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Surely Canada would be a better choice for you guys and gals. At least they speak the lingo... mostly.

AquaBuddha One more point in relation to Romans 11. Why would Paul talk about them (unbelieving Israel) being grafted back into their own olive tree, and then immediately shift to talking about so-called "spiritual" Israel... and then shift back again to talking about unbelieving Israel? "And...

Which person's noodly appendage? :D

Hi AquaBuddha In reference to your copy and paste about Romans 11. It makes for interesting reading... but it also uses several straw man arguments: What? Paul does not make that argument. He says "until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in". The author's assertion here is a dogmatic...

And this pretty much clinches tttpp's point. Wars, persecutions and crusades were engaged in, because one group of Christians differed slightly in how they saw the relationship between the Father and the Son... not to mention the Holy Spirit. Nothing proves his point more. Which is more...

Hi eduardo89 I can see where you're coming from... but at the same time, the God of the Jews was YHWH, who was also Jesus' God. That is who he prayed to, and taught his followers to pray to... so the Jews and Christians do have the same God. Jesus didn't teach his followers to pray to himself...

Hi tttppp Oh, I agree. But then, is that automatically a bad thing? Agreed. But then, this is a uniquely human problem. Humans never seem to quite be able to live up to the ideals set before them. No wonder Gandhi said he liked Christ but not Christians. I'm pretty sure that even if the...

Hi tttppp Are you kidding me? It has been a source of hope and inspiration for many. I think the framers of the constitution were also positively influenced by it. And whether you think it is a "positive" development or not, hundreds of millions of people believe in the God revealed in the...

So then, from your own personal perspective, YOU do not know whether you are elected or not until "the end", because you might fall away. So from a human perspective, "pre-destination" is just an intellectual debate. This is why I prefer to talk about God pre-destining GROUPS. The "elect"...

Aqua... are you securely one of the "elect"... or could you be "cut off"? (Romans 11:22)

He does. But I don't think He does it "forcefully" (for the most part), because He respects your freedom of choice. He would rather people come to Him and love him freely, rather than be bludgeoned and forced into it. Sadly, much of the Church throughout history has preferred the...

Hi tttppp First of all, you are presuming what God would do here. So you reject the Bible because it doesn't fit in with your presupposed idea of what God should have done? (Besides, I disagree that one page would be enough... but if you really want to get the essence of it, the 10...

Hi AquaBuddha Yes, this was God's plan with fleshly Israel. God blinded them, so they would reject Him. But magnificently, His plan also includes their reconciliation to Him again! "Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much...

Israel may be sneaky, but let's face it... the UK has been around the block a little longer :D Oh, and it was the UK that carved up much of the Middle East, and some of the biggest trouble spots in the world. Having said that... how come Vatican City doesn't get a mention? :D