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  1. JohnDB

    What part of "Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters" don't you understand?

    Oh oh oh.... Now you all know that certain people have more Holy Spirit in their pinky toe than others in their whole body. And truly that is the issue. When some people believe that their personally derived theology is the ONLY correct theology and wish to condemn everyone else about...
  2. JohnDB

    A critical look at Harris

    That sounds like insurance .... This is non-conventional business loans subsidized by tax dollars to be low interest and often for 20 years or more. They are issued by private banks, approved by a board in DC, and issued to both farmers and food processing plants. This can be frozen peas...
  3. JohnDB

    How Much Time, Effort, and Money Do We Put Into a Body That's Dying Anyway? (Replacing a Tooth?) All Are Welcome to Answer.

    This starts a countdown that is unrecoverable. Basically it's a death sentence of slow starvation.
  4. JohnDB

    A critical look at Harris

    I dunno about that.... I have yet to see that on his platform anywhere. His platform is available. Your claims are somewhat more in line with propaganda than nuanced....which is what the truth always contains. And when it comes to money.... Why does Verizon wireless have a 5 billion...
  5. JohnDB

    A critical look at Harris

    Small businesses pay the majority of all tax receipts while employing half the workforce. But lately Democrats have supported Big Business while claiming otherwise. (Tax loopholes you can drive a truck through) Used to be Republicans guilty of those shenanigans....but not as much lately.
  6. JohnDB

    How Much Time, Effort, and Money Do We Put Into a Body That's Dying Anyway? (Replacing a Tooth?) All Are Welcome to Answer.

    Consuming sufficient nutrition during senior years is a MAJOR factor concerning quality of life. And a lack of teeth or being uncomfortable because of painful or uncomfortable teeth is a major reason for insufficient nutrition when senior citizens do not feel like eating but need to. IE the...
  7. JohnDB

    Are the moon landings fake?

    How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
  8. JohnDB

    A critical look at Harris

    Harris still does not have a platform published anywhere. She has people regurgitating things she has said....but that's still not viable. During the 2016 Democrats debate during their primary she said Biden was a racist. Yeah, we know how that turned out.
  9. JohnDB

    Why wasn't Adam "spoken" into existence?

    Adam was a soul. The culmination and objective of the entire creation exercise. That's what caused God to be even more personally and intimately involved with the creation of mankind. The breath of God was placed within him personally and intimately to give him life. Meaning without that...
  10. JohnDB

    Loss of salvation???

    As far as the OP is concerned..... Two Biblical illustrations come to mind. The parable of the soils. Don't be bad soil. You get to determine what type of soil you are up to a point. Be the best soil possible. Then.... One of the prophets talked about a Potter working with clay. And...
  11. JohnDB

    What is the Meaning of This Parable

    This parable, as all parables, is rife with symbolism. But those can also take a back seat to the parallelism which is the focus of the parable. Jesus uses a lot of the visual world around the people for stark contrast of explanations that they could see to understand complex concepts and...
  12. JohnDB

    Do Real Godly Men have Gardens,?

    The garden this year is doing okayish. The shallots produced but it was minimal. Garlic was a big fat zero. Wish it was a lot more. The Golden husky tomatoes were a fair success....more are on their way. The herbs are always successful up to a point. The biggest problem herb is the sage...
  13. JohnDB

    Hebrew New Testament

    The Jews had a huge community in Lybia as well as Egypt. They went as far West as Spain on the south side of the Mediterranean. India is East not West. For whatever reason the Jewish communities stopped at Iraq and didn't go much further East.
  14. JohnDB

    Hebrew New Testament

    Because... If it was in Lybia or anywhere near North Africa instead it might be accepted and plausible....but not India. Wrong direction.
  15. JohnDB

    Searching for male advice

    Different life experiences, different city/region.
  16. JohnDB

    Hebrew New Testament

    Money and power/prestige are the most common motivators.
  17. JohnDB

    Hebrew New Testament

    I'm not smart....just edumacated.... I looked up this information specifically for clarification years ago. Because the question came up "Are the scriptures reliable?" What about the issues with the various translation differences over the years? (Jesus was not a carpenter...a material fact...
  18. JohnDB

    Hebrew New Testament

    Also....it was the early 1800's. The UK had lost the American Colonies income and George was looking to India to pick up the slack. The Universities Oxford and Cambridge were forming yet another new translation and they were searching for more manuscripts. If these were genuine they would...
  19. JohnDB

    Hebrew New Testament

    Nope....not me! Definitely not me. I'm a BHS and UBS4 guy. I've actually studied the real history of the English translation of scriptures quite extensively. I admire the work of Westcott and his apprentice Eadie. They knew the targumim which nobody else actually know. The targum...