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| bio | website | hartmen.us/todd |
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| location | United States | |
| age | 39 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year |
| seen | Jan 5 at 18:41 | |
| stats | profile views | 6 |
Christian, dad, and programmer
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Jun 14 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Nov 2 |
answered | Is there a significant difference between salvation by faith with works and salvation by faith and works? |
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Nov 2 |
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What's the Evangelical take on the Natural Moral Law? @PeterTurner, nonsense is nonsense and truth is truth. Adjectives relating to source shouldn't matter. I think the word "authority" is operative in how a protestant would read what is written. |
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Jul 3 |
awarded | Autobiographer |
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Jul 3 |
answered | Is man born in God's image, or was that just Adam? |
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Jul 2 |
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Why is Cain afraid when he is driven away from God? @warren, I think typical readings suggest that Cain was the first male child, Abel the second, and Seth the third. Like I said, the firstborn (primary heir) was a meaningful position in antiquity (at least at the time Genesis was written down), and so it seems like an unfair imposition on the text to say that birth order is not implied by what's written. The fact that the text doesn't say he was the oldest ought to suggest that the default (for that culture) understanding is most likely. |
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Jul 2 |
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Why is Cain afraid when he is driven away from God? @warren, Cain is the first child mentioned as being born, and firstborn are generally regarded in ancient times. Cain and Abel may have been twins (no mention of conception before his birth, unlike Cain's), but it seems reasonable to conclude that he was the firstborn. |
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Jun 26 |
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Why do OEC discount the literal interpretation of the book of Genesis? One's Christianity is, to a great extent, the product of exegesis. I'm not certain why this discussion belongs elsewhere, particularly when the answer to this question is a practical one. |
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Jun 26 |
answered | The Bible and art |
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Jun 26 |
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Why aren't I considered illegitimate? Pardon my ignorance, but what is important about "being legitimate"? I assume it's more than just being an heir to his estate. |
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Jun 26 |
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Why did Jesus keep some in the dark by using parables? @Mike, I would like to stress that faith is not "blind," but rather faith that God is who he says he is, based on the created world around us and what he has done in the past. |
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Jun 26 |
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Why do OEC discount the literal interpretation of the book of Genesis? @Ray, figurative language is not just used randomly throughout the Bible. You see figurative language used in poetry, in prophecy, and in apocalyptic literature. I don't see an occasion for figurative language, whose main function is to liken two things to help us understand one of them (the other of which we understand better) in Genesis. If there's no suggestion of figurative language (and historical narrative does not seem to me to imply a need for linguistic figures), how would you know if (only) a portion of Genesis were figurative? Is Abraham figurative? Sodom and Gomorrah? Israel? |
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Jun 26 |
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Counterarguments to “KJV-only”? I don't think you can apply the passage from Revelation you quoted as speaking of the NT (which wasn't in existence then) or even larger portions of the Bible. It's specifically speaking about Revelation ("this book" is referring to Revelation—the book that John is told to write down). |
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Jun 25 |
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Issues with legal documents and marriage I think the statements of the NT authors are clearly against any form of physical union except between a man and a woman who are married (to each other), understanding that such a debate is outside the question here and has probably already been started elsewhere. |
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Jun 25 |
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Issues with legal documents and marriage @ChrisHarris, I did not intend to say one way or the other regarding same-sex marriage. My intent was to move the scope of marriage from government to individual. |
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Jun 25 |
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Ruling on eating pork in Christianity as per Bible? @ChrisCudmore, The reason for not eating it if you know it's been sacrificed is for the sake of the conscience of the person who mentioned it to you (as if it were important). 1 Co 10:28-31 |
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Jun 25 |
answered | Why did Jesus keep some in the dark by using parables? |
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Jun 25 |
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What was the difference between the Pharisees and Sadducees? The Sadducees were also the group with the most political power. The Sanhedrin were composed (primarily?) of Sadducees. |
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Jun 25 |
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What was the difference between the Pharisees and Sadducees? Resurrection: Acts 23, Matthew 22:23-46 |
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Jun 25 |
answered | Issues with legal documents and marriage |
