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There's nothing to indicate that our souls pre-existed our bodies. We aren't past-eternal. Are our souls eternal to the direction of the future? I'm not denying that we will exist eternally, but is that the same thing as saying that our souls ARE eternal? Maybe not. My point is that their...

Good topic but probably not the right forum (unless you write a poem about it real quick ;)). I don't know how things work here as far as moving threads to another forum, etc. But just wanted to point out that perhaps you wanted to post it in another section.

Correct. I didn't mean to deny that. But still, in light of texts like Philippians 2:5-11, it seems it's proper to say that there was a sense in which it was a "step down". He remained fully God in his divine nature, but as he took on the human nature in addition to his divine nature, the second...

"As a precious baby in the midst of common livestock He embodied mercy of the all-powerful and all-seeing A sign to ones waiting for mercy's gates to unlock He took the downward step in the hierarchy of being" I'm not sure how correct or commonly held the following idea is, but it kind of...

So here's my Christmas poem, just 5 days too late. :LOL:

The event narrated by Macrobius is not the same one as that reported by Matthew. But it does show the ruthless character of Herod, as does another incident reported by Josephus where Herod ordered people to be killed at the time of his own death so that people would mourn (although I think the...

In one of my first interactions with JWs, they got what they may have though of as an unusual response from me. They wanted to just give me some magazines but I insisted that I'll only take literature from people who are willing to discuss it, so I was actually "forcing" them to come in and talk...

Love springing from its eternal source Made his Word of wisdom take on flesh Life-giving water running its course Brought revival to the hope made fresh God made manifest in his creation The love that had always been Hope of healing for every nation Springing forth from world unseen By angelic...

Thanks. Your encouragement means a lot to me. (y)

This is the closest thing to a Christmas poem that I've written so far (although it doesn't feel that "Christmasy" despite its subject matter). I have a long poem that is about half-finished and very much Christmas-themed, and I'm beginning to draft another one, but I don't know if either of...

Sabaton is not a Christian band, but at least one of the members has played in a Christian metal band before, and the song is about Christmas, so perhaps this is close enough to post here.

Speaking of "Happy Gnu Year", a work colleague from Poland has now sent her Christmas greetings in an email titled "Marry Christmas" two years in a row now. I'm sure she means well, but I don't think I'm ready to "marry Christmas" after only having had one date per year.

I'm still glad you did post it. It's great!

Thanks!

Again one of those poems that go dark before finding light in Christ. Perhaps this is not the perfect timing for this poem. It would have been more appropriate for Good Fiday than Christmas, but I wanted to post one more poem before Christmas, and this one was nearest to completion.

Deep dive into the abyss Descent to the darkest places Dusty figures in sunken wax cabinets Gruesome horror on real human faces The fragile sound of crushing bone When the innocent are attacked Soon passing by another millstone With another body self-attached What's a little genocide among...

Trying to define what exactly makes a piece of music metal or not is definitely above my paygrade if it can even be done. Perhaps it's more like that one American judge's comment about pornography: "I can't define it exactly, but I know it when I see it" (or something like that, I don't know the...