| bio | website | fivesecondreview.wordpress.co… |
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| location | Pasadena, CA | |
| age | 39 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 7 months |
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My day-to-day work is with a combination of C, ksh and PL/SQL. I enjoy asking and answering questions that come up at work. I also dabble in Perl, lua and LaTeX. My boss has asked me to learn Python as well.
My favorite living philosopher is Alvin Plantinga and my favorite dead philosopher is Blaise Pascal. I think Paul of Tarsus is too little credited as a force in Western philosophy. If you think I'm a Christian, you're right.
Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. -- 1 Corinthians 1:20-25 (ESV)
At home, I have a potted herb garden, potted dwarfed citrus, and a hanging hummingbird garden. My wife and I are also trying to grow a son, but he's harder to feed and train properly.
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Feb 4 |
reviewed | Excellent Why did God enter humanity so silently on Christmas day? |
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Feb 4 |
reviewed | Needs Improvement Beatification/canonization process in Eastern Orthodox Church |
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Feb 4 |
reviewed | Needs Improvement How the trial of Jesus compares to the judical standards of the epoch and of the modern times? |
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Feb 4 |
reviewed | Excellent Is there a doctrine or Biblical justification that explains why God chose the number 7 to be so significant? |
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Feb 4 |
reviewed | Needs Improvement The Reason for Physical Disability |
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Feb 4 |
reviewed | Excellent Did the modern LDS idea of fast offerings have extra-Mormon roots? |
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Feb 4 |
reviewed | Excellent Is the LDS's view of Trinity/Godhead considered monotheistic or polytheistic? |
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Feb 4 |
reviewed | Needs Improvement What was the Star of Bethlehem? |
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Feb 4 |
reviewed | Excellent What is the LDS position on changing doctrine |
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Feb 4 |
awarded | Custodian |
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Feb 4 |
reviewed | Needs Improvement To Arians and Jehovah's Witnesses: Does your theology admit that God was at one point ἄλογος? |
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Jan 29 |
awarded | Informed |
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Jan 26 |
comment |
How can we practice Matthew 18:15 in a public forum? @TRiG: Well, that's an interesting slip-up. I doubt I would have ever noticed it myself, so thanks! |
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Jan 26 |
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How can we practice Matthew 18:15 in a public forum? Thanks TRiG for the catch! |
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Jan 8 |
reviewed | Reviewed How do you know if you are under a trial or if you are just suffering? |
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Jan 8 |
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How do you know if you are under a trial or if you are just suffering? Hi Nilesh and welcome to our Q&A site! The question is interesting, but it verges a bit close to asking for pastoral advice in my opinion. There are lot's of individual details that make it difficult to provide a general answer. It might help if you specified which Christian tradition you are interested in finding out about. |
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Jan 8 |
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How do you know if you are under a trial or if you are just suffering? I sort of simplified the question and retagged/retitled it. The core of the question remains, I think. |
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Jan 7 |
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How can the Son not know what the Father knows? @Caleb: Could you elaborate on the third option? I would assume it has something to do with Jesus voluntarily separating himself from the rest of the Godhead when he chose to enter into the world in the Incarnation. However, I see that as a subset of option 2. What are we missing? |
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Jan 2 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Dec 27 |
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Why do Christians call Jesus the “Son of God” rather than simply “God”? That's like asking why people don't always call Mr. Obama "Commander-in-Chief". This question seems an example of refute-this. Has your research turned up any particular reason we should use just one of his titles? What criteria do you think Christians use for picking one form of address over all others? |