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| bio | website | gplus.to/asfallows |
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| location | Philadelphia, PA | |
| age | 25 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 9 months |
| seen | Apr 24 at 20:46 | |
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My name is Andrew Fallows - I'm a Software Engineering Major at RIT. Currently on co-op in the Boston area. Particular areas of interest are programming languages and personal productivity but I'm still very much in "learn everything, try anything once" mode when it comes to technology.
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Jul 9 |
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Why are Protestants allowed to divorce? +1 for differentiating between the church's recognition of the spiritual effect of marriage and the legal rights that accompany it. |
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Jul 9 |
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Why are Protestants allowed to divorce? This is sufficient to explain why some denominations allow divorce in the case of adultery, but would you be able to add information about why some churches allow divorce in other cases, if any do? |
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Jul 9 |
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When one answers quoting an exact reference from the Bible then is such answer absolutely correct? I will try to paraphrase the question, tell me if this is related to what you are asking. "Suppose that I have a question, and am able to find an answer to it in scripture. How can I be sure that the answer I found is the right one?" |
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Jul 9 |
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When one answers quoting an exact reference from the Bible then is such answer absolutely correct? @Alex, I can't speak for Ignatius, but I do not understand what is being asked here. I do not understand the relationship between the question in the title and the body here, especially between the title and the question at the end of the body. Could you edit to elaborate or rephrase? |
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Jun 26 |
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Knowledge of your sin Related to the analogies (but less to the main point, perhaps) is the Allegory of the cave, worth a read. |
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May 18 |
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Biblical support for why something is a sin? @Flimzy - I did consider breaking it into three questions. However, the first two questions are very closely related, and the third is actually a bit off topic for this site (as I understand it), so I felt it better to keep them together. |
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May 17 |
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Biblical support for why something is a sin? @DanAndrews Maybe I should edit the post to clarify this, but when I say commandments I don't just mean the 10 Commandments (with a capital C), I mean any command, instruction, prohibition, etc. And I am asking about whether the reasoning behind the command is present in the Bible at all. |
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Apr 23 |
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Does Christianity give a reason for life experiences, such as in Hinduism? One of my favorite quotes of late comes from a song by Relient K: "But the beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair." |
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Apr 16 |
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What's the deal with oil? @MarcGravell That's a good point - I debated leaving that line in, and considered expanding on it as well. To elaborate, I think that part of the purpose God (and Moses) had in requiring oil in sacrifices, rituals, and donations was to remind the Jews that they owed all they had to God. Just as sacrifices called for animals without blemish (give your best instead of your worst), the oil was a meaningful sacrifice. Though the showing off of wealth became the motive for many in Jesus' day, I was thinking in other terms. |
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Apr 12 |
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Why did Jesus tell His disciples to buy a sword? @Wikis I don't personally think that Jesus committed a crime, and I don't think that carrying swords was an inherently criminal act in that time. But Jesus knew that appearance would matter. If he were standing there unarmed, surrounded by unarmed followers, peacefully being arrested without hesitation, it may have made the guards think, "Are you sure this is the guy we want?" If they had doubted the chief priests, Jesus might not have been arrested, but he knew that it had to happen. |
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Apr 12 |
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Why did Jesus tell His disciples to buy a sword? +1 very similar to an answer I was about to give, which would seem redundant now. A good summary of the above: That particular night, Jesus wanted his followers to have weapons so that they would fit the bill of the dangerous, rebellious group that opponents thought they were. He did not want the soldiers who came to hesitate in arresting him. |
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Apr 9 |
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Why did they choose Barabbas? This is a good point, thanks for adding it. I am sure many people were thrilled when Jesus arrived and very confused when they realized he wasn't coming to take up arms. |
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Apr 9 |
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How can the logical impossibility of infinite self reference be reconciled in the case of God? Regarding your first edit, I feel that there's a flaw in this argument. It seems like you're saying "If there is an all-powerful God, such a being must exist within the scope of current human understanding." I find this assertion to be incompatible with the definition of all-powerful. I would be willing to argue that if God does in fact need to conform to human logic then he is not all-powerful. |
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Apr 9 |
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How can the logical impossibility of infinite self reference be reconciled in the case of God? I agree with @SanJacinto that this question doesn't merit down-voting. I do agree, as others have said, that the logical contradiction you're using right now isn't very effective for representing the thing you're really driving at, but I would love to see the inquiry get refined so that the question can be better addressed. |
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Apr 8 |
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Why did they choose Barabbas? @Jay An excellent point, and I agree. I suspect that in this particular, emotional situation, the chief priests were more anti-Jesus than pro-Barabbas, and that was the root of their motive. |
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Apr 6 |
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Why did they choose Barabbas? They were definitely both rebels, but they were rebelling against very different things. |
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Apr 6 |
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How come Easter is associated with Eggs, Bunnies and Flowers? @MarcGravell Fair enough - I didn't post as a separate answer for similar reasons, but I considered it worth including to the conversation. |
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Apr 6 |
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How come Easter is associated with Eggs, Bunnies and Flowers? See also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%92ostre - the name of a Germanic pagan goddess who was associated with many of these things. Section 3 of that page is especially relevant. |
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Apr 6 |
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Why isn't God mentioned in Esther? To expand on the answer to 2 and your elaboration, @ThomasShields, one could reason that if the book just said 'God did it,' then people would say 'Oh, well, fine then,' but if the book says 'Mordecai and Esther fasted and prayed fervently, and what they hoped for came about,' then people will say, "Perhaps this God of theirs really listens to prayer." Leading a conclusion but letting people make it themselves is a powerful persuasive tool. |
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Apr 5 |
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What is the basis for Systematic Expository Preaching? Not enough for its own answer, but consider Joshua 8:30-35 as possible Scriptural precedent (albeit not mandate) for this practice. biblia.com/books/esv/Jos8.30-35 |
