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Actually, there isn't a verse where Jesus says, "I am God". There are many verses that support the idea though. Similarly, there may not be a verse that specifically says, "The lake of fire or hell is eternal conscious torment for all people not in the book of life", but there are verses that...

What is the fundamental difference between your request and that of the Moslem who says, "Show me a verse where Jesus says, "I am God"?

I understand that rationale, but I reject it for several reasons. One you stated already: it benefited the U... rather self-serving, IMHO. What is to stop several seminaries from giving such an 'honour' to the same person for the same reason? The person may indeed have done work comparable to a...

Clearly, you and I have a fundamentally different understanding of salvation, sanctification, and Scripture. I see no point in discussing this matter further with you.

No, He did not. He related being angry to murder. He did not relate intentionally belittling others to murder. John stated, "Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer" (1 John 3:15) but belittling others is still not the same thing. It's careless, unkind, unnecessary, and often...

A person can only damage their own conscience by committing sin (or social faux pas). It is impossible to damage the conscience of another. It does happen occasionally (which I regret), but I very rarely belittle other persons. However, I have no hesitation about belittling ideas that are...

See my post to Magenta above.

What I'm getting at is that without there being something unpleasant and substantial from which to be saved, "salvation" is meaningless. If those who are unrighteous will never actually undergo consequences for their choice, how can it be described as unpleasant and worth avoiding? I simply...

I chuckle whenever I see this passage quoted. Almost always, the context is ignored, as it is in this case. Here's verse 13: "And the word of the LORD will be to them precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little, that they may go...

Bits of Scripture, perhaps. A careful and convenient selection of Scripture can be used to teach almost anything. However, as David tells us, "The sum of your word is truth" (Psalm 119:160). That actually means that you have to put all the Scriptures together to have the whole truth on the subject.

To the relevant snippet of your post... as we all, including Christians, eventually die, salvation from death alone is misleading. You must posit the second death, with an explanation as to why that is undesirable. I don't see how you can do that without demonstrating the vast distinction in...

Language changes over time, whether we like it or not. I run into this fact often when discussing the KJV; people think that a word familiar to them means the same thing today that it meant in 1611... which ain't necessarily so (and unfortunately, we don't have a dictionary from the early 1600's...

Honorary degrees are a complete farce and should have no place in the Church. They appeal only to the ego, which is about the last thing to which a Christian should appeal.

@justbyfaith, could you please explain why you put a "Boring" icon on my post?

I see that brevity and relevance are not among your gifts.

Generally, I agree with your post, though I don't use the Ignore function as I think it's the wrong tool for the purpose you describe. As for creating chaos and division, that passage is grossly overused, and usually by two specific groups of people: those who caused the problem in the first...

Have you considered the possibility that you get resistance because your posts are perceived as unpleasant in some way?

You overlooked one critically important component: the "acceleration" (change in direction) is so gradual that we don't feel it.

I have only one question for those who believe in Jesus but don't believe in eternal torment: From what, exactly, has Jesus saved you?

Wow... your grasp of physics is astounding--ly poor. I'm shaking my head so much that I've got nothing else.