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  1. Jok

    I don’t understand God = Pure Actuality

    I was recently advised to not overdo machinery analogies, but it still helps for an approximation of how to visualize something. So the Aristotelian description of God as the uncaused first cause speaks of our reality as a causal chain of potentialities that are constantly being actualized, but...
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    Are there multiple versions of Determinism?

    Without even getting into why I think that any version of Determinism isn’t a logical conclusion, how many different flavors are there? I originally thought that it was just one, that it was a pure molecules in motion theory, and to simply reply “Oh that’s just illusory” to every single...
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    I found a great channel with tons of short animated Bible knowledge vids!

    This YouTube channel is awesome, I thought I'd post a few examples below just so more people could discover this cool channel. It's addicting you can find yourself jumping from one video to the next for hours and learning a lot about the Bible in the process! As an example I'll just post 3...
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    How important is Psalms for knowing prophecy?

    If you wanted to really get good at knowing prophecy, such as Jesus being predicted prior to the 1st century along with end times, do you think that a deep study of Psalms would be just as important as strongly knowing the prophetic books and Revelation? And as far as I am aware mastering...
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    Opinions on a good middle of the road commentary set?

    I mostly have been eyeing up the Expositor’s Bible Commentary set and the Pillar New Testament Commentary, meaning that maybe I would get the entire OT Expositor’s set and the Pillar NT set, or I would just get the OT and NT Expositor’s sets, but not both. I am open to suggestions, I wanted to...
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    Any good bible commentary podcasts/audiobooks?

    I have a lot of time where I could do hands free listening during mundane chores, and I drive a lot also, is there anything similar to a J Vernon McGee type audio commentary that is more modern? Thanks.
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    Does anyone personally know someone who was perfectly healthy, who’s now in ICU?

    Because of Covid-19? I’ve heard of 3 situations, from friends of friends, but in all the cases the person was a complete mess before getting Covid. I just want to get a feel for how many perfectly healthy people end up in ICU, outside of news outlets.
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    Could being in Israel cause an extraordinary spiritual rush?

    Not a rush that’s to be expected, a trip to Jesus’ homeland could obviously cause many rushes. But I mean something more than excitement, I mean a spiritual rush by your mere presence in a certain exact place in the Holy Land? Your mind is wandering, you’re not even paying attention, but...
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    Hello

    Hi I'm Jok. I'm just here to swim around picking people's brains, and to enjoy the shows/threads where people present differing opinions. But I noticed that I couldn't make a post in the one thread that caused me to join, then I noticed that I can't post in the entire section (Outreach), can...