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  1. VeritatisVerba

    Proof of God For Science Types

    Nope. Everyone can be wrong all at once. I am more than happy to be shown that I am wrong but an ad populum fallacy isn't going to do it. Show me the circularity. If it's there, I'll acknowledge it.
  2. VeritatisVerba

    What do you think makes christianity.Stand out from every other religion out there?:)

    I'd recommend disciplined thinking then! Incidentally, I intend to plead Christ and His shed blood against any and all wrongful actions taken by me whether in thought, word or deed. He said that to Jews who were under the law, not you. Context is everything! TRUE! We should all be...
  3. VeritatisVerba

    What do you think makes christianity.Stand out from every other religion out there?:)

    Double post! Sorry!
  4. VeritatisVerba

    How to identify a valid pastor.

    I understand why you say this but your own statement presupposes that you can read the bible and understand it and that you can understand doctrines and are able to detect whether those doctrines are compatible with what you read in scripture. Also, notice the contradiction implied in how you...
  5. VeritatisVerba

    Did Christ die for them that are perishing ?

    On the contrary. I am doing precisely the opposite of that. I am interpreting the bible based exclusively on what it actually does say in its original language and in context. That's precisely what exegesis is all about. TRUE! In so far as the bible gives a specific definition to a concept, I...
  6. VeritatisVerba

    Narrow is the way of life and few find it

    False dichotomy... You cannot rightly do the latter (i.e. make real world decisions), without having done the former (i.e. done the intellectual word of formulating and integrating a moral code (a.k.a. a systematic theology). And... Making real world decisions is an intellectual exercise...
  7. VeritatisVerba

    Narrow is the way of life and few find it

    Good policy. I suppose the point I'm making is that such comparisons are a rational process. (See post #8) Sharpening iron with iron presupposes the existence of not just swords but the ability to wield them. Likewise, comparing a doctrine with scripture presupposes one's ability to understand...
  8. VeritatisVerba

    What do you think makes christianity.Stand out from every other religion out there?:)

    If you can refute a word I've said, I'd read it gladly. Well, I'm not a big fan of proof-texting but since I've already laid out the principles and that was insufficient, proof-texting will have to do.... Romans 4:5 But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly...
  9. VeritatisVerba

    Narrow is the way of life and few find it

    If you can refute a syllable of what I've said, I'd read it gladly! How so? What have I said that isn't either directly biblical or completely consistent with scripture? Well aren't you special! How many Christians failed to have your degree of faith and ended up starving to death, with a...
  10. VeritatisVerba

    What do you think makes christianity.Stand out from every other religion out there?:)

    Should? Sure! Is such a difference required? No. Christianity isn't primarily about what you do, it's about what you believe. I say, "primarily" because what you believe very definitely has an effect on what you do, although not always in proper measure. The following is excerpted from...
  11. VeritatisVerba

    What do you think makes christianity.Stand out from every other religion out there?:)

    Well, that sounds nice but it doesn't work, does it? Scripture is the standard by which all proper doctrine and religious practice is measured. Your life is to be governed by scripture, submitted to and conformed by it. God is far more interested in and you should be far more consumed by what...
  12. VeritatisVerba

    What do you think makes christianity.Stand out from every other religion out there?:)

    Christianity is THE ONLY fully rational worldview.
  13. VeritatisVerba

    Narrow is the way of life and few find it

    I am totally not being contentious at all! Look. if you cannot prevent yourself from trying to read my mind, you and I will not get along. Your desire to run from what I've said only communicates your disagreement with it and your own unwillingness to think it through. Why are people on web...
  14. VeritatisVerba

    Did Christ die for them that are perishing ?

    Saying it doesn't make it so. I have argued quite compellingly that the reverse it true. Your doctrines turns faith into a meaningless concept. It is somehow something that is done to us for no reason at all rather than something we do in response to God. I believe that I am a sinner, not by...
  15. VeritatisVerba

    Proof of God For Science Types

    I'm pretty sure that isn't his point. He's saying that the author of Hebrews makes a valid argument. An argument that echos the point Paul makes in Romans 1, by the way. That nature itself, by its very existence, is proof that God exists. Of course the author of Hebrews didn't know Newton's...
  16. VeritatisVerba

    Narrow is the way of life and few find it

    I cannot say that I see how anything you wrote actually addresses the question of how we know whether our doctrine is correct. I also reject the notion that the condition of a person's heart is "subjective by nature." If that were true, then God could not judge justly. That idea also appears to...
  17. VeritatisVerba

    Did Christ die for them that are perishing ?

    That's my line. Your doctrine makes faith superfluous. Worse than that even; it's entirely meaningless. True. I do not. It is what made it possible. I will not respond further until you respond to the arguments I've already made. You can waste someone else's time mindlessly repeating yourself...
  18. VeritatisVerba

    First Principles Thinking Through the Doctrine of Divine Immutability and the Character of God

    None of you are worthy of this work.
  19. VeritatisVerba

    First Principles Thinking Through the Doctrine of Divine Immutability and the Character of God

    It isn't man's free will that's the point, it's God's character that's the focus. As I said early in the essay, one's theology must start with God. What we believe about God Himself will directly impact the entire rest of our doctrine. As such, the fact that we have a will (i.e. we have the...
  20. VeritatisVerba

    First Principles Thinking Through the Doctrine of Divine Immutability and the Character of God

    This comment does not seem to connect to anything I said. Please clarify.
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