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  1. Albion

    Our interaction with AI seems to debunk Biblical ideas

    Oh, dear. Are you sure that you haven't just chosen between these clones of each other? What we know, however, is that Jesus founded a church, and he named its first leaders who worked in concert, following the teachings and practices that the Lord intended the world to learn.
  2. Albion

    Our interaction with AI seems to debunk Biblical ideas

    Or...maybe he founded a church instead of a collection of competing one-man "ministries," each founded by a do-it-yourself evangelist who promotes his own personal religious theories and makes a living from it. Just a thought.
  3. Albion

    The dead malls

    Basically, Yes. That's right. And that's what many optimists have urged management of the now dead malls to do when they've said the former stores could be used as offices for photographers or lawyers or government agencies. Unfortunately, that sounds good but will not work...for the reasons...
  4. Albion

    Prayers of intercession and requests to God

    It wasn't a blanket statement. I was merely responding to your question asking "Why make intercession (if God already knows everything?)" Well, that's because prayer is effective with God. Whether God already knows the outcome doesn't change that. I was under the impression that that the point...
  5. Albion

    The dead malls

    I think what you've described amounts to repurposing the SITE, but not the mall.
  6. Albion

    Prayers of intercession and requests to God

    I suppose that if his foreknowledge is of the petitioner coming to him in a way that causes God to grant the request, then he knows that he will do so; and if he knows from all eternity that this person is not one of his own and he therefore doesn't find the petition to be acceptable, it won't...
  7. Albion

    The dead malls

    The point there was that this is what made malls the success that they were (lots of retail stores in one location), so without that format, the suggested replacements won't work to make these malls successful again. Well, yes, making your nearly-empty mall function again by turning it into...
  8. Albion

    Our interaction with AI seems to debunk Biblical ideas

    God is not in the business of bargaining with his own creatures, seeking their approval only on condition that he meet their demands. And the Bible makes it clear enough what he is recommending or seeking instead. I thought you came close to agreeing with that in the beginning of the reply I...
  9. Albion

    The dead malls

    It may be that "the problem" with this situation is that malls normally had many, many stores (that's what made the idea successful) and without them there's no single alternative, whether it be a sports facility, law firms, farmerss markets, government offices or anything else. The suggested...
  10. Albion

    Our interaction with AI seems to debunk Biblical ideas

    (y) As I remember, the forum has addressed this kind of problem before. The 'problem' is in thinking that any of us can find God by offering to strike a bargain with him that you (meaning anyone) will believe IF and WHEN he first performs for you and does it to your specifications--in order to...
  11. Albion

    The dead malls

    I remember now how that was. I was thinking of having a similar pop-up business myself one Christmas season and the mall office was clear that I must keep the thing open and operating for a really long time every day. These seasonal mini-businesses were important only as holiday decorations or...
  12. Albion

    The dead malls

    In my experience, that isn't actually a problem. Because the foot traffic is so low, almost all of the businesses still existing in the once-bustling mall that's near my home have cut their hours back drastically, often being open only several days of the week and then only from something like...
  13. Albion

    The dead malls

    I'm close to convinced that there isn't one. Not unless it's for some sort of warehousing or storage facilities. In other words, a kind of business that requires a lot of space but isn't in the ordinary business of retailing. Our society has moved too far into mail order purchases for the...
  14. Albion

    Original Sin

    Thanks. It was, however, the follow-up to it--post, #22--that prompted my reply. In that one you seemed to shift the emphasis, and I thought that was worth a mention. Maybe it wasn't. :giggle:
  15. Albion

    Original Sin

    Right. Yes. True. I'm not certain that that's correct to say, but the impression given is that you're wanting a certain answer, separating the Protestants into two groups and also dismissing the Catholic teaching until option #2 on the poll prevails. And as we know, there are more Catholics...
  16. Albion

    Omnibenevolence and the problem of evil

    Yeh, him. As they had been created, Adam and Eve were not like little children, however.
  17. Albion

    Original Sin

    The verse in Romans says that sin came into the world through Adam, which none of us denies. That doesn't mean that Eve wasn't stained by that sin also in view of her role in getting Adam to defy God. And if she had not been guilty, she would not have suffered the same fate at the hands of God...
  18. Albion

    Faith

    That may well be what he had in mind, yes. When he says that Faith is something God gives "in order to show his relationship with us," it would seem to exclude non-Christians. At the same time, such a view of Faith also makes Faith be toothless, nothing more than an emblem, a symbol, or what...
  19. Albion

    Original Sin

    :unsure: Wouldn't that then be choice #2 on this thread's poll? Or am I reading something into it? That is the standard view of the matter that's taught by the Catholic Church and other major denominations. I'm surprised that the poll has seemingly left almost everyone scratching their heads...
  20. Albion

    Easter Sunrise Services

    Except that there is no reason to connect what we find in Exodus with the Last Supper. With the second of those, we know that the event occurred at the right time for Passover but that it didn't meet the requirements of a Passover Seder. Further, Jesus and his Apostles drank what the Bible...
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