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Yes and I like that Paul blames their god for blindness, not the Lord God.

Jesus once stated that “the poor you will always have with you” (MT 26:11). However, He also taught us to “give to the poor” (MT 19:21). These verses suggest that we should do our best to alleviate, if not completely eliminate, the problems related to poverty. We know that “You shall not...

And apparently there are some who hate or do not have a heart to learn what Scripture says about speaking in tongues.

Both of you have good points and harmonizing them is how we arrive at a closer approximation or better understanding of the truth.

Great and I hope you had better results than I. Jesus tried to draw all people but had to hope that being hoisted on a cross would do it. It appears that every tongue confessing him as Lord may not happen until in heaven. ☹️

Yes atheism is an ungodly belief or humanist religion that substitutes i-dolatry for I am.

And of course Isaiah was unaware of Jesus’ lament concerning Jerusalem being “unwilling “.

Thanks Magenta. I must say though that Isaiah did not consider whether DT 30:19 applies to everyone which makes people rather than God responsible for their sins.

Actually I did realize the need to change “book” to thread. 🤪

Well, Paul’s doctrine in Romans is that God has included the Gentiles in His plan of salvation and that Israel must cooperate with the New Covenant in order to be saved.

I appreciate your explanation and agree that my wording is ironic—because I took it from a book I have written without thinking to change it for this community.

I like your rewrite just fine, and I see what I write as a continuation of Paul’s method. While simplicity is good for most people I think being prepared to explain the reasons for our hope in detail is good for resisting the devil’s arguments.

Good discussion everybody. I even like what Publican said because he referred to one of my favorite Pauline principles: Christians are members of one body or orchestra with different parts or instruments to play. (1 CR 12:4-31)

Actually, I think I should have been citing more Scripture in several of my posts, so I will try to atone for that with this one listing biblical passages that seem inseparable from politics. Biblical values related to political issues with a brief explanation: Genesis 1:27a: “God created...

I agree, but I think it is good for everyone to cite Scripture support for our views if possible (which I think we are usually doing—mine is above/previous).

We are answering this question with special reference to atheists on the Apologetics thread so I won’t repeat myself here if you will join us there.

I am glad you will not swallow anything Camela leavens.

I remind you that I am exploring the logic of Paul in RM 1:20 when he says that creation reveals God's power and loving nature. I began the logical train of thought by citing three unavoidable beliefs and then two qualitatively opposite answers to the question regarding the meaning of life...

What about Jesus saying, "Unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven?" (MT 18:3) Or on the other hand, what about GN 1:26, "God said, Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness..." combined with 3:22, "The Lord God said, The man has now...

Another aspect that I have not noticed included in this discussion is that if 6,000 years ago God created a cosmos that appears to be 6 billion years old, then was He trying to trick scientists? Why?