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How do Biblical inerrantists explain disagreements about the interpretation of the Bible?
How do Biblical inerrantists explain disagreements about the interpretation of the Bible?
The same way I fundamentally understand that two different people could misunderstand something I said even if ...
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How is 2 Maccab 12:42-44 interpreted by denominations not accepting the existence of purgatory?
From the standpoint of evangelicalism it should first be stated that 2 Maccabees is not considered as inspired or authoritative. Therefore, whatever it may say regarding the existence of purgatory ...
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According to Christians not affiliated with the LDS Church, is the LDS doctrine of salvation inconsistent with the Bible?
As a Christian not affiliated with the LDS, and having spent over 40 years studying the Christian doctrine of salvation as explained in the Bible, there is one immense, inconsistent difference with ...
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According to Christians not affiliated with the LDS Church, is the LDS doctrine of salvation inconsistent with the Bible?
The following are taken from the top voted answer to the question: According to Mormonism, how does a person get saved?
We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, ...
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What explanations do Christian theodicies offer regarding God's commanding the Israelites to slaughter the Canaanites, including their children?
It is the fact of history that Adam and his progeny have erred and strayed like lost sheep, Psalm 119: 174-176.
It is a fact that 'there is none righteous, no - not one', Romans 3:10-12,Psalm 14:1-3,...
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What explanations do Christian theodicies offer regarding God's commanding the Israelites to slaughter the Canaanites, including their children?
Admittedly this is very difficult material which must nonetheless be dealt with rather than shoved under the carpet. It is always dangerous to put God in the dock without careful reading. These ...
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How do believers in contemporary miracles from God interpret passages indicating that (all) miracles during the end times are attributed to Satan?
Before proceeding further, let me define "False miracles" as any miracle that is either a fake/delusion, or, a genuine miracle from a Satanic/demonic source, i.e., not from God.
Next, in ...
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How do believers in contemporary miracles from God interpret passages indicating that (all) miracles during the end times are attributed to Satan?
Matthew 7 shows contrasts:
Sheep versus wolves
Wide gate and narrow gate
Grape vines versus thornbushes
Fig tree versus thistles
Healthy tree versus diseased tree
Houses built on rock and sand
The ...
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During the reformation what was the common view on how the Law ‘increased sin‘ rather than reducing it?
I cannot say that there is a 'common view' or consensus at the time of the Reformation. Personally, I would doubt it, since these men were coming out of centuries of darkness and into a period of ...
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How do Biblical inerrantists explain disagreements about the interpretation of the Bible?
The specific Catholic answer would be: God did give us Holy Scripture and the teachings of Jesus Christ not found in the Bible but passed on by the apostles (we call those Traditio) and a divine ...
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How do believers in contemporary miracles from God interpret passages indicating that (all) miracles during the end times are attributed to Satan?
Notice the profound insight conveyed in Dottard's statement: "faith must precede miracles, not follow them".
In the current epoch, Christians find themselves amidst the ultimate battle ...
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How do Biblical inerrantists explain disagreements about the interpretation of the Bible?
TL;DR
Borrowing @Acccumulation's philosophical terms distinguishing
"ontological inerrancy" (which I associate with the truths primarily in the mind of God and only secondarily in the text) ...
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How do Jehovah's Witnesses explain John 8:58-59 in a way that accords with their doctrine?
Many honest people who know Greek can explain it easily without having to force the ego eimi with God's name in the burning bush passage, and we don't have to be a Jahovah's Witness for this belief. ...
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According to Christians not affiliated with the LDS Church, is the LDS doctrine of salvation inconsistent with the Bible?
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
John 6:29
Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that ...
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The status of Mosaic Law during Jesus' lifetime
Per Heb. 8:9 — “He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second . . .” — we know that the old law has passed. Fulfillment of the law, so often poorly misunderstood, has to do with the law’s ...
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The status of Mosaic Law during Jesus' lifetime
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise ...
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What factors, according to Young-Earth Creationists, might inhibit the Holy Spirit from guiding a Christian to a literal interpretation of Genesis?
The writer of Hebrews said something that touches on this topic:
11We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand. 12In fact, though by ...
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How do Biblical inerrantists explain disagreements about the interpretation of the Bible?
There's a dispute between those who believe the bible is inerrant and those who believe it is infallible. Those who claim the bible is infallible admit that there are inconsistencies in it because ...
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How is 2 Maccab 12:42-44 interpreted by denominations not accepting the existence of purgatory?
As a Protestant of the Reformed persuasion, I must make it clear that the books of Maccabees are not considered to be inspired, Holy Scripture. This article explains why:
The book of 2 Maccabees ...
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How do believers in contemporary miracles from God interpret passages indicating that (all) miracles during the end times are attributed to Satan?
How do believers in contemporary miracles from God interpret passages indicating that miracles during the end times are attributed to Satan?
The question is premised on the the idea that there are ...
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Why did John describe the resurrection differently than the synoptics?
The apostle John was aged when he wrote that account. The other gospel accounts had been doing the rounds for a long time. Further, John had been given the astounding revelations as detailed in the ...
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How do believers in contemporary miracles from God interpret passages indicating that (all) miracles during the end times are attributed to Satan?
I would personally be careful in calling any obvious miracle a thing of Satan. It is this very thing that the unforgivable sin is based on. Jesus performed a miracle, which was done by the Holy Spirit....
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What factors, according to Young-Earth Creationists, might inhibit the Holy Spirit from guiding a Christian to a literal interpretation of Genesis?
If we assume that the Holy Spirit guides Christians in understanding scripture and that Young-Earth Creationism is true, what prevents the Holy Spirit from leading all Christians to interpret the book ...
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What factors, according to Young-Earth Creationists, might inhibit the Holy Spirit from guiding a Christian to a literal interpretation of Genesis?
TL;DR: Humans are vain, rebellious and self-centered, and even Christians still struggle with these flaws (and others).
If you ask a Christian who denies Creation why they do so, the answer is almost ...
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According to Christians not affiliated with the LDS Church, is the LDS doctrine of salvation inconsistent with the Bible?
The gospel in the New Testament is very simple and does not need to insert other humans into it, or make several distinctions on 'kinds of salvation'. There is only one salvation, through one person. ...
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According to Christians not affiliated with the LDS Church, is the LDS doctrine of salvation inconsistent with the Bible?
OP: From the perspective of Christians not affiliated with the LDS Church, are there any inconsistencies between the LDS concept of salvation and what the Bible teaches about salvation?
Given that ...
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How is 2 Maccab 12:42-44 interpreted by denominations not accepting the existence of purgatory?
OP: 2 Mac 12:42-44 Then, Judas, that great man, urged the people to keep away from sin, because they had seen for themselves what had happened to those men who had sinned. He also took up a collection ...
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How do Jehovah's Witnesses explain John 8:58-59 in a way that accords with their doctrine?
The opposing Jews wanted to stone Jesus for claiming that he had “seen Abraham,” although, as they said, Jesus was “not yet 50 years old.” (John 8:57)
The following quotes are taken from the NWT study ...
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How is 1 Corinthians 9:27 reconciled with the teaching that losing salvation is impossible?
This passage has nothing to do with eternal security in any direct fashion and in an oblique fashion it assumes the security of the born again, spirit-filled believer. In chapter 9 Paul is naming the ...
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