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    Faithfully adventuring

    Thank you!! See you around
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    USA Massive winter storm expected

    It will be a big storm, but we have faced more snow in the past. The main problem will be if people lose power for an extended time. Luckily a lot of places that will be hit are used to snow and have good state infrastructure for salting and plowing roads, clearing debris, and maintaining...
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    Here's why the "free will" argument cannot be justified if God is all good

    Fair enough, thank you for responding and clarifying everything throughout this thread and others. I am still very open to most topics and will continue to explore, read and see how my own faith transforms over time.
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    Here's why the "free will" argument cannot be justified if God is all good

    Is God not all powerful, creator of everything and all men and women? Is it possible that the initiation from God to all of us happens at birth, or at consummation? For free will in general, even if you are saying that we are not free to choose God, there is scripture to support we have the...
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    Once Saved, Always Saved?

    Thank you, there are many lovely verses here. I appreciate the time and attention you gave this. I think it does a good job of showing the back & forth relationship, the expectations, and how to receive more love or "remain saved" with how we believe and act. I personally believe that the...
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    USA What's Trump's worst policy since elected 2024?

    Do you mean to say that Trump is a good leader, ordained by God? Or is it more plausible to consider he is the antichrist prophesied to usher in the second coming? He sure seems to be, to me. If I read the description of the antichrist, and think about Trump, I see more similarities than...
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    Once Saved, Always Saved?

    I respect your take, but where exactly does the Bible say that our salvation is guaranteed based on the death of Christ alone? As far as I understand the Bible, it actually makes the opposite clear. That being saved in this way does NOT guarantee us salvation and redemption forever. The Bible...
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    Once Saved, Always Saved?

    I don't believe in OSAS. I was baptized and in more formal religious schooling as a kid for a time. I think many kids are baptized without even having sinned before, and to think they would get a free pass of sinning for their entire lives seems absurd to me. For me, we are judged on an...
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    Here's why the "free will" argument cannot be justified if God is all good

    Can they choose to act in line with holiness, to ask for forgiveness, and to follow the teachings? If we can't choose holiness, can we choose the opposite, or is it 100% out of our control? I am assuming I must be misinterpreting what you are saying. It sounds like you're saying I am...
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    Faithfully adventuring

    And you as well!
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    Sumer's Garden of Eden / Kulaba, the Tree, Snake, Sin, and Eve (Introduction)

    I can somewhat understand that take, but don't personally agree. Unless every God is valid, then we're all worshipping God with our own interpretations. So even if someone is wrong or incorrect, they're still making an effort to praise the true God, or rather unless there are multiple Gods...
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    Sumer's Garden of Eden / Kulaba, the Tree, Snake, Sin, and Eve (Introduction)

    Right, I agree with that completely. To me it doesn't matter who came first. If there were significant differences in every area, I might be more concerned, but when I focus on the shared truths and love in God, I start seeing everything as their creation. For me, everyone in history and in...
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    Here's why the "free will" argument cannot be justified if God is all good

    In a way, the conscience in depravity is the path to being saved. So having the free will to recognize this and be saved is part of observing what could be the saving of everyone. If for example we do not decide to be saved, we may still have the free will of conscience to actually know that we...
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    USA What's Trump's worst policy since elected 2024?

    well, the Trump administration just kidnapped president Maduro of Venezuela after bombing part of their capital this morning, and they're now prosecuting him and his wife / first lady on narco-terrorism charges. Safe to say this is not your standard headline to wake up to on a Saturday, and I...
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    Here's why the "free will" argument cannot be justified if God is all good

    Yeah exactly... If there's no free will, there's no need to convince us, talk to us, or show us anything. The human experience allows us to both participate in the universe as one, and as individuals. Now, perhaps God knows all, and every micro-event or millisecond of human existence. Perhaps...
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    Here's why the "free will" argument cannot be justified if God is all good

    & yeah, agreed, I think that free will is more general than whether we are sons and daughters of God, judged by God, privy to God's holiness, etc. I also think the Bible makes the case that we do have free will immediately. Cain and Abel is a story of free will. Then God punishes Cain with a...
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    Sumer's Garden of Eden / Kulaba, the Tree, Snake, Sin, and Eve (Introduction)

    I agree on Genesis being the writings about the beginning of the world, I am not disagreeing with that. However, the texts existed before Christianity existed, so on a fundamental level, it's not really accurate to say the Christian version came first when there are many years of Hebrew Genesis...
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    Here's why the "free will" argument cannot be justified if God is all good

    I don't disagree with you on the last part, but I do think holiness and spirituality is a choice to embrace, even if it exists regardless. I have a question. If we could no longer choose holiness after the fall, then how did it come to be that we were able to sin, for Jesus to then die for our...
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    Unknown / Technology or ? in the sky

    I know I am new to the forum, so I want to explain a critical reason that I decided to explore my faith. I have read the Bible previously through a Christian upbringing in church school, followed by Jesuit HS, and Methodist uni. However, I have more recently dived into the book, the many texts...
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    Sumer's Garden of Eden / Kulaba, the Tree, Snake, Sin, and Eve (Introduction)

    For me, it strengthens my faith to know that ancient civilizations have spoken about creation in the same way for longer than modern Christianity acknowledges. I look at it as "yes this is true, and it was also true thousands of years before Judaism & Christianity & Islam came to be". It is a...
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