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by hermitville101
Fri Feb 18, 2005 3:24 pm
Forum: The Bible and Scripture
Topic: Coming of Christ
Replies: 4
Views: 2791

I was talking with someone and heard that definition also. I don't understand how that relates to talking in Parables though.
by hermitville101
Fri Feb 18, 2005 3:18 pm
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: What is God's purpose?
Replies: 72
Views: 19056

True. As I think I stated, I don't know that we can know for sure what His purpose is. I'm simply looking for speculation and thoughts. Just because we can never understand God doesn't mean we shouldn't try. Kind of like we can never be perfect, but that doesn't give us license to run around the wor...
by hermitville101
Fri Feb 18, 2005 3:12 pm
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: What is God's purpose?
Replies: 72
Views: 19056

At the cost of also bringing in evil? It would seem to me that there is far more evil in this world at least than good, but then I'm also convinced the glass is empty... <shrug>. Point is you still do not explain the costs. It appears far more efficient for God to just exist happily as God without a...
by hermitville101
Fri Feb 18, 2005 3:01 pm
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: What is God's purpose?
Replies: 72
Views: 19056

It wasn't just love it was Fellowship. He wanted Fellowship with the Ones he Created. Read Genesis for example. He walked in the Garden with Adam and Eve calling out to them! :D But that doesn't explain why He created us. He enjoyed fellowship with humans, and still does I suppose (though that begi...
by hermitville101
Fri Feb 18, 2005 12:52 pm
Forum: The Bible and Scripture
Topic: Coming of Christ
Replies: 4
Views: 2791

Re: Coming of Christ

Hi all you scientists -- 1. I believe that speaking in Tongues is speaking in parables -- based mainly on Matthew 13:13-17 amd Isaiah 28. This is clearly proveable by scriptural (if a person can accept only scripture) by a few verses. I'm so confused as to how this works. In Matthew 13 Jesus gives ...
by hermitville101
Fri Feb 18, 2005 11:52 am
Forum: The Bible and Scripture
Topic: Bible codes?
Replies: 8
Views: 3138

The other factor is time. Given enough time with a large text and a fast enough compuer rearanging things in enough ways you can most assuredly find anything.
by hermitville101
Fri Feb 18, 2005 11:42 am
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: What is God's purpose?
Replies: 72
Views: 19056

Again I just feel like it had to be more than that. I mean it would have been much easier to create something that didn't require His son to die. He could love that something just as much. Why create love that requires pain when you can do so with out it. Sorry that's not a terribly good argument, b...
by hermitville101
Fri Feb 18, 2005 11:37 am
Forum: The Bible and Scripture
Topic: Main source of existence!
Replies: 3
Views: 2388

Re: Main source of existence!

What issue is so big that we cant even make the lord our number one, He is our main source of existence, Susan. The first issue that comes to my mind is that Devil guy. For some reason he's always trying to mess with us when we want to do things like that. In any case there is obviously a very larg...
by hermitville101
Fri Feb 18, 2005 11:10 am
Forum: The Bible and Scripture
Topic: Ecclesiastes 3:11
Replies: 15
Views: 5627

Time is in God. We cannot grasp the concept of the end of time - That is eternity. The answer for us is that when we try to see the beginning, we see God. When we try to see the end, we see God again! Interesting... I always thought that God was outside of time...not time in God... I think the end ...
by hermitville101
Fri Feb 18, 2005 10:55 am
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: What is God's purpose?
Replies: 72
Views: 19056

My apologies, I should have clarified a bit. I was intending God's purpose for creating us. I mean I don't think it would be some random "I think I'll have fun today" kind of thing considering that we're talking about billions of souls going to Hell, not to mention that He had to send His ...
by hermitville101
Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:45 pm
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: What is God's purpose?
Replies: 72
Views: 19056

I don't expect you to know. I ... well not so much expect, but respectfully request that people think about it. I'm not sure that it is a question that can be answered, at least not with certainty, but it can be speculated upon. Also it seems to me that answering that question would answer, or lead ...
by hermitville101
Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:42 pm
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: Word of God or Human Error?
Replies: 11
Views: 4306

I was just wondering this question for a while now. Awhile it is honest, I am not looking to convert as I do not find the concept of God logical but that is another conversation. If you don't mind, I would be interested to know why you don't find God logical. If you don't mind that "other conv...
by hermitville101
Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:37 pm
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: Genesis, Creation and Astrophysics
Replies: 6
Views: 2536

Re: Genesis, Creation and Astrophysics

1) The Universe appears to be expanding. 2) The Cosmic Microwave Background (and its polarisation) have been observed. 3) We see light from objects that we have measured geometrically to be significantly over 6600 light years away (assuming that the Universe is supposed to have been Created only 66...
by hermitville101
Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:20 pm
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: Questions from an agnostic
Replies: 17
Views: 5455

It seems to me that the human species is in the infancy of what it is to be 'intelligent': you only have to read a newspaper to see that we are in many ways really quite stupid. Slight point I felt like throwing in: humans are quite stupid, I agree. However, I should also like to point out that phy...
by hermitville101
Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:07 pm
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: What is God's purpose?
Replies: 72
Views: 19056

What is God's purpose?

I just joined this deallie so I haven't had opportunity to explore everything yet. Hopefully I'm not questioning something that has already been answered. If so just link me in the right direction please. :) I was pondering one day and wondered what exactly God's purpose is. I don't want to bias any...