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To your question, no. Murder is murder, whether the government sanctions it or not. The "level" of government doing the sanctioning doesn't matter.

Anyone is free to use the Ignore function. I don't, for two reasons: firstly, I like to see what people write, even if they are criticizing my posts; and secondly, because I prefer to exercise my intrinsic capacity to ignore posts I find irrelevant, offensive, or just stupid. It's good practice...

Your earlier post implied that it is wrong for congregational leaders to invite an offering every time the church gathered, rather than just one day a week. The verse you posted is from 1 Corinthians 16, and its context clearly shows that offering was for the saints in Jerusalem, refuting your...

Understood. :) However, if you were referring to Jacob vowing to give the tenth to God that is in Genesis 28:22. He never received the land, so his descendants who did receive it were required to fulfill his vow. That's not stated explicitly in scripture, but there it is and it's as good as...

Where is that in Scripture?

The "second chance doctrine"? Never heard of it. It sounds like purgatory. What I do believe is what Scripture says: God is patient, not wanting anyone to perish. I agree that people's beliefs can be distorted and even corrupted through misinterpretation of Scripture... which is why they...

We are saved by faith, not by works. If the faith we claim is not demonstrated by works, it is not genuine faith. The works demonstrate the faith that has saved us. I'm sorry you have such difficulty with this. I'm not interested in your "but you don't believe" accusations and am not going to...

Uh huh. Have you built an ark? Do you stone adulterers? Do you sacrifice bulls? Do you attend the Temple in Jerusalem three times each year? Do you go to Macedonia to preach the gospel? Do you lie on your left side for 390 days and then roll over to your right side for a further 40 days? All of...

You present a false trichotomy, and your categories are invalid because they are too narrowly or incorrectly defined. You note a possible fourth method but don't give any idea what it is. If someone treats any of these as an exclusive lens through which they view Revelation, they will come to...

Nothing in Matthew's gospel suggests that Jesus obeyed "Spiritual Tithes & Offerings". That's a complete fabrication on your part. Hogwash. The reason people don't "know the meaning" is that there is no such thing as "spiritual tithes". The idea simply doesn't appear in Scripture anywhere. Your...

Agreed, so far. Our salvation is by grace through faith. Our faith is demonstrated by our works. Our works add nothing to the fact of our salvation. If you think that works are required, you must exclude the infirm from salvation. The context does not support the idea that baptism is salvific...

Ah, thanks. Typically, acronyms only exclude common words like "of" or "the". While I would certainly prefer that the media as an entity was straightforward, honest, fair-minded and operated for the good of humankind rather than corporate interests, it is what it is. It represents what it is...

Do you see this as a problem for Christians, or for non-Christians?

Fake tree for the win! No sap, no spilled water, no needles to extract from your socks and carpet. It will, however, come down before we return to work/school on the 6th.

Where's the acronym... and where's the corruption?

My folks were 38 when I was born. Back then, it was far less common than it is today. My parents were old enough to be the parents of other parents of kids with whom I attended school. That made parent-teacher night and school performances a bit weird. Now I'm in a similar boat as my...

Would you care to rethink that sentence? Yes, there is a good reason: ?In the beginning, God created...." That strongly implies that God existed prior to and outside of the creation. Nowhere does Scripture say that God made creation as an extension of Himself, nor as an image of Himself. It...

Moments like this I wish I were no longer limited to the 'Like' reaction. ;)

I disagree strongly. Dimensions are purely physical, and as such, physical/material space is encompassed in the first three. Time is usually (but not always) counted as the fourth dimension (and is also physical). The spirit realm, not being physical, is not one of the dimensions. The creation...

God is not the creation, and the creation is not God. The creation demonstrates the existence and (to some extent) the nature of God, but by itself is not God in any sense. In contrast, the Father is fully God, the Son is fully God, and the Holy Spirit is fully God.