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  1. Albion

    Rabbi Manis Friendman's views on God and religion

    Because it's so. Read Genesis, for example, and the consequences of sin in Adam and Eve's case.
  2. Albion

    Decision Theology

    This may be so, but an altar call doesn't amount to that, yet your position is that it actually does. Again, that was not your contention. You told me that an altar call, without any modifications being attached to your claim in addition, was all that was needed. You also explained at some...
  3. Albion

    Decision Theology

    No. However, I think you may be focusing in on what's at the heart of the issue. Many churches that favor alter [sic] calls as the quickie way to membership in a Christian congregation really don't appear to care about much other than enrolling the person. What he understands about the faith...
  4. Albion

    Decision Theology

    Yep, that's understandable. Well, my quick answer is that this which I've called a 'gimmick' and one that's of recent origin, isn't the way to do that. That doesn't prove much, you know. There are plenty of churches that are well stocked with regular attendees at worship, people who support...
  5. Albion

    What can we conclude from this?

    :sigh: If there's one that you think rivals the Bible in content, just tell us. I can think of none, and I'm not just saying that I believe the Bible but not any of those other sacred texts. Most of them are based on the Bible or else are simply inspirational-poetic-philosophical musings that...
  6. Albion

    Biden fell off bike

    You appear to have framed the discussion in order to be able to say what you just did. There wasn't any "punishment for punishment's sake" suggested or implied anywhere.
  7. Albion

    Decision Theology

    Not at all. It's being responsible. What's more, I just read you explaining with some detail how, in the congregation you were part of earlier, much care was taken by the counselors, etc. etc. in order to satisfy themselves about the readiness of the candidate. Were they pessimists to do that...
  8. Albion

    What can we conclude from this?

    Well, you talked about the "holy book," but then passed onto something else as though that wasn't important. And what you appear to the reader to retain is uncertainty about which spirits lead which way, and whom to believe, etc. Okay then, here you've confirmed the point above about the Bible...
  9. Albion

    Decision Theology

    This would seem to pose a real problem for a person who's contemplating a move from an "Evangelical" church to one that's of the Reformed tradition, wouldn't it?
  10. Albion

    Decision Theology

    Sure, but I was just saying there that you offered the readers an open question to deal with. That's unlike the threads that start off with a declaration of what the author believes about some doctrine or other, leaving the readers to fight against it or else offer 'high fives.' Your approach...
  11. Albion

    What can we conclude from this?

    It looks like you're bumping up against the answer but still uncertain about claiming it. The Bible is the key to such a choice. What does it say about itself? Are its contents convincing and have they stood the test of time? What other sacred writing from any other religion competes against...
  12. Albion

    Decision Theology

    That's to describe little more than a person who's just gotten interested in God and the Bible, not someone who's ready to make the most important decision of his life. For them to succumb to the one-size-fits-all urging of an altar call is a mistake, and such a church really should not...
  13. Albion

    Decision Theology

    Okay, but the fact is that this is not the reason--or even one of the most important reasons--for the recent decline in membership experienced by denominations of both sorts.
  14. Albion

    Decision Theology

    That's a valid point, I agree. However, I was reading a broadly supportive claim on behalf of altar calls, etc. which did not make such a distinction. If someone had indeed spent a lifetime attending church, being in Sunday School, etc. but had never made any kind of personal commitment to...
  15. Albion

    What if Modern Christianity is just the other end of the telephone?

    No, believing divine revelation does not to make the Bible be an idol. The mistake is, I assume, the result of thinking of the Bible as something to be worshipped, which nothing in Scripture ever says to do, nor does any Christian church that I know of hold that view. Rather, the Bible DIRECTS...
  16. Albion

    Biden fell off bike

    The "member" was correct, but I am open to you explaining more thoroughly exactly what it is that you meant to convey by writing the following: "Actually, if it did, thinking about this mess, we wouldn't be in it."
  17. Albion

    Decision Theology

    Obviously, a moment's brainstorm is not necessarily a genuine "conversion experience" to say nothing of the fact that accepting Christ as one's Lord and Savior should mean knowing what Lord and Savior really mean and imply, not just following the instructions given by some minister to everyone...
  18. Albion

    Biden fell off bike

    Oh, I don't know about that. Quite a lot went into fooling the voters in 2020, not to mention "2000 mules" or anything else in that vein. So, the idea that everything's back to normal just because the election is in the past doesn't exactly add up.
  19. Albion

    Decision Theology

    You asked, and I'm willing to attempt an answer. There wouldn't be anything wrong with the general idea, and that's what you asked about. However, it's the execution that is the usual point of disagreement. When "evangelicals" engage in altar calls and the whole range of actions that go along...
  20. Albion

    Biden fell off bike

    ...which makes the situation all the more critical and deserving of attention, even if he'll be protected by the majority party for almost three more years. That's the same party that 'threw the book' at the previous president for reasons that were entirely of that party's own invention...
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