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That's not entirely true. The fact is, there is some pretty reasonable scholarly work that believes that the Hebrew canon was decided before Jamnia and only formalized then. Whether any book about the Maccabees was included is up for debate. The reality is: we just don't know for sure when the...

Jews don't read Maccabees on Hanukkah in a religious manner. The lighting of the candles have specific prayers, but they are not in or from Maccabees specifically. They may read the book or similar books for personal edification, but not liturgically. This is in contrast with reading Ester...

Sure he did, I honestly don't think that there is a lot of debate about it, but maybe there is more than I know. However, the likely fact that he celebrated the Feast of Lights/Hanukkah does not necessarily make the books of Maccabees scripture. It was written around 100-60BC, so likely that it...

Looks like it to me :)

try @Josiah :) Adding the @ symbol tags the user.

I would certainly love to travel to another planet or moon. But live? Not at this time. The situation on this planet would have to be much worse for me to make that jump. Moving lightyears away to a colony world with little developed resources and people is not really something I am looking for...

Distilling why men or women cheat on their spouse down to "sex" is naïve and misses the reality that it is really a culmination of issues. Sex is often a part of those issues, but the real underlying issues are usually not sex.

Personally, no, I do not believe it is true. At least not a very young Earth. We have verifiable archaeological records from older than many YEC say the Earth's age is. I personally believe trying to divine the age of the Earth based on the genealogies of the Bible is a fools errand. They were...

Creationism itself spans many different levels, as does evolution. There really does not need to be a hard yes/no on either end. YEC does not stand up to scientific scrutiny, but full blown evolution is still theoretical too. Basically the hardline sides of both theories are still theories, they...

KJV Onlyists, styled KJBO or KJVO (King James Bible Only or King James Version Only) or AV1611 Only, don't base the belief that the KJV is the ONLY Word of God on it being the original Bible or texts used by the Early Church. It is based on an unfounded belief that the translators were...

They are purely anecdotal from personal and digital interactions. I know a few personally in the 30-45 age group, and a few in the 60-75. Outside of that I don't know their ages as I don't know them personally.

Could be, but from what I have talked to people it seems to span the nation. I am in Florida myself. Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

It seems that most people coming from the Catholic Church prefer either a "Catholic Like" service such as is found in the Episcopal and many Lutheran churches, or they prefer something much more modern. Most don't seem to care for the "middle" services, except as a compromise. Also coming from...

I have been to one LCMS church, they have a "contemporary" and a "traditional" service, and I have been to both. The "Contemporary" still follows a Lutheran Liturgy, just with more modern music and the pastor does not wear an alb. The "traditional" service is a standard middle-high Lutheran...

We are using the standard gold communion plate with the individual plastic cups and then they have open gold trays with the wafers in small individual plastic cups too (like some places serve appetizers in at tasting events). Its all open, there are not any plastic films to remove. The...

ELCA here.

I am familiar with Christians that celebrate Passover to this extent, most identify as Messianic and would not call themselves "Christians". They prefer to be called Messianic Jews. There are also more mainstream Christians that celebrate Passover to some extent, usually just a sedar. I don't...

Valid points, I will ponder this.

Agree to disagree that given=must receive. That said, I agree that in general one should unless one has a specific reason not to.

I am well aware of the Smalkald Articles. I also said that I agree that it is an abuse to not offer both and that both must be present for consecration, which would be in alignment with the articles. What the articles don't state is that the communicant must receive both. I think the right and...