Joe@actsii

Genesis 1:28 28 God blessed them; and God said to them, " Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth." NASU Does Genesis 1:28 teach that as a married couple that you must have children? How about needing to have multiple children?

I live about 9 houses down form a kingdom hall and the JW have never come to my house (at least not when I am home) and I have lived here for about two years. One day I saw to JW

I agree with you, but unfortunately it is the assigned text. I think I am going to have a uphill battle in this class.

I found the college he teaches at and according to reviews of his book on amazon, he is very closed minded and only acknowledges his own views.

I am taking a class in college about the Bible in History. The text is Understanding The Bible by Stephen L. Harris. I was wondering if anyone here knows anything about him? From the little I have looked at in the book, he seems to be a liberal unbeliever.

I just wanted to thank everone for there input. I have decided to do the paper on Roe v Wade. This is a subject that I have a burden for. I will let you know how it turns out.

HORIZONEAST, I think this

Is it just me, or does it seem like freedom of speech is okay if someone is supporting liberal, athiest, or new age views? But when they are talking about conservitive, politically incorrect, Biblical, or moral views, they are often shut down and accused of pushing there views on others?

Are you saying that when I speak in tongues, I am talking to a devil or demon?

I would recommend taking this matter to the pastor. I had a similar thing happen with a brother in my church. The amount was much smaller. I ended up just forgetting the matter and forgiving him. From his prospective, he did not need to be forgiven, but that is between him and the Lord. Today we are great friends.

Why should the baby pay with its life, because its father was a rapist?

Are you saying that all rape victims should have to give birth to an illigitimate child? It is not a matter of whether a rape victim should have to give birth, it is a questions of

Do you consider the murder of a helpless child the lesser of two evils?

What do you guys think about doing it on homeschooling and the decline of education in America?

It sounds like they are Heterophobic.

News like this just make me very hopeful. I just wish more politicians would stand up for what they know is right.

I think if you use that example, there would be five in the Trinity. Two hands, two feet and one head.

I am the exJehovahs Witness here and am a BornAgain Christian. What is it that I needed to know about Jesus to make HIm both LORD and Saviour that the Jws don't teach, that also the Oneness don't teach? How can we get tired of the truth?! It is the faith the apostles and early CHristians contended for and all since! JESUS IS LORD> People NEED to know this! I am not saying that Oneness is exactly like Jws in every way and I did not say it meaning that in EVERY way they are the same. The similarity is the fact the aside from traditional CHristian teaching they are teaching a different doctrine that is founded on man, not GOD in CHRIST! There is alot, TONSSS that makes the JWs cult. When I said it is exactly that, I was referring to the mentality of not looking to see what the truth the scriptures present, ot not distinguish Christian teaching adn mans teachings and to not see Christ for WHO HE is. NOT that they are the same in every way. The totaltarian society of JWs is a hostile and abusive cult that destroys peoples lives in many, many ways. The fact they set themselves up in a godlike position over their members, use mind controlling tecniques, in double speak, secret meanings to words and phrases, hidden images intheir literature, repeated phrases and wordsand deleteed words of the Bible, fear of family loss , no communication involved, and then the founders heresy that JESUS is not God . But, a god(like being) and to forbid to speak to Him, are many but only a few of the problems they have. But, the Oneness is also in the catagory, and that is why you see it posted together, because they also are going against traditional Christianity as brought forth by the Apostles and JEsus HImself. IF that makes you angry, imagine how people who are lied to about Who JEsus is feel when they find out others don't care enough to tell them the truth! or rock their boats for them!! Because we are called to tell the Truth of the LORD JESUS to all the world and not to pad it down and be soft and fuzzy or we could forget the gospel entirely and have "a go feel good no wave making" gospel! BE Holy Spirit filled and never tire of the Truth and the fight it brings; because JESUS IS LORD And all the world needs to know!(Including pseudo Christianity where ever it is not CHRISTianity! What good is churchiananity?!! IF people had not cared enough to make waves, would I have known why it is so important to know JEUSS IS LORD? If I love my own comfort zone more than I love JESUS and my friends to tell them of JESUS IS LORD............. Praise GOD for those who rock the boats for the ROCK OF AGES! JESUS IS LORD elkie I must say, as a Oneness Pentecostal, that I do believe that Jesus is Lord. I personally don't like to say to much on this subject because I get flooded with questions that I don't have the time to anwser. Also many people like to twist around what Oneness Pentecostals believe. But please do not think that for one second that I don't believe Jesus is Lord. Thank You.

This was so much easier when I was a kid in Sunday School.

Sorry. I wish everyone had names that made it more clear about there gender. It would make it easier for people like me.

Apothanein Kerdos, you scared me for a minute. I started to read your post, and the first thing I thought was "this dosen't sound like her" from what I have read in your post. I should have known that you where trying to make a point.

I need to write an essay for my American History class at college. It can be on anything post WWII and having to do with America. I was wondering if everyone could help me brain storm for a topic. I don

I understand how you feel. The Trinity has been a part of Christianity for a long time (too long if you ask me). It has nothing to do with the fact that the RCC is spewing out man-made dogmas left and right. Most people who are a part of that organization are probably very good Christian people. It also has nothing to do with the fact that the word trinity is not in the Bible. We don't believe because of what the Bible says and the understanding of what the Bible says about Jesus. I will be very simple with this because the Oneness is not some mystery like some would say of the trinity. 1) Is God the Father a Spirit? Is God the Father Holy? If you answer yes to these two questions which the Bible clearly state several times then wouldn't that make the Holy Spirit the Father or do we have two Holy Spirits. Do you ever notice that God the Father used "His" Holy Spirit to conceive the baby Jesus. Yet God the Father is the Father of Jesus. These are roles or functions of our one true God and not persons in a Godhead. I don't even feel the need to get into who Jesus Christ was because this right here proves that the Holy Spirit and the Father are one in the same. Otherwise you have polytheism which is what I see alot of Trinitarians going towards in this forum. Seeing more than One in Heaven is Polytheism whether you admit it or not. We are just trying to understand just like the rest out there. Something like the Trinity that has been held to be truth for so long is obviously going to be hard to deny but if we see that the Truth is something else, isn't that all we want is truth? God is not a spirit. Though He is equated as such in the Bible, this is in reference to the Holy Spirit. God, being the head of the Trinity, is outside of our ontology. This means that He is neither physical or spirit bound...He simply exists outside of our realm of understanding. Jesus, however, is the physical person in the Trinity and the Holy Spirit is the spiritual person in the Trinity....different in form but "same" in ontology (though still above our metaphysical realm). Jesus is either part of a Trinity or not God at all. Jesus cannot simply be a manifestation of God; if this were the case then how could He die? God cannot die, yet Jesus did. It would make absolutely no sense. It is impossible in a philosophical realm, and biblical, for Oneness to work. John 4:24 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. KJV

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