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    The dangers of yoga

    Yoga is one of the best practices you can do. I used to think like the OP in saying it is devilish because of who and where it came from. I could not have been more wrong. BTW, it also saved me from a very painful and expensive surgery and greatly reduces body pain.
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    Book of Giants

    It is highly fragmented and there are missing sections. And yes, I have read it. It is like any other ancient writing. We don't know exactly who wrote it and if it was meant to be true or fiction. It might have even been a children's story for all we know. But it certainly is fascinating. The OT...
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    How do believers in other faiths keep faith?

    I have a good friend who is a devout Muslim. He keeps his faith more than most Christians I know. What is odd about him is that he does not fit the mold Christians have cast for Muslims. He believes in loving God and his fellow brothers and sisters. He does not judge anyone nor talk evil of...
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    Is Final Salvation Free or Contingent upon Obeying Commandments?

    We are absolutely obligated to follow the law as proof of our union with Jesus. The Law: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding -- this is a first and great command; and the second [is] like to it, Thou shalt love thy...
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    Questions I haven't been able to answer.

    I used to be exactly like that. It was aweful. I ended up in a terrible depression and on psychotropic prescription drugs (from my doctor) because of it. The cause? I was fearful of God. I knew I could not measure up to Jesus standards. And the church kept saying "you're ok, you're ok because...
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    Does God want people to be vegetarians?

    The greatest commandment is to love God with all ones heart. The way I see it, how can you love God without loving the things he loves. He loves and feeds a tiny sparrow. Certainly he must love chickens too, right? How can you love animals and have them tortured in factory farms, then violently...
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    Righteousness by Law versus by Faith

    I don't see it as by either the Law or faith...or even grace. It comes by obeying the teachings of Jesus.
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    So the bible says to test all things, does this include the bible?

    The bible is included in the phrase "all things". I test it by the words and teachings of Jesus. He said that he only said and did the things that the Father does. He was basically saying that he is the exact representation of the Father. So, anything that does not line up with the words...
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    Theories of atonement

    My favorite one is the one that Jesus told us. We are forgiven if we forgive others. We are made righteous by talking and acting like Jesus (who talks and acts like his Father) We are justified by treating others with care, love and respect. The other ones seem to only focus on things we...
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    HOW do we practice righteousness to be righteous in God’s eyes?

    That sounds a lot like WORKS :holy: You are the right track, there.
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    If nothing will be remembered from this present age, how do we prepare for the next one?

    Life is about character building. Your state of mind and being will transfer to the next.
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    The Fallible Apostles

    The mistakes they made are the same ones we make. The point of making mistakes and admitting our beliefs were in error is a learning lesson. That's what life is. Getting to know God one lesson after another. Learning over time that sin comes with a price and the payment is too high. In the book...
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    Where do you stand on prophecy in the church?

    Trying to interpret prophecy is all guess work and conjecture. You cannot know what it really means until AFTER it happens.
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    Should Christians use hemp oil? (non THC hemp oil)

    Then I hope you don't consume caffeine or sugar. And I hope you are not an athlete. And I hope you don't have sex. And I hope you don't eat a lot. Getting "high" is all about triggering the release of neurotransmitters like dopamine and seratonin. Caffeine reacts with the exact same receptors...
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    Marijuana

    I have been an herbalist for 30 years. I have studied and used herbs of all sorts. Cannabis is certainly the king of all herbs, but smoking it is a bad way to consume it. Herbs are aromatic plants given to us by our Father for our meat and medicine. The term "medicine" is a terrible misnomer in...
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    Eternal Conscious Hell Fire is completely Justified

    Here is a simple test to try and hash out this thread: Jesus IS the exact representation of his Father....the God of all creation. Now, a few questions: Did Jesus.... Kill anyone? Torture anyone? Put a curse on anyone? Blind anyone? Steal from anyone?
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    Should Christians use hemp oil? (non THC hemp oil)

    God made the plants for our medicine. Yet nobody bats an eye when someone pops a pill that is toxic in large doses. Hemp oil is non toxic in any amount. Where has common sense gone?
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    2 Greatest Commandments

    The ten commandments pointed to the two great laws. But those two great laws existed before the 10 commandments and even before the universe was created. Jesus said so. They point directly to the meaning of life itself.
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    Witchcraft in the Church

    The term "witchcraft" is the Greek word "Pharmakia"which is where we get the English word Pharmaceuticals. It refers to making or using a potion, not the act of speaking spells. It makes a bit of sense. We have a symptom, which is the body's signal that something is wrong, and we take drugs...
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    The heretics who made the bible

    I won't try to answer your question, but I would like to point out that Jesus specifically told us to beware of the scribes. Who were the scribes? The interpreters and copiers. Just sayin'