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I'm not sure I'd base my eternal future on mixing metaphors, if that helps.

I think you're missing my point. When you refer to someone as "anti-Pauline" do you mean they inherently reject all of Paul's teachings, or that they don't consider Paul's teachings to be divinely inspired? If someone does not believe Paul was divinely inspired they may still accept some or...

Can one not consider some parts of a book to be sound even if the book is not divinely inspired? Does denying that Paul's words were divinely inspired require regarding every one of them as false?

Perhaps, but rejecting something as being Scripture isn't the same as believing it is inherently untrue. My car repair manual isn't Scripture but is still useful for instruction.

Sure, my point is that one can "reject Paul" in the sense of not accepting him as being divinely inspired while still accepting some of what he wrote. Rejecting Paul as a divinely inspired apostle doesn't require, in and of itself, the rejection of every single thing that Paul wrote. It's...

I suppose a lot would depend on whether the term "anti-Pauline" requires a person to actively reject everything Paul wrote, or simply to reject Paul as being divinely inspired while accepting that some of what he wrote may have some merit. It's not an inherently inconsistent belief system to...

It's a tricky one and I think the answer comes down to the question of who a Christian thinks should be funding the care of the people concerned. Jesus said to look after the poor. The parable of the Good Samaritan showed the Samaritan using his own resources to help the man he found who needed...

As little as possible. The only time I have any interest in flying is when other modes of transport are impractical.

AI has the potential to do a lot of good but without some form of human oversight I fear it might also create the kind of "the computer says no" situation where it becomes all but impossible to get a second opinion. I'm not medically qualified but taking a general systems-level view of how the...

That's usually my preferred way, assuming the budget to do it properly is there. I don't usually care for quick fixes, unless it's a situation where I can't get it done properly for some time and really need an improvement as fast as possible.

I think a lot would depend on just how much is being replaced. If it's about opening the frame to replace the sealed unit a handyman might do a good job of it, or at least a good enough job of it. It's just a question of whether you want a quick fix to get you through a cold snap or a fix that...

Only 22 windows? Easy job :P Last time I had windows replaced there were 31 of them, with a number that we didn't replace. Sadly I can attest to Frankj's comments about installation quality - I think we might as well have had a monkey do our installation. The guy who put them in cut every...

A lot would depend on the issue, whether it affected me, whether it piqued my interest etc. It would also depend on the person presenting it. An issue that didn't affect me but was presented by someone who I knew researched things properly might still be something I'd consider in more detail...

Ah, ice makes a big difference. What we had was very light and powdery.

We've only visited it twice so far but it seems to be a good place. It's not a big church but it feels more peaceful than our previous church did in a while.

I can describe the church I've been visiting in one word - "peaceful".

I Is it worth running a snowblower for that little snow? We got about four inches of snow yesterday. It fell slowly but steadily for most of the day, but it was the light powdery snow that's easy to clear. I went for a walk in the evening and saw someone using a leaf blower to blow the snow...

This thread went quiet. A couple of days my house breaking project stalled so I started another round of draft hunting. It involved pulling down an entire closet, which was so small as to be useless so wasn't a great loss, and then the rest of the chimney stack I first attacked some time back...

A lot would depend on what you mean by "keeping it going", and a lot will depend on what practical requirements the small church has. If it has a full-time pastor and a premises to maintain that obviously requires financial resources that a small church will increasingly struggle to provide...

Ah, I misread your post. I think the food was provided by volunteers and there were few ladies who ran the kitchen.