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Well, I for one am glad to see that some order and respect was brought about. It's rather appalling that Billy Bob would lead the funeral dirge. How did such things as these get so rampantly wild in the LDS church?

yes, I follow. The operative word here IS gods. In your OP you ask about a self interpreting bible and if it occurs on a chapter, verse, book or volume level. I have chosen an obvious one in which the Law will give the definition of gods. All you have to do is read the Law to find it. Look...

I thought I had carried out my example. In the law, one would find the contextual meaning of "gods". The verse means the one thing, and not the other. One also needs the definition of a word in the original language to be able to apply the outlined context. Just as we need the definition of a...

Self interpretating when all is taken into context as a whole. Again, as a whole. One obvious example is: Joh_10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your Law, "I said, You are gods?" Somewhere in the Law, one would find the context of "gods" as Jesus pointed out. This is...

where's Jesus?

Kinda looks like this idn't quite the oasis of a "torment free zone" at all. ;)

No, it's your strawman, not mine. Joh_14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me. Is Jesus the right doctrine?

As salvation is by Grace through faith, the JW does'nt fit the bill. Membership is required in their organization. That should be enough to convince you. If not, look at their caste system of heaven. I'm sure they do. Membership required, tho Is not the shed blood of Christ for the sins...

Why would anyone need more than the propitiation of sins paid by Christ Jesus. Gods Grace is unlimited in that matter, yes? Isn't that what we are to have faith? That propitiation? How can that be limited to orthodox christian doctrine?

Yes there is a one-size-fits all. It's called christianity; being saved by Grace through faith. JW does not fit that bill.

If there is no darkness in God, then GOd did not create the entity you call evil. I think more along the lines that God created a place where God is not to be found. I call that the entity of evil; a blanket term used to denote the bad choice from the good choice. You cannot find God in the...

God says that every knee will bow and some will be angry with Him. It is your timing that infers that all will be saved and all will be happy from accepting Jesus, but it is not possible to be happy and angry with God at the same time.

They're not angry when Jesus returns. They're angry when they bow their knees and confess to God. This is a time in which you purport that all have become saved. Every knee. Every tongue. And yet some are angry... What's up with every knee bowing, every tongue confessing and everyone being...

Yes, it is written. It is written in: Isa 45:23 I have sworn by Myself, the word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. But it is also written: Isa 45:24 He says, Only in Jehovah do I have...

You're right, it is the individual who obtains the gift of Gods salvation. It would seem that the JW does not obtain the gift of salvation equally, though. Is that problematic to you?

JPD Did you miss my question? I asked yesterday: Is God eternal? Does God have a beginning? An end? yes or no?

Even a lowly human can send someone to hell for eternity? Really?

The thread OP requires the reader to understand that Hell is not eternal because there was no real word for eternal yet I showed that both olam and aionios describe God as eternal. Please pay attention to what the OP has written. You'll find the OP in post #1 of (this thread) Also, a...

yes, it is I would accept an easy to read statement that mentions the lake of fire specifically and an end to it. Or any mention of hell. This example does not. Otherwise, both men have a Lord yet one is portioned back with the unbelievers. They do not have a Lord nor know His will. Ok...