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Since my opponent hasn't started a thread on this yet , I will at this time. I am not going to make a real long deal out of this as this has been hashed and re-hashed several times. What I want to do is to simply use a few verses individually that stand in direct evidence for soul sleep's...

The mainstream paradigm of science today says that the stratas of earth's geological columns accumulated over millions/billions of years using what is called "the principle of uniformitarianism". Additionally, fossils are sorted in predictable areas or layers. This is known as "The principle of...

If life evolved from a single celled life form one could ask why this would happen. The most successful life form on earth is certainly single celled. What could make this happen and if it actually did happen that way why didn't all of the single celled life forms evolve to eukaryote status...

One of the foremost postulates of evolution is that the changes we see in the biota have occurred naturally and over a long long period of time. For this to happen biochemically we would see that the DNA would change so new and different proteins could be made that would correspond to the new...

When we look at living cells today we find it hard to imagine how the first cell could have happened in a fortuitous accidental way. I want to make just a few posts on major hurdles that those who would say that this is how life emerged must over come. Let's examine some things that make...

When it comes to DNA humans have more than just nuclear DNA. In the cell's energy producers called mitochondria there are strands of DNA that came only from our mothers. So all mitochondrial DNA comes only from the female side of the union that produces an offspring. A probing question of...

Let's start out with the chapter in Revelations that adventists use to show where the great disappointment is prophecied. The Book of Revelation Chapter 10 1 "And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face...

I promised Ricker last week I would pull all of my stuff out and start a new thread on why I believe that the church is spiritual Israel. This may take a few posts to put up so be patient and hear me out on this if you will. First off I think this thread is necessary to understand a lot of...

Some of us here seem to intimate that sinning is something we can't have any impact on in our life. Sin is a natural consequence of being born on planet earth. It's in our nature, our genes, our very fiber as humans. There are some here that say since this is the case that we cannot ever stop...

I just wanted everyone to know that I had a fire at my house recently. All of the structural damage was limited to one room but the smoke damage was thru out the entire house. It started in a computer monitor and spread to an heirloom quilt my wife had hanging on the wall. Luckily we had an...

Since it appears I got reported for posting off topic on Woobs thread I will put up this new thread and erase my old post on Woob's thread " A quetion for Tall73. So let's start out with how the Bible was put together; http://www.gotquestions.org/questions_Bible.html Then we can go to the...

I won't be around my computer for the next few days. I will be working on several wells on my days off. So I wanted to wish all of you prog's and trad's the best Thanksgiving the Lord could provide for you. Even though we disagree a lot I want you all to know that I love you and want the best...

Recently, I have been studying some work done by a Dr. Cottrell on the IJ and one of the things he brings out is that adventist "proof text" a lot with the Bible instead of using the historist/cultural approach to finding the real meaning of what the Bible is telling us. I'm not sure this is...

I'd like to discuss what context is and explore how it should be used in Biblical interpretation. There have been on a few occasions on this forum where some have made accusations that context or "proof reading" was being done to support a position. Context: con·text...

I know this is sort of a parallel thread to the one where satan bears our sins but I want to explore this concept. In Rev 20:1 says: 1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old...

I kind of feel like this is cheating in a way but I want to include this here. It was in response to a challenge made to me on the discussion and debate forum. RC, I will make this in a couple of posts so it is not too much to read at one time. In the process of researching this I've been...

Some folks like to say the ten commandment laws are done away with or no longer in effect. The problem with this conclusion is we have texts like Rom 3:31 which says very clearly that we do not make void the law thru faith we establish the law. If you look at what establish really means it...

I would like to discuss the importance of human effort and salvation. There are some here who claim that there is nothing that we do at all that makes any difference in our salvation. I differ with that because of what the Bible tells me. The Bible is full of examples of God asking us to make...

Some sda's seem to want to say it's ok to teach against observing the Sabbath. Some say that behavior is insignificant. These same folks say you can't keep from sinning so why even try. My question is this. In light of all the above what do you folks think the Mark of the Beast actually is...

There has been a challenge so to speak on the fact of satan's existence. In Jewish tradition satan was a given and existed from ancient times. There's two places in the OT that mention Lucifer and his fall. One is found in Ezek 28:12-19 12 "Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of...