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Do forums count? I think I was on a large forum from my country before I joined Facebook. I can't exactly remember the year. I was also on this one very old social network called Bebo that no longer exists. The very first I joined might have been YouTube, but my memory fails me.
No, that's not the truth. That's a lie straight out of satan's mouth. He's the accuser. God thinks we are deserving of good because He created us good and even though our image has been tarnished by the fall and our desires have been corrupted, we maintain the desire to seek good.
Indeed. I'd also add mango to the list. The ones I tried - it was impossible to eat the flesh attached to the husk. Because of OCD, I don't like to waste food, and whenever I tried eating a mango, I'd end up with a husk surrounded by flesh, like in the image, and it made the experience unpleasant.
Also, if we consider the previous verse and the recent scientific research on human microbiome, Jesus seems to have been wrong on the matter. Apparently, human microbiome seems to be linked to mental health problems, such as bipolar disorder, Alzheimer's, depression, OCD, anxiety and who knows...
That's completely taken out of context. All those things come from within because that's where the cognition centers are. That's where those things are formed. But they are formed there predominantly because men is tempted by evil entities.
I said that humans would likely sin a lot less if they didn't live in a world of temptations with evil entities whose agenda is to corrupt them. Not that people wouldn't die. Death is a punishment applied to the entire human species for Adam and Eve's original sin, from what I gather.
Yes, for the reasons I mentioned above.
Take away all temptation and all evil entities from this world, and the desire to sin would gradually decrease towards zero in a matter of years.
We are a species who is inherently good, but very susceptive to being influenced by temptation and we live in a world filled with temptation and supernatural entities who diligently work to corrupt us. Human beings always act according to what we believe to be the "good" but being human also...
Person A, B and C: "Listen, guys, please stop giving us these pieces of advice regarding this particular issue. We have analyzed them and put t hem to the test, and have found them unhelpful and even harmful. We understand that you mean well and see things differently from your perspective, but...