists who go to great lengths in denying that the Greek words AIWN and AIWNIOS ever, in Biblical usage, refer to eternity. They will uphold this position at the expense of...
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    Maintaining the Integrity of the Scriptural Universalist

    Anyone who has encountered and/or studied Christian Universalism has probably come across a subset of Christian Universalists who go to great lengths in denying that the Greek words AIWN and AIWNIOS ever, in Biblical usage, refer to eternity. They will uphold this position at the expense of...
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    How authoratative are lexicons?

    Please assess the merits of the following quote:
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    Universalistic Dualism

    I made up this term as a label for my belief that, according to the New Testament, all human beings alike have two natures -- a sinful, unbelieving and spiritually dead nature, and a regenerated nature of Faith. Is there already a term for this view, or was I ok to coin this one?