The dead sea

[MoreCoffee]

Why call it the dead sea? Some call it the "salt sea" and it is very salty. It receives its waters from the Jordan river which is a fresh water river. The salts are dissolved into the fresh water and make themselves salty in the process. The sun and heat evaporate the water. But there is life in the water, mostly simple single celled things. Plankton and algae. It doesn't have fish in it as far as I know.

Is there a lesson in the sea's name and why it has its name?

 

[faramir.pete]

It is known as the Dead Sea because nothing flows out of it. There is no outlet for the water which flows in except evaporation. The effect is to increase the concentration of minerals in the water and make the water undrinkable, so the name stuck with it.


Pete from Peterborough UK

 

[Imalive]

No fish or anything can live in it.

 

[Josiah]

The DEAD Sea is dead because it freely receives but hoards everything..... the result is its death and its deadly effect on all around it.

The Galileean Sea is very similar but it receives with gratitude and then freely gives - the result is that it is teeming with life and gives life to all around it.

A good Stewardship illustration.....

 

[JRT]

I am so old that I can remember when the Dead Sea was merely feeling a bit poorly.

 

[Imalive]

Earliest translations of the name of the Dead Sea into non-indigenous languages often use its original name of “The Salt Sea”, but already by the Roman Era, visitors to Judea had begun to refer to the sea as the “Dead Sea”, as they were mostly struck with how the waters were devoid of all life-forms, whether plants or living creatures.

The Dead Sea origins in the past clarify the matter even better. In the days when the Jordan River flowed south from the Sea of Galilee with full force in the wet season, one could witness reeds and fish swept down with the river flow into the highly saline water of the Dead Sea. As neither fish nor algae can possibly survive in water which is nearly 10 times saltier than most oceans, it was a death-trap for them.

http://www.deadsea.com/articles-tips/interesting-facts/why-is-the-dead-sea-called-the-dead-sea/

 

[pinacled]

The DEAD Sea is dead because it freely receives but hoards everything..... the result is its death and its deadly effect on all around it.

The Galileean Sea is very similar but it receives with gratitude and then freely gives - the result is that it is teeming with life and gives life to all around it.

A good Stewardship illustration.....

Amen

 

[MoreCoffee]

Amen

Is there a lesson in the sea's name and why it has its name?

 

[Pedrito]

The Dead Sea?

Does the Nicene Creed tell us that the dead see?

 

[atpollard]

The Dead Sea?

Does the Nicene Creed tell us that the dead see?

Nicene Creed:

We believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
begotten from the Father before all ages,
God from God,
Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made;
of the same essence as the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven;
he became incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary,
and was made human.
He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered and was buried.
The third day he rose again, according to the Scriptures.
He ascended to heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again with glory
to judge the living and the dead.
His kingdom will never end.
And we believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver of life.
He proceeds from the Father and the Son,
and with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified.
He spoke through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church.
We affirm one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look forward to the resurrection of the dead,
and to life in the world to come. Amen.


... So, NO. There is no mention of the dead seeing or of the Dead Sea in the Nicene Creed.

 

[Pedrito]

Me, in Post #9: Does the Nicene Creed tell us that the dead see?

atpollard in Post #10, after voluminously and unnecessarily quoting the whole Nicene Creed: So, NO. There is no mention of the dead seeing or of the Dead Sea in the Nicene Creed.

Why not simply admit that the Nicene Creed makes no such statement, without the added embellishment?

And why combine that long quote with ...or of the Dead Sea...

Why not simply let attention rest on an important fact that highlights the absence in the Nicene Creed of any indication of continuing consciousness after death?

So let it be highlighted for the Reader now.

There is no mention of the dead seeing in the Nicene Creed.

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The Nicene Creed contains no indication of continuing consciousness after death.

But it does mention looking forward to rescue from death by resurrection.

 

[ImaginaryDay2]

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[Andrew]

Me, in Post #9: Does the Nicene Creed tell us that the dead see?

atpollard in Post #10, after voluminously and unnecessarily quoting the whole Nicene Creed: So, NO. There is no mention of the dead seeing or of the Dead Sea in the Nicene Creed.

Why not simply admit that the Nicene Creed makes no such statement, without the added embellishment?

And why combine that long quote with ...or of the Dead Sea...

Why not simply let attention rest on an important fact that highlights the absence in the Nicene Creed of any indication of continuing consciousness after death?

So let it be highlighted for the Reader now.

There is no mention of the dead seeing in the Nicene Creed.

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The Nicene Creed contains no indication of continuing consciousness after death.

But it does mention looking forward to rescue from death by resurrection.

Pedrito likes to have fun with word play

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[popsthebuilder]

Pedrito likes to have fun with word play

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Yet he generally makes sound solid points.

Why is the Nicene Creed considered what one must believe to be Christian? What was the metric prior to the Nicene Creed?

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[psalms 91]

I think Romans 10:9-10 answers that

 

[popsthebuilder]

I think Romans 10:9-10 answers that

So do you divide such along word alone; what if their words even are seemingly vile and detestable? Are we to judge? And by judge; with mercy and hope for such; or twisted desires of the day one might perish?

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[ImaginaryDay2]

Yet he generally makes sound solid points.

Why is the Nicene Creed considered what one must believe to be Christian? What was the metric prior to the Nicene Creed?

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This isn't what the thread is about. Please stay on topic. Thanks

 

[Pedrito]

DHoffman, in Post #13:

Pedrito likes to have fun with word play

Why not?

It is fun.

Mind you, it exercises the mind as well.

I have a good mind to suggest that others try it too. At least they could keep the idea in mind.

But maybe I only have half a mind to do it. Some might suggest only half a mind, full stop.

Would anyone mind if I stopped now?

 

[Andrew]

DHoffman, in Post #13:



Why not?

It is fun.

Mind you, it exercises the mind as well.

I have a good mind to suggest that others try it too. At least they could keep the idea in mind.

But maybe I only have half a mind to do it. Some might suggest only half a mind, full stop.

Would anyone mind if I stopped now?

I like it sir! Keep it up

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