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| bio | website | alerque.com |
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| location | Izmir, Turkey | |
| age | 31 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 9 months |
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I am a scripting language connoisseur, regular expression aficionado, network geek, general lover of Linux and a frequent contributor to open source software. I transitioned to programming from other work because I was too busy automating my own work environment to actually do the other work. I have a hobby interest in cartography. For more see my personal site. Most importantly, my life is defined by the grace of God given to men through Jesus Christ. It is my ambition that everything I do would reflect His glory and point people towards Him.
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Sep 6 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on Why is the number seven special? |
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Sep 6 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Sep 5 |
answered | What happens to people outside Earth on the second coming? |
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Sep 5 |
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What would be the implications of a selfless act that saved others but resulted in damnation for the doer? Related on the issue of lying to protect: Is the Golden Rule really the Gold Standard? |
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Sep 5 |
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What would be the implications of a selfless act that saved others but resulted in damnation for the doer? IF you were going to try to make an argument based on that example it would have to start with the deed not being sin. There are situations where killing someone is not sin (say if you are an agent of the state carrying out the states God given authority to issue the death penalty). The 10 Commandments prohibition is on murder not killing. However it is much more practical to remember that such contradictions are not actually real, sin never leads to goo. Either you have your definition of sin wrong or you the good you hope for isn't good. |
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Sep 5 |
answered | What would be the implications of a selfless act that saved others but resulted in damnation for the doer? |
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Sep 5 |
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What did Paul mean by “women must be silent in church”? @DJClayworth: Ya same rant here. It's pretty shaking exegesis but it happens all the time. I should probably have made more note of the trouble with that here. |
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Sep 5 |
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When did Christianity originate? @DJClayworth I don't see the two aspects as very separate although there is certainly an aspect, less of Christianity as a whole and more of the scope of 'Church' as we know it that hasn't been written up here yet. It would be interesting how to see how you would break it down. |
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Sep 5 |
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Are there evil acts which are not sins? added 168 characters in body |
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Sep 5 |
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Can one sin be worse than another sin, or are all sins equal? All sin is equal in its effect on our relationship to God, but the earthly consequences of our sinful acts varies widely. (I'll work on fleshing that into a real answer if nobody else does, but it's bedtime for me!) |
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Sep 5 |
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Are faith and proof mutually exclusive? added 105 characters in body |
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Sep 5 |
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Are faith and proof mutually exclusive? @hippietrail: The OT and NT definitions are not really different, but yes they are very different than the dictionary definition. Some dictionaries have even worse mis-matches! |
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Sep 5 |
answered | Are faith and proof mutually exclusive? |
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Sep 5 |
answered | Are there evil acts which are not sins? |
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Sep 5 |
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Are sins sinful because they are inherently acts of badness or because they are acts of disobedience against god? Good question actually, just that the ground has been covered. To pitch in a short answer to one thing that isn't in the duplicate: Why make the original sin based on a seemingly arbitrary test of obedience? Specifically to demonstrate the nature of sin being disobedience! |
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Sep 5 |
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When did Christianity originate? edited body |
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Sep 5 |
accepted | When did Christianity originate? |
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Sep 5 |
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When did Christianity originate? edited body |
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Sep 5 |
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When did Christianity originate? +1, the Melchizedek tie in is an important one to help understand how the OT and NT fit together. |
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Sep 5 |
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What defines official Christian belief? deleted 54 characters in body |
